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Dec 22, 2020
Middle School educator Sharon Park (left) accepts a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books on behalf of Lori Hotfelt from Oklahoma Farm Bureau Womenâs Leadership Committee chair Mignon Bolay (right). Submitted
Lori Hotfelt, an educator at Sequoyah Middle School, recently was presented one of 12 baskets of agriculture books through the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the OKFB Womenâs Leadership Committee Bushels for Books program.
The program utilizes donated bushels of any commodity crop, as well as monetary donations from farmers and ranchers, and provides bushel baskets of accurate agriculture books to Oklahoma educators.
âAgriculture is the foundation of our state,â said David VonTungeln, foundation president. âMany do not understand what it takes to produce food, fiber and fuel in Oklahoma and across the nation. We are hoping these accurate agricultural books will assist