Share Your Agriculture Story
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom helps students and educators see the many ways agriculture connects to their lives, communities, and futures. Through classroom resources, hands-on experiences, and connections with Minnesota agriculture, MAITC works toward a future where agriculture is valued by all.
Volunteering with MAITC is not a one-size-fits-all opportunity. Instead, we look for ways to connect interested farms, agricultural businesses, organizations, and individuals with specific learning opportunities for students and educators.
By completing the interest form below, you are letting MAITC know that you are open to sharing your agriculture story, site, or knowledge when the right opportunity is available. While we may not be able to use every volunteer interest right away, we are grateful for your willingness to support agricultural literacy in Minnesota.
Ways to Share Your Agriculture Story
Content Expert
Content Experts may be contacted when MAITC is looking for additional insight on a specific agriculture topic, resource, or classroom connection.
This could include answering a question, sharing industry knowledge, reviewing a small piece of content, or helping MAITC better understand a topic connected to agriculture, food, fiber, natural resources, or careers.
Because these needs vary, completing the form does not guarantee that your expertise will be used. However, your interest helps MAITC know who may be available if a related opportunity comes up.
AgHost for Farm Camp Minnesota
AgHosts are farmers, producers, agribusinesses, and agricultural sites that welcome students into real-world agriculture experiences through Farm Camp Minnesota.
Farm Camp connects classrooms with local farms and agricultural businesses to help students see agriculture in action. Each experience is customized based on the classroom, host site, and learning goals of the educator.
As an AgHost, you are not expected to plan the experience alone. Farm Camp works with educators and hosts to support communication, scheduling, tour planning, student engagement, and follow-up.
AgHosts may help students explore crops, livestock, food production, natural resources, agricultural careers, technology, and the connection between classroom learning and real-world agriculture.
Estimated time commitment: 2 to 4 hours, including communication with the Farm Camp Director and the student visit.
Virtual Field Trip Host
Virtual Field Trips help classrooms connect with farms, agricultural businesses, and unique agriculture sites without leaving school.
If your farm, organization, or business has a story to share, a virtual field trip can help students experience agriculture through live or recorded video. MAITC works with hosts to plan the field trip, test technology, outline the experience, and prepare for student engagement.
Virtual Field Trip hosts may share a tour of a farm, facility, greenhouse, market, research site, agribusiness, or another agriculture-related site. These experiences help students see the people, careers, and processes behind agriculture in Minnesota.
Estimated time commitment: 4 to 6 hours, including a connectivity test, planning, rehearsal, and the virtual field trip.
Teacher Tour Host
Teacher Tours give educators the opportunity to experience agriculture firsthand and discover new ways to bring agriculture into their classrooms.
As a Teacher Tour host, you can help educators better understand agriculture in Minnesota by welcoming them to your farm, business, organization, or site. These experiences help teachers make real-world connections they can carry back to students through lessons, discussions, and activities.
Teacher Tour hosts may help educators learn about Minnesota agriculture, local food systems, agricultural careers, technology, production practices, stewardship, innovation, and classroom connections.
Estimated time commitment: 1 to 5 hours, including email preparation with MAITC, a site visit before the tour, and the teacher visit.
What Makes a Good Fit?
You may be a good fit for a MAITC volunteer opportunity if you are willing to share your agriculture story, communicate with MAITC staff, and help create a safe, engaging, and meaningful learning experience for students or educators.
Potential volunteers and host sites may include farms, livestock operations, greenhouses, orchards, food businesses, agricultural retailers, commodity organizations, conservation sites, research facilities, agribusinesses, and other organizations connected to agriculture, food, fiber, natural resources, or careers.
Get Connected
Interested in sharing your agriculture story with students or educators?
Complete the interest form below and tell us more about your farm, business, organization, site, or area of expertise. MAITC will keep your information on file and may contact you when there is an opportunity that fits your interest, location, availability, or knowledge.
Please note that completing this form does not guarantee a volunteer opportunity or partnership. MAITC works to match volunteers with specific program needs, educator requests, locations, and learning goals. We sincerely appreciate your willingness to support agricultural literacy in Minnesota.
Volunteer Interest Form
Thank you for your interest in supporting Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom. Your willingness to share your agriculture story helps strengthen our work to ensure agriculture is valued by all.
Want to give back in other ways?
Learn more about how to Support Educational Outreach with Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. Foundation.
