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Ag Biotech 2022
What’s ag biotech, you ask? According to the USDA, it’s “a range of tools, including traditional breeding techniques, that alter living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products; improve plants or animals; or develop …
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Hearing from Ohio State leaders
Yolanda Owens, Pathways and Partnerships Strategist for the College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State, was the keynote speaker for the Ag Biotech Academy workshop dinner. Owens shared about OSU’s agricultural programs …
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Connecting classroom science to the workplace
The Ag Biotech Academy workshop provides teachers with science lessons that meet Ohio science standards, but that’s not all. Workshop participants are able to hear from leading industry experts about how those science skills are used in a variety of …
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GrowNextGen tour highlights
article courtesy of Ohio Country Journal By Matt Reese Courtesy of the Ohio Soybean Council, the Ohio Ag Net and Ohio’s Country Journal will be helping showcase agriculture to students around the state through the 2022 GrowNextGen Tour. GrowNextGen …
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Bringing lessons from the farm to kids
Ever wonder about the history of GrowNextGen? Learn all about it here!! Bringing agriculture to the classroom By Matt Reese and Dale Minyo article courtesy of Ohio Country Journal For generations, Ohio agriculture has recognized the valuable …
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Artificial intelligence in the future of American farming
article from Ohio Soybean Council , by Madi Layman Since the invention of computers, we’ve seen that they can be used to perform complex tasks. Some would say having an intelligence of their own — artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Scott Shearer from …
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(NSTA) Chickenology: food delivery challenge
July 21, 2022NSTA Chicago, McCormick Place W179b
Participants will use sensemaking and the engineering design process to solve a real-world food production problem in a small-scale format. This lesson introduces the Food Delivery Challenge, in which participants must design a gravity feeder to carry food (chicken feed) to twelve hungry chickens for over 24 hours. To accomplish the task students must design and build a model of an efficient gravity feeder using the materials available to them. The scenario presented to the class: One of the … Register now!
Featured curriculum
GrowNextGen has a lot to offer, but our curriculum is especially great. See all curriculum.
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Aquaculture
How does aquaculture meet the global demand for protein? Students discover the science and challenges behind global fish farming by completing these three lessons.
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Commodity transportation
How do transportation and logistics affect our food supply? Getting food from farms to markets is dependent on many forms of transportation, and involves careers related to logistics, infrastructure, commodity trading, and engineering. Students learn about …
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pH in soil
What is the variability in pH of soils across a field? Soil tests show the pH and nutrient amounts in a field. Soil chemistry determines the amount of root growth, the amount of nutrients that can be held in the soil, and the ability of plants to take in …