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Podcast: The Produce Moms Podcast
Episode: Getting Produce into the Classroom with Teacher and Innovator, Julie Cates
Description: "Julie is authentically passionate about raising awareness of our industries' critical issues and teaching academic standard in the process. It's really a remarkable approach to education." - Lori When it comes to innovation in the classroom, 6th-grade teacher Julie Cates, 2015 AG in the Classroom Teacher of the Year, is an inspiration. While she and her students live in Central Valley, a region considered a major producer of stone and citrus fruits, nut products, and the #2 dairy producer in the US, they are also in a food desert. Most of her students live in rural areas...