Vermilion County Farm Bureau Ag In The Classroom

08/30/2026

When someone sees what you do and sees the value in it, that is a completely different feeling altogether. Thank you for highlighting the amazing things our program does every day!
Vermilion County Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

https://www.news-gazette.com/business/agriculture/agribusiness-2026-vermilion-county-ag-in-the-classroom-ready-for-new-school-year/article_45fb9854-c26a-46ac-a0d3-815521c1784c.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwdGRjcAUBM9djbGNrBQEz0nBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeNdP80-aWLCAcoJTlkjdEwTKWg41uRd3GeJzPkaiwn5jbHnM_RmsHmi8fhBw_aem_iBHKHP3KimmFPZ5rTLH5kw

The Vermilion County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom program reaches 250 classrooms, in every elementary school in Vermilion County, reaching more than 4,000 students each year.

08/24/2026

Teachers, love hearing an author’s story behind the book? Well here is YOUR chance to come with me online to hear Michelle Schaub’s amazing story!

Register here! See you there!

https://iaitc.co/authorMS

08/19/2026

08/17/2026

Come on out to the FFA Barnyard at the IL State Fair and say hi!!! I hope to see you soon!

07/30/2026

Today 23 teams joined us at Turtle Run Golf Course for the Barn Door Open Golf Outing supporting Ag in the Classroom. But that isn't the exciting part. While waiting for the teams to arrive back, the Emu made an appearance!

Meteorologist Jacob Dickey

07/03/2026

Another great grant opportunity! But don't sit on this one.. you only have 2 weeks to submit your application!

Attention all Educators!!!

The Christina Sue Lilja Resource Grants provide funding for PreK–12 educators to purchase agriculture-related books and resources that help students learn more about the world around them.

Applications due July 17

https://www.agfoundation.org/grants-awards/christina-sue-lilja-resource-grants

07/02/2026

Nine teachers willingly gave up three precious summer days to spend time learning about ways to bring more agriculture into their classrooms. And we did it all! Lesson plans, games, sourdough, fresh noodle making, floral arranging, plus spent a whole day at Kennekuk.

A huge thank you to Taylor at Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom and Pearl from IL Corn for bringing us engaging lessons; Joe and Lorna from Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Laura from Vermilion County Conservation District for a lovely day at Kennekuk County Park; and Vermilion County Farm Bureau for hosting us. Treasured Roots & Specialty Gifts hooked us up with some beautiful flowers and Casey's in Gifford provided us with boxes to make solar ovens to cook smores. Plus Monica at STLDairyCouncil provided so many cool resource and grant opportunities!
It was a fantastic few days!

06/09/2026

Our friends need our help! Have you seen any of Lady Emu's mob?

05/19/2026

Mrs. Byram's class from First Baptist Christian School finished out their AITC year with the AGsploration Garden in a Glove! A HUGE Thank You to Stacy at Bayer and Ron at Martin Seed for donating our activity and seeds!

05/18/2026

Thank you for another great year, Northeast Elementary Magnet School - Danville, Illinois!!