2024 Bushels for Books recipients

Eighteen Oklahoma teachers were recently selected to receive a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books as part of Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Bushels for Books program.

A collaboration between the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture and the OKFB Women's Leadership Committee, Bushels for Books is designed to spread agriculture literacy to children around the state through providing a selection of books that accurately portray the agriculture industry.

"The Women's Leadership Committee is proud to support this year's selection of teachers for our Bushels for Books program," said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC chair. "We hope the students can use these books to learn the importance of agriculture and how food gets from the farm to their fork."

Teachers who received bushel baskets this year include:

• Kaitlyn James, Cedar Heights Elementary
• Amber Rinehart, Fargo-Gage High School
• Rachel Crume, Granite Public Schools
• Amy Conkling, Stafford Elementary
• Jo Anna Perdue, Virginia Smith Elementary
• Darla Hendricks, Fort Cobb-Broxton Elementary
• Robin Burns, Walters Elementary School
• Joyce Langford, Cache Elementary
• Amanda Beshear, Wister Public School
• Sherry Shadwick, Fanshawe Public School
• Crystal Pritchett, Salina Public Schools
• Susie Murphy, Peavine School
• Audrey Harmon, Morrison Elementary
• Jackie McGolden, Cornelson Elementary
• Aimee Arnold, Purcell Intermediate School
• Jennifer Meyer, Grove Elementary School District
• Keli Groves, Bristow Edison Elementary School
• Abby Jeffrey, Will Rogers Elementary

The program is open to Pre-K through eighth-grade teachers and librarians in Oklahoma.

"It is vitally important that students understand where their food comes from," said David VonTungeln, OKFB Foundation for Agriculture president. "We hope these accurate agriculture books provide an insight into the everyday life of production agriculture."