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Welcome to AgroWorld! This bimonthly E-zine has been developed for the secondary educator and their students. Each issue features current events, classroom resources, activities, and grant opportunities that enhance standards based on science, applied technology, and social studies curricula. News you can use in your classroom today! For more information or to check out your state's resources, visit us on the web at www.agclassroom.org |
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SCIENCE
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| Breeding Better Cotton |
 People expect a lot from cotton.Consumers want durable, comfortable fabrics. Producers want easy-to-manufacture textiles. And growers want hardy, thriving plants. Click here for more >>> |
| The Science and Scientists Behind the Food |
 Access this website for a multimedia resource kit designed to assist science teachers in incorporating food science into existing curriculum. The kit offers students an opportunity to see real-world applications of their laboratory skills. Click here for more >>> |
| Should We Grow GM Crops? |
 Explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified food crops. Stream interviews from scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology. Both sides of the debate are presented, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.Click here for more >>> |
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One technology that's inching ever closer to the marketplace is a wound dressing that targets
destructive enzymes called proteases which collect in chronic wounds—also known as "bedsores." Negatively charged phosphoric acid incorporated into cotton fibers may be part of the solution for an array
of valuable medical
products that can halt
bleeding, soothe burns,
fight microbes, and
more—all from farm-grown
cotton.| Microbes at the Gas Pump |
 Scientists searching for an Earth-friendly alternative to gasoline are looking in some of the weirdest places—termite guts, cow stomachs, and rotting logs. These researchers are hunting for bacteria and fungi that can help turn plant waste into a liquid fuel called ethanol.Click here for more >>> |
| Modern Marvels: World's Largest Combine |
Just what is a combine? How do you harvest 250 million acres in America? How about a 46,000 pound, 462 hp engine, 40 foot cutter head, machine! See this combine up-close and personal.Click here for more >>> |
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| America's Heartland |
 America's Heartland celebrates our nation's agriculture with hundreds of story segments profiling the people, places and products of U.S. agriculture. Celebrate the diversity and contribution of farmers and ranchers in feeding, clothing and fueling the world. A new feature on their website offers teachers and students access to study guides, related stories, and streaming videos.Click here for more>>> |
| EarthPulse: Food and Water | |
Can we find a balance between food production and our environment? The challenge lies in finding ways to feed the world without undercutting the land, ecosystems, and water resources upon which all life ultimately depends.Click here for more >>> |
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| Producepedia |
 Producepedia, brought to you by Western Growers, an 83-year-old association of California and Arizona farmers who grow, pack and ship almost half of the nation's fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts! Producepedia offers fun facts, interesting history, and nutritional information about produce as well as a chance to meet the family farmers that grow this bounty!Click here for more >>> |
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