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Ag Educators

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Embracing the Art of Teaching Ag

Ag Educators Series Life changed in spring 2020. People stopped going to work, the movies and restaurants. They even stopped hanging out together. It was literally a matter of life and death. But ag workers kept working. You don’t get days off on a farm. That includes school farms, like […]

A man and a woman stand in front of a sign for Meadville FFA Chapter. The man wears a blue plaid shirt and glasses, while the woman has long brown hair and is wearing a blue patterned blouse. Bright flowers are in the foreground.

The man on the tractor

Like many Missourians, Phillip Martin, agricultural education instructor at Meadville R-I High School in north-central Missouri, grew up on a farm. Unlike most Missourians, he went on to teach in several mid- and northern Missouri high schools after graduating from the University of Missouri, first with a bachelor’s degree in […]

Gary Morris

Sharing Ag Experiences

For Gary Morris, the rewards of being an agricultural educator are all about the connections he forges with his students. Whether it is discussing how to balance a feed ration in an animal science class, working together to grow plants in the greenhouse, or training FFA members for competition, the […]

Scott Stone

‘A Focus on Ag Literacy’

When Scott Stone began his career as an ag teacher at Centralia High School in rural Centralia, Mo., 21 years ago, three out of every four students came from a farming family. Now, only 15 percent of his students come from the farm. As the demographics of his students have […]