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Ag Literacy Week
March 17th-21st
Ag Literacy Week focuses on connecting volunteers from the agricultural community to local classrooms with the purpose of increasing student knowledge about agriculture. This program educates Maryland youth through the support of volunteers who purchase the agriculturally-themed Ag Literacy Week book to read to elementary students, complete a provided activity with the class and share their personal experiences in agriculture. The book is then donated to the classroom library and the classroom teacher is given additional lessons to expand the student learning.
Participating in MAEF’s Ag Literacy Week is an opportunity for any group or individual wishing to promote and support agriculture to be the face of agriculture in a kindergarten-3rd grade classroom across the state.
Order the 2025 MAEF
Colors of Ag Calendar!
The 2024 Colors of Agriculture Calendar, featuring artwork from talented students across Maryland, is now available! Each month tells a unique story, showcasing what agriculture means to our future leaders, as well as the dates for every fair and show across the state. Bring a burst of color and fun into your new year by grabbing your calendar today.
Job Posting: Mobile
Science Lab Coordinator
Do you love science? Love agriculture? Love making an impact? Join our team as the Mobile Science Lab Coordinator and help bring hands-on science and agriculture education to schools across Maryland!
What You’ll Do:
Coordinate Mobile Science Lab visits to schools.
Manage supplies and make sure labs run smoothly.
Help inspire science and agricultural leaders!
To apply send a cover letter and resume to Tonya Wible, twible@maefonline.com
AGmazing Maryland
PD in a Box
The AGmazing Maryland PD in a Box program offers 3rd-5th grade educators a free, 1-hour virtual professional development session focused on integrating Maryland agriculture into core subjects like reading, math, and science. Participants receive a comprehensive educator kit, including the “Amazing! Maryland Agriculture” book, lesson plans, worksheets, and materials for up to 30 students. With limited space available, teachers are encouraged to register now using the button below to bring agriculture into their classrooms!
Rocking Goat Raffle
Celebrating MAEF’s
35th anniversary!
To celebrate MAEF’s 35th anniversary this year, we’re raffling off 100 tickets to win this amazing rocking horse – ahem, goat – at just $35 a ticket! Meet him at the MAEF Banquet Nov. 7 in Frederick and/or at the Maryland Farm Bureau Convention Dec. 8-10 in Cambridge, Md. It’s the perfect gift for the goat-lover in your life – an unforgoatable treat. Get your tickets today!
What do we do?
Dedicated to increasing agricultural literacy and agricultural education, MAEF is a nonprofit organization with programs serving pre-kindergarten through post-secondary audiences. MAEF signature programs include professional development courses for teachers; mobile science labs; mobile agricultural showcases and Maryland FFA. Funded by the Maryland “ag tag” license plate revenues, gifts, grants and program fees, MAEF promotes the importance of agriculture in everyone’s daily lives.
Maryland Agriculture License Plate
Revenues generated by the sale of the Ag Tag help underwrite the expense of nearly all of the Foundation’s programs and educational outreach activities. Purchase Ag Tags from the Motor Vehicle Administration for $20.
Eligible vehicles are cars, trucks up to 26,000 GVW, landscape & equipment trailers, RVs, farm trucks, handicap plates, and boat trailers.
