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Oregon Business, Industry, and Education Partnerships - Agriculture, Food & Natural Resource Systems

These links are to Oregon Business and Industry organizations that provide support and information about a variety of career areas. The websites may provide information to strengthen your work and insight into potential partnerships you may form. (Please note, if contact information is provided, that person has agreed to assist in identifying partners.)

• Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom    
  AITC provides curriculum, resources and training to K-12 teachers. The program uses agriculture to teach science, math, history, language arts and nutrition across existing curriculum. Resources are standards-based and use an integrated, hands-on approach to learning. Contact: Tami Kerr.
• Oregon Farm Bureau    
  Promotes educational improvement, economic opportunity, and social advancement for the farming, ranching, and natural resources industry as a whole. Contact: Anne Marie Moss , or call her at: (503) 399-1701, ext. 313
• Oregon Forest Resources Institute    
  Dedicated to public understanding of forest stewardship to meet the social, environmental and economic needs of both present and future generations. Contact: Norie Dimeo-Ediger 971-673-2956
• Oregon State University Department of Agricultural Education    
  Teacher preparation program that provides support for the Agricultural Science and Technology within the State of Oregon. Contact: 541-737-1337
• Oregon Vocational Agriculture Teacher’s Association (OVATA)    
  Professional organization that represents the teachers that teach Agricultural Science and Technology within the State of Oregon.
• Oregon Women for Agriculture    
  Promotes the education of the public about the importance of agriculture and its effects on our economy and to the environment.

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Contacts

• Tom Thompson     (503) 947-5790
  Secondary/Post Secondary Transitions - Ed. Specialist, Industrial & Engineering Systems
• Donna Brant     (503) 947-5622
  Secondary/Post Secondary Transitions - Education Specialist
• Michael Fridley (503) 947-5660
  Secondary/Post Secondary Transitions - Ed. Specialist, Arts, Information and Communications

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