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
- Send teachers and administrators to the National AITC Conference.
Annual Reports
- 2009 Annual Report & 2010 Calendar (PDF)
- 2008 Annual Report & 2009 Calendar (PDF)
- 2007 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2006 Annual Report (PDF)
Please support FAITC by purchasing an AgTag from your local tag office.
Board of Directors
CHAIR
Vina Jean Banks
Florida Beef Council
www.floridacattlemen.org
VICE CHAIR
Jennifer Whittaker Sills
Dairy Farmers Incorporated
www.floridamilk.com
TREASURER
Joan B. Kyle
Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association
www.ffaa.org
SECRETARY
Barbara Wunder
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
www.ffva.com
Gary Albarelli
Florida Institute of Phosphate Research
www.fipr.state.fl.us
Dr. Larry Arrington
University of Florida/IFAS Extension
www.solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu
Ken Barton
Florida Peanut Producers
www.flpeanuts.com
David Boozer
Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association
www.flaa.org
Lyn Cacella-DuBois
Farm Credit of South Florida
www.farmcreditsfl.com
Leslie Coleman
National Watermelon Promotion Board
www.watermelon.org
Cheryl Fulford Flood
Kissimmee Island Cattle Co.
Sue Harrell
Florida Strawberry Growers Association
www.flastrawberry.com
Darica Land
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
www.doacs.state.fl.us/
Carole McKenzie
Clear Springs Co.
www.clearspringsco.com
Jennifer Nelis
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association
www.fngla.org
Dr. Marilyn Norman
UF/IFAS 4-H
www.solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu
Katie Rainka
Florida Department of Education
www.fldoe.org
Heather Russo
Florida Turf Grass Association
www.ftga.org/
Eva Webb
Florida Farm Bureau
www.floridafarmbureau.org
Tamara Wood
Florida Citrus Mutual
www.flcitrusmutual.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