Patricia Wolfe, a special education teacher at Lakemary Center School in Paola, KS who develops her own curriculum with resources from National Agriculture in the Classroom and the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom and uses an outdoor animal and garden therapy center, known as the "Ranch," to reach her students who have different levels of learning abilities.
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Lynn Snow, a fifth grade literacy and science teacher at Thomaston Grammar School in Thomaston, ME, who 'opens' Common Ground Garden Seed Co. each spring. Students are involved in every aspect of the company beginning with applications and interviews to determine the jobs they will perform in packaging, marketing and managing the sale of bulk seeds to raise funds for the school garden.
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Jeremiah Best, a fifth grade general studies teacher at Town of Webb UFSD in Old Forge, NY in the Adirondack Mountains who embraces a school and community garden as a way to help his students deal with a recent increase in student suicides and strengthen their critical thinking skills by developing biomass fertilizer using compost, prevention devices to keep wildlife out of the garden and a Bluetooth automated drip irrigation system.
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Christie Puckett, a third through sixth grade science teacher at Maysville Public School in Maysville, OK who uses a school garden and a study of the origins of the fruits and vegetables grown in it to help students 'travel' to different stations in the garden to learn about that particular region of the world in which the crop is grown and the land forms, water bodies and climate specific to it.
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Ryan Ferre, a fifth grade math, science, language arts, social studies, art and health teacher at Saratoga Shores Elementary in Saratoga Springs, UT who uses a pumpkin growing contest, development of different cultivars of flowers, embryology and hydroponics to teach his students important STEM concepts (science, technology, engineering and math).
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Pamela Hall, a kindergarten through third grade STEM teacher at Carrollton Elementary in Carrollton, VA who uses agricultural concepts in her classroom instruction throughout the school year, which covers plant and animal life cycle studies, farm day nature walk observations, farmer guest speakers who talk about agricultural careers and pollinator rearing activities, among other initiatives.
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Suzanne Squires, a sixth through eighth grade core science electives teacher at Los Olivos Elementary in Los Olivos, CA whose students learn about agriculture by exploring the school's oak trees and invasive species affecting them, participating in STEM activities that investigate 'Popcorn Genetics' and learning important health lessons by maintaining the school garden and incorporating California specialty crops into the garden design.
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Cindy Lee, a seventh and eighth grade science and science elective teacher at Snell Middle School in Bayard, NM whose students go through a job 'interview' process in which their placement overseeing the school chicken coop and greenhouse is based on their backgrounds in science.
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