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Summary 2023 — Michigan
State Contact
Michigan Farm Bureau
7373 W. Saginaw Hwy.
Lansing, MI 48909
P: 517.679.5969
E: mblodge@michfb.com
Website
Innovative Programming
FARM Science Van program that travels to schools across the state to deliver in-class lessons.
Major Program Impacts or Outcomes
We are focused on urban and rural outreach in 2023-2024.
We continue to improve and update our evaluation process for our programs from teachers and students, to collect this data.
Program Leader Biosketch
Michelle Blodgett is the Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom Manager at Michigan Farm Bureau. She joined the Farm Bureau family in December of 2017 after spending 20 years in the public-school classroom setting. She has worked at the school and district level with curriculum planning and development. She manages the Michigan Ag in the Classroom and the FARM Science programming, education, and educator outreach. She holds an Elementary and Special Education degree from Saginaw Valley State University and a Masters of Education from University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
In 2022, Michelle received the Michigan Informal Educator of the Year award from Michigan Science Teachers Association and an Honorary State Degree from FFA for her work with Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom. In 2023, Michigan received the Innovation award from NAITCO for their FARM Crate Program and Michelle co-presented with Florida AITC at our national conference.