Agriculture Glance 1-8-12
Crops in Pots program
The Foothills Library, 13226 E. South Frontage Road, will host Crops in Pots at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Stacy Bealmear, Yuma County Cooperative Extension urban horticulture agent, will provide information on growing food in containers. For more information, call 342-1640.
Field tours offered
Yuma Visitors Bureau offers Field to Feast agriculture tours Jan. 18, 19, 25 and 26 (other dates: Feb. 1, 2, 8, 8, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29; and March 1). These trips include picking produce that's transformed into gourmet lunch by Arizona Western College culinary students while participants enjoy a food safety lesson and a narrated coach ride through Yuma's verdant vegetable fields.
For those with a background in agriculture, a special Farmer to Farmer “technical” tour will be held Jan. 10 (also Feb. 14). And if you'd rather explore our border cuisine at the table, the new Taco Trail progressive dinner tours are Jan. 20, Feb. 3 and 17, and March 2 and 16.
Information and tickets for all tours are available at the Visitor Information Center at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, 201 N. 4th Ave., or call 1-800-293-0071 or 783-0071.
UA introduces
Jr. Biotech Project
The University of Arizona-Academic Outreach announces the creation of the Jr. Biotech Project resource center in Yuma. The center is housed at Arizona Western College's AS building and provides science labs and teacher resources for sixth- through 12th-grade teachers in Yuma County.
The Jr. Biotech Project was started with a grant from the Helios Foundation and collaborates with Yuma teachers to support the use of biotechnology techniques within their classrooms. The project provides for the professional development of teachers. It also offers equipment, including a mobile laboratory, for teachers to conduct activities in their classrooms.
The program is of no cost to the school, and teachers can earn professional development credit and possibly a stipend for participating.
For more information, contact Alyssa Haygood, Jr. Biotech coordinator in Yuma, at alyssahaygood@email.arizona.edu or 317-6069.
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