Kala Butler, a library media specialist at Lone Star Public Schools, was presented with a bushel basket of agriculture books during the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Nov. 11 in Norman, Oklahoma.
The OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee partnered with the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation to sponsor this year’s Bushels for Books program, which donates a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books to teachers across the state.
“The Foundation is dedicated to educating others about our state’s farming and ranching community,” said Jeramy Rich, president of the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation. “We’re proud to support teachers across the state in educating the future of Oklahoma.”
Butler will supply the books in her elementary library which serves students from preschool through fourth grade. Teachers at the school also will use the books to supplement curriculum covering science, geography, nutrition and more. Butler hopes that by understanding how food is produced, her students will better appreciate the food they eat.
Applications were accepted from teachers across the state, and winners were chosen by the WLC state board. The books cover various agriculture topics and were picked from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s list.
“As farmers and ranchers, we long for today’s students to be informed and excited about agriculture,” said Kitty Beavers, OKFB WLC chairman. “We hope that providing these books to teachers and students will play a small part in fulfilling that goal.”
The Bushels for Books program takes donated bushels of any commodity crop as well as monetary donations from Oklahoma farmers and provides accurate agriculture books to Oklahoma elementary schools. For more information on the program, please visit www.okfarmingandranchingfoundation.org.
