Join us Jan. 16 at the Evergreen FS Building, 402 N. Hershey Road in Bloomington from for an Ag After Hours. Our guest speaker will be Illinois State Statistician, Mark Schleusener to discuss USDA Crop Reports & Surveys. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and our speaker will be at 6 p.m. Ag After Hours are informal networking events offered for Farm Bureau members. Refreshments will be provided. Click here to register.
Check some highlights of McLean County Farm Bureau’s efforts on behalf of our members in 2018-19. Growing leaders, serving our communities and advocating for agriculture!
John Olson earned statewide recognition for decades of volunteer work helping non-farmers learn about food and farming. Olson was named the 2020 Illinois Ag in the Classroom Volunteer of the Year and recognized at the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Dec. 7. In the 1980s, Olson and others hosted hundreds of local fourth graders for farm field trips. He was also involved with the development of an ag exhibit at the Children’s Discovery Museum starting
Katie Buckley, secondary special education teacher and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Educator across the district at LeRoy CUSD #2, was named 2020 Illinois Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year for her outstanding efforts in incorporating agriculture into her classroom. Agriculture themed lessons generate opportunities for problem solving and project-based learning in Buckley’s classroom. Students have the opportunity to engage with real world problems like soil conservation, resource allocation and sustainability. Buckley’s students
McLean County Farm Bureau board members discussed issues ranging from trade to transportation to taxes during the delegate session at the IAA Annual Meeting Dec. 9. Along with representatives from every county Farm Bureau in the state, the delegates discussed and approved policy for the organization on a long list of topics. Key items include: Policy calling for voluntary, science-based efforts on climate change Language addressing pesticide regulations Policy calling for revisions to the H2-A
