The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Iowa State University under the Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Education and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom (SPECA) Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.226). The grant supports the development of a food science and safety curriculum and resources targeted at 4-H youth in Iowa and Florida, with the goal of improving their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors around food science and safety practices. Key objectives include developing the curriculum, evaluating its impact through participant surveys, and widely disseminating the validated curriculum and materials through regional and national 4-H networks. This project aims to build sustainable institutional and collaborative capacity to integrate food science and safety education into 4-H programming for middle and high school students.
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