08/14/2024
Your 2024 National Princess Miss Agvocate USA started back to school this week!
Did you know Ag makes school possible?
"Below is a short back-to-school list of “must haves” that are made possible because of agriculture.
1. Pencils, paper and facial tissue – tree farms are essential in providing these staples.
2. Art supplies – some crayons are made with soybean oil, paint brushes contain pig or cattle hair bristles, pig by-products are used to make chalk and glue, plus soy byproducts are found in many cleaning agents that we use to clean up the art room.
3. New clothes – every kid enjoys picking out new clothes for the school year. We can thank cotton farmers for growing the cotton for jeans, many T-shirts and even your gym tops.
4. Hand lotions, warm sweaters, hats, gloves and scarves – lanolin from sheep is found in hand lotions and their wool is spun into yarn.
5. Renewable fuels – ethanol from corn fuels up teachers’ cars while soy biodiesel often powers school buses.
Education is important to everyone’s future. Education makes you think, grow, explore and imagine." - Heather Lang, The American Farm Bureau Federation