Linn County Education Outreach

"Wow, what a fun summer full of agriculture connections." Linn County Farm Bureau had the opportunity to partner with local libraries, daycare centers, county fair and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach-Linn County Day camps to bring agriculture activities to our Linn County youth and families. Themes aligned with a variety of agriculture literacy outcomes including plants and animals, agriculture and the environment and science and technology. A few of the activi

Raise your hand if you read Flat Stanley in school? Flat Stanley is an American children’s book series written by Jeff Brown. According to the Flat Stanley Project, “Dale Hubert, a 3rd grade teacher created a fun project to accompany the stories, little did he know that it would become a country wide initiative. Students begin by reading the original Flat Stanley book. They expand their learning by creating a Flat Stanley to mail to a friend, pen pal, or relative in another s

It is that time again! TIME TO SIGN UP FOR OUR 2022/23 AG IN THE CLASSROOM PROGRAM! Can you tell how excited we are to visit you all again? We are ready to DIG into curriculum and CULTIVATE ag connections. I am slapping my knee as a I chuckle at my not funny but funny puns. Is it a pun though? I don't really understand puns. I am not up with the times! Welcome to Agriculture! Our mission is to increase youth awareness on the importance of agriculture, agriculture careers and

I remember watching the 2021 Field of Dreams baseball game and hearing the announcer ask about the corn. He mentioned that it didn't look like sweet corn, and folks that is because it wasn't sweet corn. Less than 1% of the corn grown in Iowa is actually sweet corn. Majority of the corn we grow is Dent #2 field corn. Iowa is known as the corn state but less than 2% of our population is involved in producing that corn therefore it is not surprising that there would be questions