The Foundation is currently accepting nominations for outstanding educators who are using agriculture in their classroom in exciting ways! Do you, or someone you know, use unique and innovative approaches to advancing agriculture literacy in your classroom? Are you aware of interesting concepts and teaching methods for meeting state academic content standards using agriculture as a theme? If so, we want to hear from you!
Application Deadline: November 21, 2008

Eligibility
All district-certified teachers engaged in integrating agricultural concepts into classroom settings at the K-12 grade levels are eligible. Examples may include involvement in school gardens, school farms, student nutrition, environmental education, etc. CFAITC will recognize and award individuals for the following categories:

• Overall Literacy for Life Award (all teachers, grades K-12)
• Vocational Agriculture Literacy for Life Award (for vocational agriculture teachers only)
• Emerging Seed Literacy for Life Award (teachers newly incorporating agriculture)

Awards
Winners will have the opportunity to receive many awards, including:

• $1000 Cash Prize (Overall and Vocational Agriculture)
• $500 Cash Prize (Emerging Seed)
• Recognition in CFAITC publication Cream of the Crop and other media
• Expense paid trip to the 2009 National AITC Conference (St. Louis, MO)
• Expense paid trip to the 2009 CA Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA)
• Expense paid trip to the 2009 California AITC Conference (Sonoma County, CA)

Previous Award Recipients

• Judy Honerkamp, 2008 Outstanding Teacher of the Year
• Jennifer Limberg, 2008 Teacher of Excellence for Community Outreach
• Suzi Smith, 2008 Rookie of the Year
• Alyssa Mangan, 2008 Vocational Agriculture Teacher of the Year
• Diane Pollock, 2008 Vocational Agriculture Teacher of the Year
• Dianne Swanson, 2007 Outstanding Teacher of the Year
• Lawrence Omeje, 2006 Outstanding Educator of the Year
• Tina McEnroe, 2005 Outstanding Educator of the Year
• Cathey Anderson, 2004 Outstanding Educator of the Year
• Carla Wright, 2003 Outstanding Educator of the Year
• Deni Lopez, 2002 Outstanding Educator of the Year