Open AccessUsing "Ag in the Classroom" curricula: Teachers' awareness, attitudes and perceptions of agricultural literacy
Author(s) -
Cynthia L. Malecki,
Glenn D. Israel,
Elena Toro
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-wc051-2004
Subject(s) - agriculture , intermediary , agricultural education , agricultural communication , curriculum , business , marketing , service (business) , agricultural productivity , food processing , political science , medical education , public relations , engineering , sociology , geography , pedagogy , medicine , archaeology , law
Florida's residents are more dependent than ever on agriculture, but for many the relationship is invisible. This is because it is masked by the proliferation of widely available food products on store shelves and numerous intermediaries in the food processing, distribution and marketing system. The mission of agricultural education today is to create an awareness of this progression as well as the need for the agricultural industry. Additionally, agricultural education should create awareness about how newly developed technologies have become an integral part of the world's production of food and fiber. This document is AEC 370, a publication of the Agricultural Education and Communication Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Instituteof Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date January, 2004.