WESTPORT - How many kids understand where the food on their
table comes from or where the kitchen table comes from? During
National Agriculture Week, March 15-19, students throughout New
York will be learning about the importance of the trees in our
everyday lives during the fourth annual New York Agriculture
Literacy Week, coordinated by New York Agriculture in the
Classroom. Once again Farm Bureau is generously sponsoring the
purchase of books that will be read in second grade classrooms
and then donated to the schools' libraries throughout the
county. This year's book is the "The Tree Farmer," written by
Chuck Leavell and Nicholas Cravotta. Teachers will also receive
a resource packet including additional lessons and information
on the timber industry. If you are interested in volunteering
your time to read in a classroom, please contact Linda
Gillilland, 4-H resource educator at 962-4810 or by e-mail at
firstname.lastname@example.org.