Bring agriculture to life in your classroom every March with Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM). Receive an in-class visit from a farmer or agriculture professional, a hands-on agriculture activity and an agriculture themed book for your classroom. Your students will build stronger connections to the food they eat and develop a deeper appreciation for the role agriculture plays in their lives — at the same time engaging with curricular outcomes. 

Who: Grade 2, 3 and 4 students (Outside these grades? Check out our other programs and resources.)
When: March 2025
Where: Your classroom
How: We match you with a volunteer and you arrange a date and time with your volunteer in March for your presentation
Time: 60 minutes
Cost: Free
Registration will open November 22, 2024!

*If your classroom is located in a remote location where there are no volunteers available for an in-person visit, we will arrange a virtual visit for you.

Les visites virtuelles de bénévoles francophones sont disponibles mais ne sont pas garanties (selon la disponibilité des bénévoles).

For 2025, all teachers receive a: 

• Book (EN/FR): All The Farmers You Will Know
• Activity (EN/FR): What's In Your Lunch? 
  Where does our food come from? When asked this question, many people would say "the grocery store". While shopping, we grab products off the shelf and hardly give a thought to the different crops and animals needed to make that food, or the farmers responsible for growing them. Few of us bite into a delicious cheeseburger (or veggie burger) and think about all the different people and processes that were involved to get that onto our plate. This resource will help to make those connections for you and your students.
• Teacher Guide (EN/FR): The "What's In Your Lunch?" kit will provide you with a hands-on way of connecting your students to the food they eat and the farmers that produce it. In this guide, you will find Manitoba curriculum connections for Grades 2-6, and suggestions on how to use the materials in the kit to best meet Manitoba learning outcomes.

New to AITC-M?

If you are new to participating in our programs, you will need to first create a teacher profile on aitcdashboard.ca. Once you have a profile, you will be able to register for CALM. Save your username and password to register for all our programs.

I have taken for granted that kids know about agriculture just because my family and I do. This program is essential!

My students were fully engaged. They asked a million questions and our volunteer was more than happy to answer.