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Honoring Dick Price
A passionate advocate during his lifetime for agricultural education, Dick worked tirelessly to improve the future of farming in Maryland. He played a pivotal role in creating the Maryland Agriculture Education Foundation in 1989, and served in many roles with the oragnization till present day. Make a gift in honor of Mr. Price to help continue his work toward advancing ag education across Maryland.
To give a gift in honor of Dick Price please use the link below or send any contributions to P.O. Box 536, Havre de Grace MD 21078
Join the Ag Literacy Week Waitlist
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.
We are currently SOLD OUT of Ag Literacy Week books. Please Email Tonya Wible at TWible@maefonline.com to be added to the waitlist
2025 LET’S GRO
Grants available now!
Attention educators and community leaders! MAEF is excited to offer grants of up to $500 to support projects that bring agriculture to life for students.
The LET’S GRO Grant is perfect for projects that give students hands-on experiences with growing, harvesting, and preparing fresh foods while exploring key concepts like:
Botany, Nutrition, Environmental stewardship, Engineering practices
Don’t miss this opportunity to inspire the next generation of agricultural thinkers and doers! Applications are due by March 25, 2025.
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.
