Harriet Wegmeyer

Let It Grow! contest
Contests
Discovery Education and the Nutrients for Life Foundation have joined forces again to give six lucky schools a chance to win big with the second annual Let It Grow Contest from the partnership program,  From the Ground Up:The Science of Soil. Open to...
October 3, 2016 Read more
2015-2016 Helping Communities Grow FFA Program Winners
Contests
There were many outstanding applications in our Helping Communities Grow program with 100 total participating FFA chapters across 17 states reaching over 600,000 community members. The program challenged FFA chapters to investigate and discover the critical role fertilizer plays in improving plant health for an abundant, affordable, and safe food supply.
July 5, 2016 Read more
Onion Creek Elementary Wins Let It Grow Contest
Contests
Through our partnership with Discovery Education, Nutrients for Life launched the Let It Grow Contest this spring. This first-annual contest awards more than $10,000 in prizes to six middle schools nationwide as part of From the Ground Up: The Science of Soil, an education initiative that offers middle school students a deeper understanding of the importance of soil science. Educators, parents, and community members were invited to enter the Let It Grow Contest by answering soil-related questions and voting daily for a middle school of their choice.
June 16, 2016 Read more
New Resource: High School Interactive Lessons
Resources
As an organization that makes teaching about soil nutrients as easy as possible, we are excited to provide a new resource: Interactive Lesson Plans! Interactive Lesson plans are ready-to-go slide decks that correspond to the Foundation’s Nourishing the Planet in the 21st Century curriculum. Available via download, the Interactive Lessons provide enriching visuals and interactive opportunities for students to gain a deep understanding of soil and crop nutrients. Take a look...
February 29, 2016 Read more
Fall Lawn and Garden Update
Gardens
Harvest here in Northwest Iowa will wrap up soon. Lush green fields have been replaced with brown stubble. I enjoy watching the combines roll over the fields and grain dust fill the air. I often pause and reflect that harvest, whether it in a field or a garden, is the result of hard work and yields food for all of us.
October 27, 2015 Read more
Fall Lawn and Garden Checklist
Gardens
There is a worn path in the grass that leads from the garden to the kitchen. After months of hard work, I am met with the excitement of enough vegetables to preserve; green beans to can, sweet corn to freeze, and cucumbers to pickle... you get the idea!
September 1, 2015 1 Comment Read more
Do You Preserve Your Harvest?
Gardens
Grandma’s Kook-Kwick Pressure Cooker manual was handed down to me. The manual is most likely from the 1950’s and tells me that a properly filled pantry is the result of careful planning in advance.
August 18, 2015 Read more
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