Classroom Agriculture Program: Volunteers spreading the message for 35 years

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Dubeau refers to the continuing interest by Albertans in helping spread the word about the importance of agriculture in our daily lives.

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“Thirty-five years later, we’ve still got 260 CAP volunteers, 21,000 students, plus we’re in grade-four classes – we had presentations last year that included 940 classes from 496 schools. So the program is still really, really strong and it looks very healthy going into the future.”

According to Dubeu, an important element of the program is to have volunteers that go into the schools and tell the story of agriculture.

“We have a number of volunteers from the beef industry, so we’re really fortunate in that sense, because there’s always a bit of a highlight on the beef industry, but it’s a multi-commodity program – there are several different commodities that are part of this program and producers from each one of them.”

“Commodities have volunteers that are participating – helping to educate these young people about the different areas in agriculture.”

He says volunteers are the key and they can always use more.

“So, if there’s anyone out there that’s looking to be a part of the program, we would really appreciate if they would put their name forward to the Classroom Agriculture Program or to Alberta Beef Producers, and we can get them in touch with the folks that can help them become a volunteer.”