OUR STORY

El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom is a local, grassroots, charitable organization that provides quality agriculture-related educational resources, programs, and training opportunities to cultivate through education an understanding and appreciation of how important and all-encompassing agriculture is in our daily lives.

Teaching a growing generation by providing high quality educational programs to increase awareness of the importance of agriculture in our lives.

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LATE 1990s – Food, Fiber Network

  • A few volunteers delivered curriculum to 3rd grade classes.

2000 – Joined w/ EDC Farm Bureau

  • Shared staff with Farm Bureau
  • Built strong volunteer base
  • Laid groundwork for 501c3 status
  • Held first Farm Day (10 stations/100 students)

2003 – Achieved 501c3 Status

2009 – Received 1st CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant

  • Piloted Fields of Learning
  • Contracted Farm Day Coordinator

2011 – AITC Achieves Autonomy

  • Hired Executive Director 
  • Hired Bookkeeper                
  • Applied for 2nd CDFA Grant

2012 – Received 2nd CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant

  • Expanded FOL and hired  Coordinator
  • Piloted Tahoe Farm Day with contracted Coordinator
  • Held Teacher Ag Summer Institute
  • Grew Placerville Farm Day
  • Launched 20 Mile Taste Annual Fundraiser

2014 – Growth Exploded

  • Hired Farm Day Coordinator attendance exploded
  • Tahoe Farm Day & expanded to Nevada
  • Grew Fields of Learning
  • Implemented Operating structure, including support Committees
  • Launched Educational Video Series
  • Established partnership with county Water Agency Partnership
  • Piloted Farm, Food, and Fun program
  • Held Single Day Teacher Workshops

2018 – Settling In

  • Hired Executive Director #3
  • Farm Day attendance remained strong
  • Continued Success with Fields of Learning and new Farm Partners
  • Grew Water Agency Partnership
  • Strong community support continued

2020 – Pivot to remote focus

  • Paused in person programs
  • Built ag curriculum to support COVID-varied educational models
  • Launched Agriculture Influenced Mentorship (AIM) with local FFA chapter
  • Welcomed new board members and leadership

2022 to Present - Rehired Staff

  • Rehired Staff, including an Executive Director, Program Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
  • Quickly brought programs back to re-Covid levels with 8 schools
  • Focusing on program improvements & financial sustainability