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Healthy Farms Biosecurity Community

The Healthy Farms Biosecurity Group is a community is open to all stakeholders who engage with youth or agricultural producers, as they consider and implement effective biosecurity plans and practices. The project is supported by the USDA NIFA-funded Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project (ADBCAP).

October 22 Youth Biosecurity Education Community Conversation

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October 22 Youth Biosecurity Education Community Conversation

Join us on October 22 at 7 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. CDT / 5 p.m. MDT / 4 p.m. PDT for the fourth session in a series of conversations on youth biosecurity education during the month of October.

This session features Equine Extension Specialist/Assoc. Professor Kris Hiney, PhD, Oklahoma State University, Extension Horse Specialist/Professor Betsy Greene, PhD, University of Arizona, and Brittani Kirkland, M.S., Equine Extension Team, Penn State University.

The featured speakers will discuss SCRUB Kits, hands-on activities that link science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The kits combine science with fun activities that engage youth in grades 6 to 12 who are interested in animal science.

This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), under award number 2015-69004-23273. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA or NIFA.

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