To celebrate National Ag Day, the Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is hosting virtual reading sessions of this year’s Colorado Literacy Project book, Still Good: The Faces of Family Agriculture. Each session features a guest reader who will read the book to participants, talk about his or her agriculture operation, and will answer questions.
Guest readers include Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg; Dr. Lora Bledsoe, a large animal veterinarian and rancher from Hugo; Dr. Samantha Cunningham, a Colorado State Universty animal science professor and rancher; Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling-area rancher; Marc and Jill Arnusch, wheat farmers from Keenesburg who are featured in the book; Colorado Cattlemen’s Association president and Western Slope rancher Janie VanWinkle; and author and The Fence Post Magazine assistant editor Rachel Gabel.
The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is making it easy to show your support of the Colorado Reader and Agriculture in the Classroom projects. The foundation is offering a package giveaway fundraiser featuring 10 fun and interesting packages that showcase Colorado agriculture and appeal to a wide variety of audiences. Each chance to win is a $10 donation to the foundation and supporters may enter to win for themselves or a classroom or teacher. Packages may even be gifted by the winner.
Package 1 is a Dr. Temple Grandin class visit and books. This package features a classroom visit from Grandin and five books. The visit can take place in-person if in Fort Collins, Colo., or virtually. Package also includes one free registration ($95 value) to one of CFA’s Summer AgriCULTURE Institutes to be held in July 2021. Package may be gifted to your favorite teacher or class. The books included in the package are Thinking in Pictures – My Life with Autism, by Temple Grandin – Expanded