1. Youth Link To Pizz-A-Thon Who: Youth “in or after” school What: Leadership development When: 1 week - 1 year activities How: Slice to Soil -”mock business” Through Soil Conservation Districts www.pizz-a-thon.com

2. Food Ag Soil Career Link Food Ag Soil Career Link

3. Survey: what do people like? Teams Create a best selling pizza! ◦Using art, science, language arts, natural resources

4. Teams discover value of soil Growing corn and soybeans in subsoil vs. topsoil, they learn value of conservation

5. Teams are judged Teams prepare pizzas and marketing reports for competition. Sponsors support cost of awards, materials and stipends.

6. 5,000 kids have participated K-12 agriculture literacy program developed at Iowa State University in conjunction with Kellogg funded “Vision 2020” program to get kids excited about learning from “real world” experiences. 15 years experience in Ames, Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities. Adaped for soil and water conservation  Author Eldon Weber, Ames, IA e1935w@aol.come1935w@aol.com