Project Overview
YENC25-243
Project Type: Youth Educator
Funds awarded in 2025: $6,000.00
Projected End Date: 01/15/2026
Grant Recipient:
Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom
Region: North Central
State: Kansas
Project Manager:
Nancy Zenger-Beneda
Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom
Commodities
No commodities identified
Practices
No practices identified
Proposal abstract:
The Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC) will launch an application process to award three Tower Gardens (TGs) to teachers who will pilot KFAC's vertical gardening (VG) curriculum with 450 students. The TGs are crucial for implementing the hands-on components of the curriculum, which engage students in ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible agricultural practices through project-based learning and exploration of agricultural careers. Insights gained from this pilot program will be shared at the National Ag in the Classroom Conference, encouraging more educators to adopt the curriculum.
Project objectives from proposal:
- This project will encourage hands-on agricultural education about sustainable practices by promoting the KFAC Verticle Gardening curriculum.
- This project will pilot the Verticle Gardening curriculum and generate impact data.
- This project will introduce 450 youth to VG and agriculture career opportunities.
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