In southwestern Oklahoma you can find squash plants and radishes growing in the middle of winter in a greenhouse found at Navajo Public Schools. Navajo STEM teacher Tana Curry was able to purchase a 10 x 20-foot greenhouse with the help of the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture Growing with the Foundation for Agriculture Grant.
Navajo Public Schools received one of the $10,000 Greenhouse Grants in 2023 from the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.
"With us being a small rural school we wouldn't be able to have this opportunity if it wasn't for the Foundation for Agriculture Greenhouse Grant," said Tana Curry, STEM teacher at Navajo Public Schools.
The greenhouse is currently being used to implement hands-on learning experiences for students to grow their own produce. Their FFA chapter, tech education, and STEM classes have all used the greenhouse to teach students.
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