Food for America Application

Food for America is designed to help FFA members develop leadership skills as they educate youth about all aspects of agriculture. This application must be submitted to the Utah FFA Association Executive Secretary. The top three chapters selected as “Outstanding Programs” by Utah Agriculture in the Classroom will receive $500 for their chapters.
Chapter Name
Chapter Mailing Address
Chapter Involvement
1. What percentage of your chapter members participated in the Food for America Program?
2. What was the total number of chapter participants?
3. Outline, in detail, your chapter’s Food for America program. Be specific regarding events, activities, and the process you used to carry out your plan.
Program Involvement
4. List other agricultural groups that were involved. What major task(s) did they perform?

5. Please list the schools' name(s), grade level(s), number of students, dates, and contact hours for your chapter’s Food for America program.

	School Name	Grade Level	Date	Number of Students	Number of Contact Hours
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6. Select the event(s) that your chapter presented as part of the Food for America program:

Classroom instruction (virtual or in person)Agricultural literacy testField day or trip/tourDisplay (farm animals, equipment, or materials brought to school)Virtual ZOOM dairy tour (contact DairyWest to schedule a tour)Other
Program Content

When it comes to feeding America (and the entire world) there are many aspects of agriculture that are important and necessary. Production agriculture (farming), processing, distribution, technology, history, nutrition, food safety, the environment, and agricultural careers all play a major role in feeding our growing population. As an FFA chapter, your job is to educate students about these nine different sectors. You are not required to teach lessons in all nine categories. For example, a lesson about dairy cows and milk production would count towards production agriculture. A lesson about dairy products would be considered processing. Free agricultural literacy lessons, activities, and resources can be found at https://utah.agclassroom.org/outreach/food/.
7. Place a checkmark next to each Agriculture Unit category your chapter taught during Food for America.

Production agricultureProcessingDistributionAgriculture technologyHistoryNutritionFood SafetyEnvironmentAgricultural careers
8. Please describe in detail the lessons your FFA chapter taught to students for each unit. Remember, you are not required to have a lesson for each unit.

Example

Processing
- Lesson/Activity: Dairy Products
- NALO: Food, Health, and Lifestyle
- Briefly describe your lesson/activity: Our FFA chapter taught 3rd grade students about milk production on dairy farms and how butter is made. We helped each of the students make butter by shaking cream and salt in a mason jar.
Production Agriculture
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Processing
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Distribution
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Agricultural Technology
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
History
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Nutrition
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Food Safety
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Environment
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Agricultural Careers
Lesson/Activity
NALO
Briefly describe the lesson/activity
Measuring Agricultural Literacy
9. How do you know your students learned and retained information? Did you conduct a pre- and post-test? Was a review game played with the students? Briefly explains any tests or reviews you used. If possible, please attach a copy of any tests/reviews used.
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Evaluation
10. Was an evaluation tool used to access your program’s quality and effectiveness? Please explain. If possible, attach a copy.

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Correspondence
11. Attach any letters of correspondence between your chapter and the school or other agricultural groups involved. This can include letters, emails, confirmations, or thank-you notes.

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Documentation
12. Attach any related photos (with captions or descriptions), new articles, or videos that were taken during your Food for America program.

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Food for America Rubric Reference
Should be Empty:

Chapter Involvement

Program Involvement

Program Content

Production Agriculture

Processing

Distribution

Agricultural Technology

History

Nutrition

Food Safety

Environment

Agricultural Careers

Measuring Agricultural Literacy

Evaluation

Correspondence

Documentation

Food for America Rubric Reference