"Furthermore, NGSS requires teachers to approach challenging topics such as climate change and sustainability," reads an AFBFA funding authorization request for its education program. It continues: "Teachers and students are receiving information from educationally trusted sources that do not represent agriculture accurately or in a balanced way, and beef production is often the target of misinformation. To achieve balance and to ensure the accuracy of information, a concerted effort must be made to engage teachers in the conversation around these topics."
Dutkiewicz says that food production should be taught in US schools but that industry-funded material is unlikely to provide objective information about the impact of beef production. "I worry that clearly partial resources that are strategically designed to achieve a corporate messaging are being provided by a Checkoff program," he says.
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