“How big is your farm?”, “What animals do you have on your farm?”, “How many greenhouses do you have?” The third-grade students at Walker Elementary School in Bedford Park had many questions for Young Leaders Doug Yunker and Becca Biernacki who visited the school as part of the Illinois Ag in the Classroom Adopt A Classroom Program.

The Ag in the Classroom program, through the Cook County Farm Bureau Foundation®, is offering a summer internship to a college student majoring in Ag Communications or Ag Education.

Through a grassroots process, Farm Bureau members submitted the following resolutions to delegates at the 2018 Illinois Agricultural Association® annual meeting.

Program will include curriculum concepts to agriculture with STEM focused content and lessons. Earn 30 PDCH or 2 Grad Credits Each. Click to view more info.

Young Leaders presents coats to Together We Cope, 5 large bags of coats were generously donated by various Cook County Farm Bureau members to benefit the Together We Cope charity in Tinley Park. The 501 (c)(3) charity supports over 27 communities in the southwestern area of Cook County.