The National Corn Growers Association is working with science teachers to offer more agriculture-focused lessons in classrooms.

Robyn Allscheid with NCGA tells Brownfield they gathered a group of 20 teachers from rural and urban areas across the country for a year long professional development program which the teachers used as a foundation in writing ag curriculum. She says they targeted middle and high school science, biology and environmental science teachers.

“We know that almost every student will take one of those classes throughout their studies and only about 5% enroll in an ag course.

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