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Summary 2021 — Georgia
State Contact

Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
P.O. Box 7068
Macon, GA 31209-7068
P: 478.456.2810
E: ldgoble@gfb.org
Website
Innovative Programming Conducted and Educational Resources Developed
- Peanut Ag Mag
- Dairy Ag Mag
- Commodity Pages
- No Bake Recipes
- Book of the Month with activity pages
- Traveling Trunks
- gfb.ag/aitc
- Videos/book readings:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ_ARJg37CLZ1X9RXwg7yyUR6ltfKQw_8
- STEM Challenge
- Mobile classroom: georgiaagexperience.org
Major Program Impacts or Outcomes
In partnership with our Foundation we launched the Georgia Ag Experience, a mobile classroom. We have a pre and post survey that students take.
- Number of Students Visited: 16,861
- Number of Teachers: 636
- Number of Counties: 63
- Number of Volunteers: 393
- Number of Visit Dates: 162
- Number of Schools: 55
- Number of Miles Driven: 31,518
“I care about farmers and knowing where my food comes from”
- Pre-visit (61.85%)
- Post-visit (67.6%)
- Increase of 5.8%
“I am interested in having a job in farming”
- Pre-visit (26.8%)
- Post-visit (33.31%)
- Increase of 6.5%
“I would like to visit a farm and learn more from the farmer”
- Pre-visit (60.41%)
- Post-visit (66.05%)
- Increase of 5.6%
“I would like to eat more food that is grown in Georgia”
- Pre-visit (52.58%)
- Post-visit (57.37%)
- Increase of 4.8%
“I feel like I can talk to my friends and family about farming”
- Pre-visit (48.9%)
- Post-visit (54.2%)
- Increase of 5.3%
- 73% of students selected they became more interested in agriculture
- 24.3% of students had an increase in knowledge that agriculture is Georgia’s largest industry
- 21.4% of students learned that their food, clothes, and paper come from farms
- 6.54% of students were more interested in a job in agriculture after participating in the mobile classroom
Program Leader Biosketch
Lauren Goble has been with Georgia Farm Bureau since 2016. She was a field rep. for almost two years before being promoted to Educational Programs Coordinator. Prior to working for Georgia Farm Bureau she taught Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade. She was the 2015 Ag Teacher of the Year for Georgia Farm Bureau and one of the 2016 National Ag Teacher of the Year.