New Food & Farm Facts
32-page book with poster. Charts/graphs with facts about today’s agriculture: food costs, consumption and safety; ag terminology; and historical highlights. America’s Bounty poster shows production areas including the commodity belts (corn, cotton, soybeans, rice, etc.). Great for educational programs and community outreach events. Also available are an instructor's guide, lesson plans, CD-ROMs, and even pencils! Order yours today.

New Lesson Plan! Busy Barnyard Pre-K
The Foundation’s new Busy Barnyard Lesson Plan goes along with John Schindel’s book Busy Barnyard or any other simple book on farm animals. This fun, colorful and interactive lesson plan is a great way to introduce younger children to farm animals! The lesson plan comes with three different activities: Farm Animal Names and Sounds, Farm Animal Parade, and Proper Animal Names. The lesson plan also includes a CD/DVD with the lesson plan, farm animal parade pictures and a short video about the lesson plan.

To order the Busy Barnyard Lesson plan, click here and scroll down to Accurate Ag Books.

The Man Who Fed the World
Leon Hesser’s The Man Who Fed the World is an amazing biography that engages the reader in the story of Norman Borlaug, a man who saved hundreds of millions of lives from starvation.

In our efforts to further educate about agriculture, we are proud to support The Man Who Fed the World by Leon Hesser and other literature that successfully tells the story of agriculture. Share this spectacular and inspiring book and help tell the story of agriculture. Buy a copy for state or national legislators, ag reporters, local or school libraries, ag teachers, government officials, teachers and friends. To order The Man Who Fed the World, click here.

Newly Revised Recommended Book List
The American Farm Bureau® Foundation for Agriculture continues to expand its agricultural literacy efforts with the latest edition of our recommended book list. As with all of our efforts, the focus is to identify more accurate information about agriculture. Because of this focus, the majority of books are non-fiction.

The newly expanded list contains 276 recommended books for ages two through adult. Each book on the recommended list has been reviewed and is as accurate a book on the topic as we can identify. This does not mean that every book is perfect. There may be minor problems. It is almost impossible to find a book that is completely without flaw. With the newly revised list we describe those flaws and identify areas which need to be discussed as “teachable moments.” This is actually a very good lesson for students of all ages to learn that just because a statement is in print does not make it true. Learning this lesson is probably more important today than ever before. Overall, however, the books recommended depict agriculture accurately and with modern images and text. We have also worked to ensure that the books are free from stereotypes as much as possible.

Each listing provides the book title, author, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), retail cost, age levels best served by this book and a description. You will find any flaws the book may have and what areas may need to be addressed in this description.

We will be adding to this list and have additional plans for this effort in the future. So check the list on a regular basis to keep your own recommendations up to date.

View our book list in PDF format.

Addressing Misconceptions About Agriculture
Scientists are learning a great deal about how the brain works and how learning occurs. A significant new development in that research deals with misconceptions and misinformation. Researchers now tell us that new information is applied to old linkages in the brain. If an individual holds a misconception about a topic, they apply new learning on top of that misconception. More...

New Beef Ag Mag Teacher's Guide
A new Beef Ag Mag Teacher's Guide to accompany the Beef Ag Mag. Divided into three units the teacher's guide has an activity for each section of the Beef Ag Mag. The 15-page "Nutrition and Food Safety" unit includes Take a Vote which identifies beef preferences of students, Your Nutritional Needs; Serving Size, Nutrition and Fat Content; Nutritional Requirements; Meeting Your Nutritional Requirements; examines factual information about beef as a nutritional food and dispels some myths about beef, and Cooking and Food Safety; and Fun and Easy Recipes to Make with an Adult provide food safety tips and some quick ways to include beef in the diet. More...

New Biotechnology Teacher's Guide
A new Bring Biotechnology To Life Teacher's Guide has been developed to accompany the Bring Biotechnology To Life videotape. Divided into three units, the teacher's guide has activities that connect to the student's previous knowledge, introduce biotechnology and explore one of the issues facing the use of genetically modified organisms in the food system. More...

Seeds for Success A Biannual Newsletter on Agriculture in the Classroom