A Web site for ag educators

By E. M. Morrison

Crookston, Minn. -- Minnesota ag educators' very own Web site is under construction. Students, faculty, and administrators at the University of Minnesota-Crookston and St. Paul have teamed up to build a Web resource with everything from Extension reports to value-added education curriculum.

"There's no place like it on the Web," says Richard Nelson, chair of the UMC agriculture division. The new Web site will make it easy for teachers and students to look up data on Minnesota agriculture. "It's really a task of linking existing resources," says Nelson, who is designing the site.

Nelson envisions links to dozens of state ag organizations. The U of M Extension is already an active partner and the Department of Agriculture, Department of Children, Families and Learning, commodity groups, research institutions, agri-businesses and trade organizations are invited to join the effort. There will be a directory of state ag teachers, a bulletin board of events, and space for youth groups like 4H and FFA.