About FAITC
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. (FAITC) is a non-profit organization that develops and trains teachers and agriculture industry volunteers in its agricultural curricula and materials, which they in turn use to educate students about the importance of agriculture.
It also provides grant money to teachers and volunteers for projects that teach students where their food comes from, and the important contributions Florida Farmers make to their communities and their state.
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom is funded by sales of the specialty agricultural license plate known as the Ag Tag. Your Ag Tag purchase allows Florida Agriculture in the Classroom to:
- Hold Florida's Agriculture Literacy Day, in which thousands of industry volunteers read to tens of thousands of students every year
- Award more than $400,000 in teacher and volunteer grant money since the program's inception
- Sponsor more than 20 county workshops
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Send teachers and administrators to the National AITC Conference.
Annual Reports
Please support FAITC by purchasing an AgTag from your local tag office.
Board of Directors
CHAIR
Jennifer Whittaker Sills
Florida Dairy Farmers Inc.
www.floridamilk.com
VICE CHAIR
Ken Barton
Florida Peanut Producers
www.flpeanuts.com
TREASURER
Joan B. Kyle
Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association
www.ffaa.org
SECRETARY
Carole McKenzie
Polk County Farm Bureau
http://www.pcfb.org/
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Vina Jean Banks
Florida Beef Council
www.floridacattlemen.org
Gary Albarelli
University of South Florida Polytechnic Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute
www.fipr.state.fl.us
David Boozer
Florida Aquaculture Association
www.flaa.org
Lyn Cacella-DuBois
Farm Credit of Florida
www.farmcreditsfl.com
Erica Der
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
www.doacs.state.fl.us/
Cheryl Fulford Flood
Kissimmee Island Cattle Co.
Sue Harrell
Florida Strawberry Growers Association
www.flastrawberry.com
Jennifer Nelis
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association
www.fngla.org
Katie Rainka
Florida Department of Education
www.fldoe.org
Tamara Wood
Florida Citrus Mutual
www.flcitrusmutual.com
Barbara Wunder
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
www.ffva.com
Educator Advisory Committee
Kay Duke
Okeechobee Freshman
Okeechobee County
Joe LaMonica
Driftwood Elementary
Broward County
Judy Nova
Manatee Academy
St. Lucie County
Susan P. Carpenter
Eisenhower Middle
Hillsborough County
John Cloran
Apopka Memorial Middle
Orange County
Sharon Cutler
Lawton Chiles Elementary
Hillsborough County
Cherith Davenport
Archer Community
Alachua County
Volunteer Advisory Committee
District V - Judi Whitson
District VI - Danielle Daum
District VII - Christine Kelly-Begazo
District VIII - Cindy Griffin
District I - Stacey Ward
District II - Tracie Fulford
District III - Emily Eubanks
District IV - Stan Burris