Cornell Cooperative Extension

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Thank You to All Teachers, Schools and Volunteers Participating in Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Agricultural Literacy Week 2025

Middletown, NY – The 21st annual New York Agricultural Literacy (AgLit) Week 2025 was an overwhelming success thanks to the extraordinary team efforts of Orange County NY schools, volunteers, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners! A team of forty-eight (48) Master Gardener volunteers and fifteen (15) community members and staff read The Pie That Molly Grew by Sue Heavenrich in March and April in local schools.

The CCE Orange County AgLit program reached forty-one (41) Orange County schools, two hundred and seventy-eight (291) classrooms and four thousand, eight hundred and sixty-nine (4869) children in grades Pre-K through 4. All the children were excited to talk about different types of pumpkins and their uses. Thanks to donations from CCE Orange County, NYS Agriculture in the Classroom and the NYS Farm Bureau, each participating school received a copy of the book to keep in their library. Donations from NYS Agriculture in the Classroom also provided hands-on activities so each student could understand the lifecycle of a pumpkin and grow their own seedlings. Although not a favorite of most children surveyed in the classroom, we are looking forward to lots of pumpkin pie in the Fall.

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Andrew Graham
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(845) 344-1234, Ext.233

Last updated May 19, 2025

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