With turkeys underfoot, plants growing in the greenhouse and a mountain of a compost pile, fifth and sixth grade students at Northeast Hamilton Community Schools are fortunate to have agriculture incorporated into almost each and every component of their classroom curriculum. The Iowa Ag Literacy Foundation recently recognized the students’ instructor, John Seiser, with a teaching award for his efforts in exposing the kids to agriculture.

As an upper elementary teacher from Blairsburg, Seiser is the first recipient of...