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Toward a Sust Ag Tchrs Guide
Howdy, all--
I'm writing to fill in a few details on the teachers guide "Toward a
Sustainable Agriculture" as per Margaret Reeves's request on the
SAED-SHARE-L listserver. I am cc'ing this to SANET-mg and SUSTAG-L
in the interest of downing a thousand birds with one virtual stone.
It is designed for high school teachers who wish to build sustainable
agriculture into their courses, primarily--but not exclusively--ag
instructors. It runs about 150 pages and contains
o Teacher reference guide sections on sustainable livestock and
cropping systems, the economics of sustainable ag, alternative ag
enterprises, public policy issues, ethics, and an introduction to
sustag. The goal of these sections is to make the teacher
comfortable with sustag concepts and point them to resources for
further exploration.
o An instructional unit outlining the above chapters' key concepts
o 21 classroom-tested learning activities including learning
objectives, resources, ideas for test questions, and more.
It is accompanied by a 26-page supplement, "Resources for Teaching
Sustainable Agriculture." Both publications can be ordered from CIAS
for $10 for the set of two.
Although it was first published in 1991 (and reprinted the following
year), we have evidence that it was forward-thinking enough to
retain its utility. "Toward a Sustainable Agriculture" was chosen in
the fall of 1995 as the basis for a set of learning activities that
/National Geographic/ magazine distributed to its 26,000-member
geography teachers' network. These activities were designed to give
those teachers the means to teach concepts from /National Geo/'s
December-issue article on sustainable ag, authored by Verlyn
Klinkenborg.
The guide was a collaborative effort of the Center for Integrated Ag
Systems, UW-Madison, and the Wisconsin Rural Development Center, with
technical publishing support from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public
Instruction. It was prepared by statewide task forces of h.s. ag
instructors, farmers, UW faculty and grad students, vo-tech
instructors and staff, and folks from environmental and nonprofit
organizations. It was reviewed in draft by ag ed teachers across
Wisconsin and revised with their feedback in mind.
To order the two publications, please contact
Kathy Martin-Taylor
martin-taylor@ae.agecon.wisc.edu
(608) 262-5200
peace
misha
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Michele Gale-Sinex, communications and outreach
Center for Integrated Ag Systems/Ag Technology and Family Farm Institute
UW-Madison--1450 Linden Drive 146 Madison, WI 53706
Voice: (608) 262-8018 FAX: (608) 265-3020
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