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Agriculture education

1. Agriculture in the Classroom
2. Food and Farming Education Service
3. Homecoming
4. National Agriculture Library
5. Online Ag Advisor
6. Scottish Agricultural College
7. Writtle College, Essex

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Agriculture in the Classroom

Grassroots program aiming to raise understanding of the influence of agriculture upon the economy and society. Provides information on how the program has been implemented, teaching resources, and lesson plans targeted towards particular US states.
     Author: United States Department of Agriculture
     Subjects: agriculture education
     DeweyClass: 630
     Resource type: documents

Food and Farming Education Service

Includes a set of facts sheets on all aspects of UK farming intended for teachers at all levels. Topics include animal genetics and biotechnology, beef cereals, crop production, diversification, livestock, grass, horticulture, oilseeds, pigs, plant breeding, potatoes, poultry and sheep.
     Author: Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Country Landowners Association
     Subjects: agriculture education, animal genetics, biotechnology, british agriculture, consumer advice, crops, food production, horticulture, livestock, poultry, sheep
     DeweyClass: 630
     Resource type: documents

Homecoming

Resource designed to accompany a television broadcast tracing the agriculture industry in America, and considering the plight of black farmers. Offers a timeline of events dating back to 1863, stories and remembrances from individuals with direct experience of the farming lifestyle, and a selection of poetry taken from the film.
     Author: Public Broadcasting Service
     Subjects: african americans, agriculture education, united states history from 1900
     DeweyClass: 973
     Resource type: documents, images

National Agriculture Library

Information about library services and events. Provides access to AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access), a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators, and also to AgNIC, a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions.
     Author: National Agriculture Library
     Subjects: agriculture education, national libraries
     DeweyClass: 026
     Resource type: library

Online Ag Advisor

Tool devised by the Royal Bank of Canada to enable clients in the farming sector to assess the strength of their management position, providing them with recommendations and a benchmark analysis. Incorporates commercial and lifestyle factors, and allows users to run 'what if' scenarios.
     Author: Royal Bank of Canada
     Subjects: agriculture education, management practice
     DeweyClass: 338.1
     Resource type: interactive service