Ag Pen Pals

       My family and I are very excited that we are a part of Nebraska's Agriculture in the Classroom Program that is managed and funded by Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. We were selected to be a match with Ronna Hammer's 1st Grade Class at Gomez Heritage Elementary. My family and I are very excited to help explain agriculture and what we do on our farming operation. In the first letter we were harvesting mainly corn and I explained that process and gave a few examples of by products of corn. 

    The class was very excited to receive our first letter and sent us back cute thank you notes with hand drawn pictures. Here are a few examples of the letters received. 

This is the class that we are pen pals with. 

"We are having a harvest party tomorrow."
The pictures were very creative and a nice touch. 

"We are having a harvest party tomorrow."

"Dear Ehrke family, We are Mrs. Hammer's first grade class. We are from Gomez Heritage in Omaha." 

"Dear Ehrke family, We are Mrs. Hammer's first grade class. We are from Gomez Heritage in Omaha."

"Dear Ehrke family, We are Mrs. Hammer's first grade class. We are from Gomez Heritage in Omaha. There is 13 kids."

"Having a harvest party tomorrow."

"Dear Ehrke family, We are Mrs. Hammer's first grade class. We are from Gomez Heritage in Omaha. There 13 kids in our class."

My family and I hope to visit the class this winter. This is a wonderful opportunity to explain agriculture to youth that live in urban areas.