Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Ag Education and Outreach

09/07/2026

⏰🌾 TWO WEEKS UNTIL FALL ALL IN FOR AG EDUCATION WEEK! 🌾

The countdown is on! September 21–25 will be here before we know it, so let’s check that list! ✅

👩‍🏫 EDUCATOR CHECKLIST
☐ Planned your week
☐ Talked to your team
☐ Confirmed a field trip
☐ Invited a guest speaker
☐ Scheduled a storybook reader
☐ Picked out your agriculture lessons & activities from School Handbook

🌱 COMMUNITY MEMBER CHECKLIST
☐ Reached out to an educator to offer help
☐ Picked out your accurate Ag Storybook
☐ Planned how you’ll host your farm or agribusiness tour
☐ Prepared your guest speaking chat
☐ Gathered photos, props, products, or hands-on items to share
☐ Made a plan to help students connect agriculture to their everyday lives

Whether you’re in the classroom, on the farm, or in an agribusiness, YOU have a role in making agriculture education happen! We can't do it without you. Thank you for making a difference for the next generation! 💙🌾

📚 Need resources, lesson plans, accurate ag storybooks, field trip ideas, farm/agribusiness tour host training or more? Find everything at the All In For Ag Education Week Webpage. Educators: click School Handbook, Community members, click Resources
👉 www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

Two weeks. One Commonwealth. ALL IN for Ag Education! 🌾💙

09/05/2026

👀 I SPY… something new! 🔎📖

A brand-new Ag Book of Ag Education Week is almost here, but we’re giving you just a tiny peek for now. 🤫

So let’s play I Spy!
👀 I spy something green.
👀 I spy something you might find on a farm.
👀 I spy something that might be part of a great story.

What do you see? 👀🕵️‍♀️

Agriculture Education Week is almost here! With that, a brand-new official Ag Education Week book is on the way. We're not spilling the full details yet, but here's a little sneak peek. Any guesses what it's about?

09/05/2026

🦷🌾 SCHOOLS ACROSS KENTUCKY — WE HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU! 🌾🦷

This Fall All In For Ag Education Week, we’re teaming up with Miss Kentucky to put our students’ hearts for service into action! 👑💙

We’re challenging schools across the Commonwealth to collect oral health supplies for Harvest for Home, a student-led community service project helping provide essential items to Kentucky families.

🪥 Toothbrushes
🦷 Toothpaste
✨ Floss
💙 Other oral health essentials

Every donation makes a difference—and gives students an opportunity to see how agriculture, health, and community service come together to make Kentucky stronger.

📣 Ready to take the challenge?
You’ll find flyers, videos, project information, and everything you need to participate in the All In For Ag Education Week School Handbook!

👉 Find it all at www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

📅 Fall All In For Ag Education Week | September 21–25

Let’s show Kentucky what happens when we get ALL IN! 🌾🦷💙

09/04/2026

All in for Ag Education Week is coming up VERY SOON & we hope you will spend Monday, September 21st with us for a Virtual Field Trip! Through this experience, your students will get to:

⭐️ Participate in a LIVE virtual field trip at Meade Tractor, hosted by Commissioner Shell!
⭐️ Learn about equipment safety, with opportunity to ask live questions via chat.
⭐️ Submit questions ahead of time to be answered during the field trip.
⭐️ Participate in the Ask an Aggie Panel, featuring Commissioner Jonathan Shell, Commissioner Fletcher & other featured guests!

We look forward to bringing this experience to life to support Kentucky’s All in for Ag Education Week!

09/03/2026

🐷🏆 🐷🎡 Wilbur had his day in the show ring, now it's your students' turn! 🏆📚

In the Charlotte’s Web School-Wide Book Study, students get to connect Wilbur’s county fair adventure with the real-world experience of showing livestock.

🎥 Check out this part of the lesson featuring a Kentucky youth livestock exhibitor and collaborators from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture Shows & Fairs showcasing what it’s really like to prepare, enter the ring, and show an animal.

Ready to bring Wilbur’s story into your school?
👉 Find the full resource in the School Handbook at: www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

09/03/2026

🐷🕸️ A beloved story meets Kentucky's Ag Education Week! 🌾📚

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has developed a school-wide Charlotte’s Web Book Study that takes students beyond the pages of the story and into the world of livestock shows and Kentucky agriculture.

Students will explore Wilbur’s experience at the county fair and make connections to what happens at real livestock shows today. The study includes hands-on learning activities and a featured video with insight from KDA’s Shows and Fairs Division and a Kentucky youth livestock exhibitor.

These lessons let students step into the show ring and experience for themselves how livestock owners care for, exhibit, and grow through showing animals--and it's not all buttermilk baths!

Find this and other lesson plans and resources in the School Handbook:
👉 www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

09/03/2026

🎭🎨🐷 BRINGING CHARLOTTE’S WEB TO LIFE THROUGH THE ARTS! 🕸️📚

Through this collaboration, the Kentucky Department of Education partnered with Lexington Children’s Theatre to create three grade-level arts lessons connected to Charlotte’s Web.

Students will have opportunities to explore the story through theater, music, 2-D art, and more, providing creative ways to connect literature and agriculture with the arts.

These lessons are designed to complement KDA’s school-wide Charlotte’s Web Book Study, which explores Wilbur’s experience at the county fair and connects the story to real-world Kentucky livestock shows and agriculture.

📚🎨🐷 One story. Multiple disciplines. Endless opportunities for learning!

Educators can find the Charlotte’s Web resources in the All In For Ag Education Week School Handbook:
👉 www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

09/03/2026

📚🐷 What happens when two departments come together to create a student-centered, hands-on learning experience around a book? 🕷️📚

✨ INCREDIBLE THINGS! ✨

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture and Kentucky Department of Education have teamed up to bring literacy, agriculture, and the arts together in a brand-new learning experience for Kentucky students.

And the best part? It’s available NOW!

Find these lesson plans and other resources in the All In For Ag Education Week School Handbook at:
👉 www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek

09/03/2026

🕸️🐷 SOMETHING IS SPINNING AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS… 🕷🕸️

We’ve been weaving together something special for Fall All In For Ag Education Week—and if you’re an educator, you’re going to want to keep your eyes on this one. 👀

It’s got a little fair magic, a little farm fun, and a whole lot of opportunities for students to see agriculture from a brand-new perspective. 🏆🐖

Think of it like a spider’s web—one simple strand connecting to another until something much bigger takes shape.

📚 One strand leads to literacy.
🎨 Another leads to creativity.
🐷 Another leads to agriculture.
🎭 And you never know where the next strand might lead…

We’re not ready to reveal all the details just yet. 🤫

But we can tell you this:
Something wonderful is being woven for Kentucky classrooms. 🕸️✨ And we're revealing it strand-by-strand today.

📅 Fall All In For Ag Education Week | September 21–25
Looking for resources and lesson plans?
👉 www.kyagr.com/AgEdWeek