Youth Link To Pizz -A-Thon
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Youth Link To Youth Link To Pizz-A-Thon Pizz-A-Thon Who: Youth “in or after” school What: Leadership development When: 1 week - 1 year activities How: Slice to Soil -”mock Through Soil Conservation Districts www.pizz-a-thon.com
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Youth Link To Pizz -A-Thon. Through Soil Conservation Districts www.pizz-a-thon.com. Who: Youth “in or after” school What: Leadership development When: 1 week - 1 year activities How: Slice to Soil -”mock business”. Food Ag Soil Career Link. Teams Create a best selling pizza! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Youth Link To Youth Link To Pizz-A-ThonPizz-A-Thon
Who: Youth “in or after” schoolWhat: Leadership developmentWhen: 1 week - 1 year activities
How: Slice to Soil -”mock business”
Through Soil Conservation Districtswww.pizz-a-thon.com
Food Ag Soil Career Link Food Ag Soil Career Link
Survey: what do people like?Survey: what do people like?
Teams discover value of soilTeams discover value of soil
Growing corn and soybeans in subsoil vs. topsoil, they learn value of conservation
Teams are judgedTeams are judged
Teams prepare pizzas and marketing reports for competition. Sponsors support
cost of awards, materials and stipends.
5,000 kids have participated5,000 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 [email protected]
