Discussions of the following questions in these breakout sessions are posted as comments here.
1. What existing partnerships with other schools or agencies does your program have?
2. What new partnerships have been conceived, discussed, or proposed that might address some of the issues identified in the previous breakouts?
3. What pathways from K-12 through community college through postsecondary education do you participate in? Are these sustainable?
Sustainable Agriculture Education in Kansas
Johnson County Community College
Here are notes from Group A on the following questions:
1. What existing partnerships with other schools or agencies does your program have?
2. What new partnerships have been conceived, discussed, or proposed that might address some of the issues identified in the previous breakouts?
3. What pathways from K-12 through community college through postsecondary education do you participate in? Are these sustainable?
1. What existing partnerships with other schools or agencies does your program have?
KS Ag Ed: FFA, 4H, County Farm Bureau, Ks association of Ag educators, commodity groups: wheat, corn, soy, beef, pork, grain sorghum (funding sources and ed materials); Dr. Shannon Washburn global food systems.
Ag in the classroom: commodity groups (same); ag industry folks: ICM ethanol, mid-Kansas cooperative, Farm Bureau, conservation districts, cooperative extension, college of ag and college of ed K-State;
dept of hort at k-state: industry orgs in turf and ornamentals (equipment providers, us golf association, Epcot greenhouses); urban food systems: granting orgs–usda, sare, scri, nrcs, organic trust research initiative, nifa; growing growers: missouri u, stuppy, lincoln u, cultivate kc, kc food circle; extension
ks wesleyan: Local: land institute, whispering cottonwood institute, st mary’s grade school, dignity care home; resilience studies consortium (list of schools), Western State Colorado University 3+2, Cloud County Community College, Butler County CC
Kansas Farmers Union: KSAC, northcentral sare, national farmer veterans coalition, ks farmer veteran coalition; ks grazers, WRAPS; growing growers, national farmers union beginning farmer institute,
farmer/educator at jccc: sare, cultivate, rolling prairie, overland park farmers market, green acres farmers market, rosedale farmers market; after the harvest, ups grant
2. What new partnerships have been conceived, discussed, or proposed that might address some of the issues identified in the previous breakouts?
big gap is Ks state dept of education; curt dillon, lizette burkes dept of sci; ks beginning farmers coalition–kansas city chapter of national young farmers coalition starting up; ecotherapy organization and horticultural therapy; farmers learning from early adopters and neighbors: project to film these exemplars like climate and energy project did; project for students to interview elders (ffa grant exists for that)
3. What pathways from K-12 through community college through postsecondary education do you participate in? Are these sustainable?
Here are notes from Group B on the following questions:
1. What existing partnerships with other schools or agencies does your program have?
2. What new partnerships have been conceived, discussed, or proposed that might address some of the issues identified in the previous breakouts?
3. What pathways from K-12 through community college through postsecondary education do you participate in? Are these sustainable?
Group B’s response:
1. What existing partnerships with other schools or agencies does your program have?
-On campus cross program curriculum
-Food Hub- mworks with Douglas County Extension on opportunities for more producer education
-KRC is working on producer education and continuing education. It also supported Growign Growers at the beginning
-OHREC offers summer internships for highschoolers and college students as well as field trips for highschoolers with experiential learning
-Highchools wih technical or career ed programs have to have and agreement with a secondary education institution. There are 7 or 8 agriculture carreer pathways. Riverside Highschool as articulation with Highland Community college for a technical career pathway in agriculture. Highland community college has state wide articulation for agriculture
2. What new partnerships have been conceived, discussed, or proposed that might address some of the issues identified in the previous breakouts?
-Haskell University (landgrant university) has a degree with natural resource management. Partnerships with Kansas Tribes.
-JCCC would like a 2 year associates that can transfer to a landgrant university or another 4 year program at KU, KS Weslyan or Ft. Hayes
-Kansas Health Foundation as an educator for pushing KS leadership around education in community food systems: nutrition and food insecurity
-K-State and KU Leaders: Dr. Wood and David Procter
-Producer training
-High schools with articulation agreements
-Kansas Department of Education’s Agriculture department has 9 pathways including natural resources and environmental systems
-KS Health Foundation
-Kaufmann Foundation
-KC Connector Program
3. What pathways from K-12 through community college through postsecondary education do you participate in? Are these sustainable?
Anyone is welcome to post their own comments in response to these questions or notes.
Group B:
-Johnson County Community college has curriculum from other divisions included in its Sustainable Agriculture Certificate Program such as culinary, horticulture and entrepreneurship.
-Farm Fresh HQ has a partnership with Douglas County Extension to provide opportunities for more producer education.
-Kansas Rural Center works on producer education. It also supported in the development of Growing Growers.
-K-State Olathe Horticulture Research & Extension Center has summer internships for high schoolers and college students. They also have field trips with experiential learning opportunities for high school groups.
-Blue Valley Caps program sometimes places students at farms when they are shadowing veterinarians or animal technicians.
-High schools in KS with tech or career ed programs in AG (7or 8 approved programs) have to have a articulation with a secondary education institution. Ex Riverside High school has an articulation with Highland Community college