Summary 2023 — Missouri

State Contact

Innovative Programming

Ag Literacy campaign for Read Across America Week. Missouri leaders read accurate agricultural books in classrooms and local libraries all across the state. There was participation in every county of Missouri.

Major Program Impacts or Outcomes

Increase in pre-service workshops that led to a better understanding of how MO AITC fits into collegiate programs.

Program Leader Biosketch

Jennifer Poindexter is the Director of Missouri Ag in the Classroom and Missouri Farm Bureau's Promotion and Education Department. She has been with the program for over 4 years. Previously, she was a high school and middle school agriculture teacher. She and her husband have a son, Jase. They also have a small cow-calf herd in rural Montgomery County.