Shapiro Administration Takes Agriculture To The Classroom, Inspiring Youngest Pennsylvanians During Ag Literacy Week

Landenberg, PA – Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding celebrated Ag Literacy Week today, reading to second-graders at Avon Grove Charter School in Landenberg, Chester County and touring the school farm, which was funded by PA Farm Bill Farm to School Grants.

Throughout PA Ag Literacy WeekOpens In A New Window, March 18-22, Secretary Redding and other department officials joined agriculture educators statewide in reading Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root, and leading hands-on activities to connect young children to the science of food production. The week is a project of Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, which partners with the department on this and other projects to expose young people to agriculture careers.