1. Harris County

2. TEXAS FARM BUREAU  Non-profit, General Farm and Ranch Organization  Controlled by Members at the County Level  Promotes interests of agriculture and rural America  207 County Farm Bureaus in Texas

3. AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM... Food and Fiber for the 21st Century Texas Agriculture Resource Guide for grades 1-6, Correlated to TEKS and TAKS Food and Fiber for the 21st Century Texas Agriculture Resource Guide for grades 1-6, Correlated to TEKS and TAKS Videos about Crops and Livestock in Texas Videos about Crops and Livestock in Texas Classroom Speakers Who Can Talk About Local Farming and Ranching Classroom Speakers Who Can Talk About Local Farming and Ranching Ag Fairs for Students and Teachers Ag Fairs for Students and Teachers Summer Agricultural Institute for Elementary Teachers Summer Agricultural Institute for Elementary Teachers In-Services and Workshops In-Services and Workshops

4. Teacher Workshops Soil Science... The Earth Under Our Feet CPE Credit Hours awarded...

5. Embryology Workshop

6. Educational presentations by farmers and ranchers at your campus!

7. Bay Elementary HISD All Houston Show and Sale Kid’s Days

8. Mobile Dairy Classroom Rice Farming

9. The Importance of Soil

10. Students see real farm equipment and try their hand at roping a dummy...

11. Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo “PLANET AGRICULTURE”

12. American Farmers Feed the World Number of People Fed Annually By One Farmer: American Farm Bureau Federation® Graphic Sources: American Farm Bureau Federation; National Agricultural Statistics Service America's farmers are the world's most productive. Today, each U.S. farmer produces food and fiber for 144 people.

13. Food is Most Affordable in the United States U.S. consumers spend just 10 percent of their disposable annual income on food. U.S. consumers spend just 10 percent of their disposable annual income on food. Here is How Other Countries Stack Up: Finland 16%France 18% New Zealand 20%Germany 21% Australia 21%United Kingdom 22% Italy 23%Spain 25% Japan 26%Israel 26% South Africa 28%Mexico 33% India 51% American Farm Bureau Federation® Graphic Sources: United Nations; Economic Research Service - USDA.

14. www.txfb.org