Sustainable Agriculture Mobile Learning Lab

Commodities

Practices

A mobile learning lab, equipped with hands-on activities, games,
soil analysis supplies, rain simulators, and watershed models,
will engage rural youth in understanding the importance of
sustainable farming methods and their relation to improved
environmental and economic outcomes. Manitowoc County Soil and
Water Conservation Department (SWCD) will visit rural middle and
high schools with the interactive lab. By targeting rural
schools, we can reach youth who are likely to live or work on
farms in the future, empowering the next generation with
sustainable farming knowledge, and creating a ripple effect that
positively impacts the community's approach to farm management.

Goals:

• Establish a mobile learning lab to introduce youth to
  sustainable ag practices.
• Provide hands-on, engaging learning experiences to promote
  land stewardship and encourage conservation practice
  implementation on the farm and at home.

Objectives:

1. Purchase and equip the lab.
2. Develop at least 4 lesson plans with feedback from local
   teachers.
3. Provide a minimum of 100 middle & high school participants
   with learning experiences that demonstrate the connection between
   conservation BMP’s and improved soil health, water quality, and
   farm productivity during 4 classroom & 1 on-farm workshops.
4. Collect data and feedback to evaluate the learning lab.