PERSPECTIVE November 1, 2024
Jennifer Meyer
Keli Groves
Joyce Langford
Amanda Beshear
Audrey Harmon
Kaitlyn James
Eighteen teachers receive agriculture books through OKFB’s Bushels for Books ighteen Oklahoma teachers were recently selected to receive a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books as part of Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Bushels for Books program. A collaboration between the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture and the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee, Bushels for Books is designed to spread agriculture literacy to children around the state through providing a selection of books that accurately portray the agriculture industry. “The Women’s Leadership Committee is proud to support this year’s selection of teachers for our Bushels for Books program,” said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC chair. “We hope the students can use these books to learn the importance of agriculture and how food gets from the
farm to their fork.” Teachers who received bushel baskets
• Audrey Harmon, Morrison • Jackie McGolden, Fairview
this year include:
• Aimee Arnold, Purcell
• Kaitlyn James, Woodward
• Jennifer Meyer, Grove
• Amber Rinehart, Fargo-Gage
• Keli Groves, Bristow
• Rachel Crume, Granite
• Abby Jeffrey, Stillwater
• Amy Conkling, Weatherford • Jo Anna Perdue, Harrah • Darla Hendricks, Fort Cobb-Broxton • Robin Burns, Walters • Joyce Langford, Cache • Amanda Beshear, Wister • Sherry Shadwick, Fanshawe • Crystal Pritchett, Salina • Susie Murphy, Peavine
The program is open to Pre-K through eighth-grade teachers and librarians in Oklahoma. “It is vitally important that students understand where their food comes from,” said David VonTungeln, OKFB Foundation for Agriculture president. “We hope these accurate agriculture books provide an insight into the everyday life of production agriculture.”