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Did you know fish can jump out of a tank and die? GrowNextGen teacher leader and Carroll High School teacher Todd Tayloe shared what he’s learned the hard way about aquaponics and hydroponics in the classroom. Tayloe gave this presentation at the…

Ohio exports 51% of the soybeans grown here. Where do they go, and how do they get there? A recent webinar on infrastructure and agriculture helped participants understand more about transportation of commodities. Mike Hogan is a corporate…

Each year, energetic and enthusiastic college students are trained to go out and share about soybeans with students and the general public. Ten new ambassadors recently took part in this training and are ready to go! The session included a talk by…

(from an Ohio Country Journal article by Brianna Gwirtz) Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions throughout part or all their lifecycle. Its development can help meet future food needs and ease burdens on…

Liquid eggs!?! Cooper Farms partnered with Ohio Poultry Association and GrowNextGen to give students a tour of their egg cracking facility in the latest Chickenology virtual field trip. OPA’s Jenna Gregorich hosted the tour and relayed questions…

Students from Zane Trace High School near Chillicothe are learning about GMOs and bioscience during December and January. Students worked in groups to solve the puzzles in this breakout box lesson GMOs: What do you know?. Zane Trace’s FFA Advisor is…

What’s the big deal about high oleic soybean oil? Participants in the summer Science of Food and Fuel workshop learned about how it features lower saturated fat while maintaining 0 grams of trans fat, which may lower cholesterol and support heart…

On Friday, November 18th, the Anthony Wayne-Penta FFA Chapter visited Fallen Timbers Middle School 6th grade classes for “soy day”. Soybeans are the top crop produced in Ohio. In this agricultural literacy event, members taught 6th graders about…

Producing eggs; protecting the environment. In a virtual field trip sponsored by the Ohio Poultry Association, Trillium Farms, and GrowNextGen, we learned how those two things are being done here in our state. Ohio is number 2 in egg production in…

We had a great time in Indianapolis! at NABT 2022! Over 150 attendees came by our booth to learn about GrowNextGen’s great resources and pick up some cool give-aways. We were wowing them with a drone display, too! GrowNextGen lead educator Jane Hunt…

Shelby Guthrie, a Food Science and Ag Education teacher at Global Impact STEM Academy, has been selected as the GrowNextGen Teacher of the Year. This honor reflects Guthrie’s enthusiastic outreach and involvement with the Ohio Soybean…

Students are never too young to do inquiry-based science! How does the pH of water affect seed germination? 4th/5th grade teachers at Wickliffe Progressive Elementary School Sabrina Walters and Shelly Hughes led their students through an experiment…