Agriculture Education
NI Articles

Below you will find a list of all the Natural Inquirer materials that include information and research about agriculture topics. These can be useful to any agriculture education teacher looking for additional resources. The articles have been separated into 7 agriculture topics: Forestry, Wildlife, Plant Science, Entomology, Soil Science, Aquaculture, and Agriculture Literacy. At the end of this page, you will also find some of our Scientist Cards that are related to agriculture topics and the included articles.
For more information about the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) visit www.usda.gov and to learn more about agroforestry visit the National Agroforestry Center website.
Thank you to Sarah McCord for helping us gather these materials during her internship in 2022.
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SPLAT! - Natural Inquirer Time Warp monograph series
- Protecting pine trees in the Western United States from beetle attack
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Batter Up! - Natural Inquirer Time Warp monograph series
- Investigating what type of wood makes the best baseball bat
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Moving on Up - an article from the Climate Change Edition
- The possible impact of climate change on Eastern United States forest habitat
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The GLAS is Half Full - an article from the Climate Change edition
- Can the information gathered by satellites be as useful as information gathered in person to determine the age and biomass of tropical forests?
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The World's Forest (1st edition) - Natural Inquirer Journal
- Presents the results of a worldwide effort to understand forests, organized by the United Nations FAO
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The World's Forest (2nd edition) - Natural Inquirer Journal
- Learn about the World's Forest by walking through the Global Forest Resource Assesment - a report put out by the United Nations FAO every 5 years
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The World's Forest (3rd edition) - Natural Inquirer Journal
- Walk through the 2015 Global Forest Resource Assesment
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The Natural Inquirer has over 100 cards available to pair with these agriculture articles and topics. Each card features a Forest Service scientist and their research. The card sets include soil scientists, water scientists, plant & forest scientists, insect scientists, wildlife scientists, and many more! To order or download free copies of these cards you can visit our Scientist Card page. All of these cards are also available in a poster version that can be downloaded by following this link. These cards and posters are perfect for introducing students to many different types of careers.
Richard Straight, Lead Agroforester, Technology Transfer

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- M.S., Iowa State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- I am forester who has specialized in agroforestry. My primary responsibilties are to promote agroforestry to the natural resource management community and provide them with educational materials and training.
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Dr. Sybill K. Amelon, Wildlife Ecologist

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- Ph.D., Missouri-Columbia
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A wildlife ecologist studies native animal species at multiple levels of biological organization, from genetics of wildlife populations to interactions of wildlife ecosystem processes.
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Mr. Gary Bentrup, Research Landscape Planner

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- Master of Landscape Architecture, Utah State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- I study agroforestry. Agroforestry is the use of trees to provide multiple benefits to society.
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Dr. Grizelle Gonzalez, Soil Ecologist

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- Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A soil ecologist studies how living and nonliving factors (and their interactions) affect the functioning of the soil environment.
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