Muhlenberg County Farm Bureau Celebrates National Ag Day and Kentucky Ag Literacy Week

 

Muhlenberg County Farm Bureau celebrated National Ag Day and Ag Literacy Week by volunteering at Muhlenberg South Elementary and helping teach 1st graders about agriculture. 

 

Students participated in activities designed to teach them about agriculture.
1st graders at Muhlenberg South Elementary School posed for a picture while learning about agriculture.
MCFB board member Mary Kate Kordes presented the book and educators guide to the school library.
MCFB board member Mary Kate Kordes read "John Deere, That's Who" to Muhlenberg South Elementary 1st Grade students. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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