South Dakota students learn to put beef on their table thanks to Beef in the Classroom Experience

Students in 40 South Dakota classrooms are learning from beef-focused nutrition education during this school year.

Beef Logic Inc.’s Beef in the Classroom Experience gives middle and high school students hands-on opportunities to work with beef products in lab settings, where they learn preparation methods, explore the nutritional value of beef and gain practical knowledge to identify and understand various beef cuts. The South Dakota CattleWomen’s organization is a partner in this effort.

Schools in the central part of South Dakota using the Beef in the Classroom Experience program are:

• Colome School

• Edmunds Central School

• Eureka Public School

• Highmore-Harrold School

• Philip High School

• Pierre T.F. Riggs High School

• Selby School

• Wolsey-Wessington School

Elissa Engel, Family and Consumer Science Teacher at Ben Reifel Middle School in Sioux Falls, says the Beef in the Classroom Experience gives students hands-on opportunities to learn how to cook with beef and make beef dishes they like. She says without this program, it would be hard to have resources available for this type of real learning.

In addition to Beef in the Classroom Experience, Beef Logic Inc. is the parent company of Build Your Base, a comprehensive sports nutrition program. Build Your Base uses beef as its premier protein to prepare athletes and their families for a successful sports season through ready-to-use materials, best-in-class sports nutrition education and high-quality protein to support optimal performance.

The 40 participating schools are:

1. Brandon Valley High School

2. Brookings High School

3. Clark School

4. Colome School

5. De Smet High School

6. Edmunds Central School

7. Elkton School

8. Eureka Public School

9. Faith High School

10. Florence High School

11. Groton School

12. Hanson School

13. Harrisburg East Middle/South Middle School

14. Harrisburg Freshman Academy

15. Highmore-Harrold School

16. Howard School

17. Huron High School

18. Iroquois School

19. Madison High School

20. Milbank High School

21. Mitchell CTE Academy

22. Mitchell Middle School

23. Parker School

24. Philip High School

25. Rapid City East Middle School

26. Rapid City South Middle School

27. Redfield Public School

28. Scotland School

29. Selby School

30. Sioux Falls Ben Reifel Middle School

31. Sioux Falls Edison Middle School

32. Sioux Falls George McGovern Middle School

33. Sioux Falls Memorial Middle School

34. Sioux Falls Patrick Henry Middle School

35. Sioux Falls Whittier Middle School

36. Sturgis Brown High School

37. TF Riggs High School (Pierre)

38. Webster Area High School

39. Willow Lake School

40. Wolsey-Wessington School

To learn more about Beef in the Classroom Experience or Beef Logic Inc., visit www.beeflogicinc.org.