Ag Angle: San Martin, California
“There’s nothing better than having multiple generations of family involved in our farm."
Ag Angle: Jenna Fletcher
This photo has three of Jenna Fletcher's favorite things: a sunset, a calf and a sunflower.
Ag Angle: Chris Johns
"This photo was taken during a National Geographic story I was doing about Highway 93 in Nevada."
Ag Angle: Stewartsville, Missouri
The bond this man has with his granddaughters is enough to make anyone swell with pride.
Monument Valley FFA Chapter Featured On PBS NewsHour
The agricultural education program of an impressive Arizona FFA Chapter earned more recognition this week as it was featured on PBS NewsHour. Monument Valley FFA Chapter, located in Kayenta, Arizona, is home to a career and technical education program that defies odds and serves students inside the Navajo Nation. The program is coordinated by Clyde McBride, recently named as an Education Week Leader To Learn From: McBride, who is the director of career and technical education in the 2,000-student Kayenta Unified school district, started this program in 1990 and has built it into a powerhouse that catapults students past the odds they’d face without it. In a Native American community of high poverty and unemployment, his 200 students outscore their peers statewide on math and English tests, and 100 percent graduate from high school, outstripping the statewide average by 22 percentage points. Three-quarters of McBride’s graduates enroll in college or training programs. The rest go straight into the workforce. “The work he does and the successes of his students are phenomenal,” says Jeanne Roberts, who oversees [...]
Ag Angle: Crescent City, California
“We love the critters on our farm: chickens, sheep, geese, turkeys, cows and even elk. I captured this while we were out moving one of our chicken coops to a different paddock in the pasture."
