Delaine Eastin
I cannot begin to thank your wonderful organization and its dedicated members for helping me to make education vital, alive and relevant with your many contributions during my tenure as the chief state school officer of the Golden State. ...read more
Wyatt Wilkerson
My name is Wyatt Wilkerson, and I am fortunate to be able to credit the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom as a major contributor to both my education, and for making me generally well-rounded 25-year-old. ...read more
Deborah Beall
My association with Agriculture in the Classroom is truly unique in that I am able to see the benefits of agriculture education programs through improvements in students' academic abilities and through their evolving relationship with fruits and vegetables. ...read more
Jim Hicks
When I was first introduced to California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom in the mid-1990s, it was "love at first sight" for me. ...read more
Nancy Harris
In the early 1990s, the wife of a local Stanislaus County farmer, Gertie Zehrung, convinced me that I needed to attend the California Ag in the Classroom Conference in Fresno. ...read more
Brenda Betts
Twelve years ago, I learned about the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom when I attended an education conference.
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Susie Calhoun
I was raised in Livermore, and spent many days of my youth on my grandparents' ranch, who were members of the Alameda County Farm Bureau.
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Sergio de Alba
My first year teaching fourth grade at R.M. Miano Elementary, I asked my students what could be done to improve the education of our students.
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Dan Desmond
It was a Farm Bureau leader who said to me that most people experience agriculture three times a day when they enjoy a meal.
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Dee Desmond
Attending the Summer Ag Institute helped me realize the importance of including agricultural literacy in my classroom.
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Judy Culbertson
Ag in the Classroom has really been my life for the last 30 years. It is a "way of life" for me and each of my family members.
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Bob Vice
I have been farming since my late twenties, just over 40 years. I raise avocados in Valley Center and Fallbrook.
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Onalee Koster
I have spent a life time in the agricultural industry. I was born into a farm family growing tomatoes, carrots and walnuts.
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Cathey Anderson
Food is life and we live in a hungry world. Without a doubt, students need to understand the issues the agricultural community faces as they battle to keep agriculture at the core of the foundation of our nation. ...read more
Martha Deichler
My love-affair with Ag in the Classroom began in 1989 when I was a sixth grade teacher in Chula Vista. ...read more
A.G. Kawamura
After seven years as the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, I am making the transition back to the private sector as a partner with my brother at Orange County Produce, LLC. ...read more
Elmer Eckart
As a San Franciscan, born and raised, I feel the outdoors, nature and farming must be taught to all children, but particularly those that live in large urban areas. ...read more
Rich Engel
The most inspiring part of the job was working with the tremendous network of volunteers who utilized their expertise to help reconnect teachers and children with their agrarian roots.
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Lance Omeje
Being born and raised on a farm, I naturally had good instincts about where the food I ate came from.
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Jane Roberti
Agriculture has always been a part of my life. I was very active and involved in 4-H and raised dairy goats, sheep, and beef cattle.
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John Sweeney
I have had many "teachable moments" where I could impact people's view of agriculture and improve their knowledge of what farmers do.
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Cherie Watte
I was raised by a farmer and a teacher. As a child, it didn't occur to me that people actually needed to be educated about farming.
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Bev McAmis
I always wanted to be a scientist but along the way I accepted an opportunity to teach at a local school. There I found that I truly enjoyed working with students and watching them learn, and I stayed in the education profession for 39 years.
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Mark Linder
Thirty six years ago, in a decade when urban dwellers didn't yet read signs in grocery stores about the farmers who grew their produce, my wife, Mary, and I moved to California to fulfill our dream.
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Lonna Torrico
I will never forget the year I was born (into agriculture). This moment occurred 25 years ago when I attended the first California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom teacher's seminar.
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