Want to support
ag education for county youth?
Join our
Growing the Seed Program
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AITC TEAM
In-Coming Executive Director
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BOARD |
Claire Frost
Board President
Agricultural Education Consultant
Joyce Joy
Board Vice President
Vision Mortgage
Farm Bureau
Smokey Ridge Ranch & Winery
Christa Campbell
, Board Secretary
Owner, Rainbow Orchards
Matt
Smith
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Board Past President
Superintendent/Principal
Camino USD
Jim Davies
Board Member
Past President, EDC Farm Bureau
Merv de Haas
Board Member
President, EDC Farm Bureau
Donna Sauber
Board Member
Vineyards owner & retired teacher
Farm Bureau
ED Wine Grape Growers
Congrats to Angie Lind, EDCOE, on her upcoming retirement. We wish you the best and thank you for your service.
Interested in serving on our board or advisory committees contact our Executive Director.
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CONTACT US |
EMAIL
[email protected]
PHONE
530.303.8117
ADDRESS
EL DORADO COUNTY AG IN THE CLASSROOM P.O. BOX 522 SHINGLE SPRINGS, CA 95682
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OUR
INCOMING
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
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Executive Director
transition BEGINS!
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After 5+ years with Ag in the Classroom and 3 years as the Executive Director Avis Jolly prepares to pass the baton. This summer while school was out a portion of the AITC's Executive Committee screened and interviewed candidates and are very pleased to announce Ann Wofford has been hired as the Incoming Executive Director.
Avis Jolly plans to continue to support Ag in the Classroom
through volunteer opportunities.
Thank you everyone for your support through this transition which is expected to be complete November 1.
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IT WILL SELL OUT!
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ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT
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There's only 48+ hours and a few tickets left for this year's 20 Mile Taste event.
It will sell out!
So get your's today
here!
- $45 ea through 8/11.
- $50 ea day of, 8/12
This year's pairings include
(subject to change):
And a huge shout out and thank you to this year's sponsors:
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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The 5th Annual South Lake Tahoe Farm Day is scheduled for September 19th at Camp Richardson. It hosts the basin's elementary schools' 3rd grade students
, teachers, parents, and chaperones for a day long, fun, hands-on experience where lessons of agriculture and its role in our everyday lives, our county, and its economy are taught in the context of local farms, ranches, forests, and watersheds.
- NOW: Sponsorship Window OPEN click here
- NOW: Presenter Registration OPEN click here
- AUG 24: Teacher Registration opens
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Fields of Learning Coordinator inducted as 2017 Honorary Farmer
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We are so proud of our Fields of Learning Coordinator, Cherie Combs, who was inducted at the end of May as an Honorary Chapter Farmer by the Ponderosa FFA. She not only values her FFA Student Leaders in her program but genuinely cares for them as young adults. We are so proud Cherie, for your dedication to ag education, from the smallest preschooler to these fine high school leaders.
That makes two for AITC, as Executive Director, Avis Jolly, was inducted in 2016.
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IT'S FALL
AND
ALL
ABOUT
APPLES
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APPLE VIDEO AND LESSON PLANS available for fall curriculum
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El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom has a series of educational videos and accompanying lesson plans with multiple activities aligned to Common Core Standards. All the videos were shot right here in El Dorado County, so students will recognize many of the sites they will see, therefore making the content more relevant and relate-able. Don't forget our all about apples video for your fall curriculum and pre/post-teaching field trips to Apple Hill farms.
All videos and lessons located
here
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FARM DAY breaks records AGAIN
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The 16th Annual Farm Day was held on May 9 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. This year saw a record-breaking 60 hands-on agricultural education stations for nearly 1700 3rd grade students, teachers, and chaperones from El Dorado County.
In addition to the over 200 community members who participate that day as presenters or general event volunteers, we could not do this without our event sponsors. We are incredibly proud and grateful for this year's supporters
including: El Dorado County Farm Trails,
Placerville Fruit Growers Association
, Apple Hill Growers Associatio, Kiwanis Club of Placerville, El Dorado County Wine Grape Growers Association,
EN2 Resources, Inc.
, Sierra Pacific Foundation, Pacific Gas & Electric, El Dorado County Farm Bureau, Barsotti Juice Company,
El Dorado County Water Agency
, El Dorado Disposal, Sierra Foothill Water Management, El Dorado Backyard Beekeepers, El Dorado County Fairgrounds, and
Rainbow Orchards.
We also would like to thank Ron LaCombe of Safety Quest Training, who provided the first aid station for the day.
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CONGRATS
HEATHER
AND
THANK
YOU
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BIG WIN FOR ALL
And thank you to all who purchase tickets and our lucky winner, Heather H.
The biggest winners though, were the students of El Dorado County, as all proceeds benefit El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom and our programs.
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SAVE THE DATES |
20 Mile Taste
September 1
Fall 2018 Preschool Discovery Field Trip Enrollment Starts
September 13
Board Meeting
September 19
South Lake Tahoe 5th Annual Farm Day
November 15
Board Meeting
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