2026 Institute Day: Integrating Agriculture

On February 27th, 2026 DuPage County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom hosted our annual Teacher Institute Day workshop for DuPage County K-12 teachers. The workshop was held at College of DuPage from 7:30am-1pm, and attendees received 5 professional development hours from the DuPage ROE. This years speakers were from Ag in the Classroom, FCAE, U of I Extension, and College of DuPage. At the workshop teachers learned fun ways to incorporate agriculture into their curriculum and participated in hands-on activities. Topics included animal science, plant and soil science, a dish dash cooking activity, and easy ag activities for substitutes. Twenty-three teachers attended the workshop.