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Farm Service Agency for Kids
Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ca/Kid_Pages/agfor...
What is Food?
Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/food/food...
Kids Organic Club Fact Site
Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
http://www.kids.organics.org/fact_site.htm
Farms Around the World
Science, geography, and writing project intended to teach people about farming. Includes sites designed by kids in different regions of the world that give personal accounts of farming.
http://www.benicia.k12.ca.us/henderson/faw...
Wheat Mania
A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.
http://www.wheatmania.com/
Death of a Dream
Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
Vermont Life on a Farm
Typical day in the life of a dairy farmer as well as fast facts about Vermont farming in general.
http://www.pcc.com/~christin/farmproject/h...
MooMilk
Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.
http://www.moomilk.com/
Harvest of Fear
Reports on the risks, benefits, hopes, and fears of genetically modified food crops. Includes interviews with scientists, food industry representatives, farmers, and critics. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/
NASS Kids Agriculture and Math Fun
Farming statistics and games from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.usda.gov/nass/nasskids/nasskids...
Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm
A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.
http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/pictures/r...
Organic Kids' Zone
Learn how organic farmers use earth-friendly methods to grow healthy food. Includes an activity book to download, and instructions for building a worm compost bin.
http://www.ebfarm.com/Kids/index.aspx
USDA for Kids Page
Dozens of kid-friendly links to sites about food, agriculture, and the environment.
http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.ht...
Bean Files
Learn about the bean family by reading cartoon stories. Page also features songs, recipes, activities and quizzes.
http://www.clima.uwa.edu.au/schools/beanfi...
National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page
Lists of books, articles, and websites on specific agricultural subjects. Also includes related science fair projects, biographies of leading scientists, and 4-H projects.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/kids
Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page
Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/
Straus Kid's Page
A dairy-farming family shares fun facts about cows and milk, as well as tips for making butter, curds and whey, and even glue.
http://www.strausmilk.com/index.php?mod=pr...
Virginia Apples
Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
http://www.virginiaapples.org/kids/
Why Biotech
Explains how advances in food biotechnology could help feed a growing population, grow more nutritious foods, and keep the earth productive and healthy.
http://www.whybiotech.com/
The Inside Scoop on Farms
Thinkquest site offering a look at dairy, livestock, and crop farms, as well as machinery. Includes a glossary and games.
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312380/
Factory Farming
Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
http://www.factoryfarming.org/
Agriculture in the Classroom: Kid's Zone
Kid resources for science projects, animal and food topics, quizzes, and virtual field trips.
http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/index2.htm
Agropolis-Museum
Science Center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale. Montpellier, France.
http://museum.agropolis.fr/english/default...
George Washington: Pioneer Farmer
Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.
http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/inde...
Kid's Field Day
Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/fieldday/kids
Camp Silos
Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.
http://www.campsilos.org/
FarmNet
Features cartoons outline basic farm safety rules, a virtual field trip to some of Ireland's sheep farms, and a look at animal physiology and classification.
http://www.teachnet.ie/farmnet/
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.
http://www.fs4jk.org/
Science For Kids
Offers news about plants, animals, and other life science issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
The Great Corn Adventure
An animated history about corn, where it came from, how it is grown, what it is used for.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/corn/
Friends of the National Zoo: Kids' Farm
Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/KidsFarm...
KBears' Farm
Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
http://www.kbears.com/farm.html
Farm Life and Farm Animals
Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/farmanim.ht...
CyberSpace Farm
A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/
4-H Virtual Farm
Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtual...
Friendly Farm Club
For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.
http://www.friendlyfarmclub.com/
Life on the Farm During the Depression
A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2107/da...
Kids Farm
About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
http://www.kidsfarm.com/
The Story of Florida Orange Juice
Describes the process of quality testing, harvesting, storing, labeling, and juice extracting of this healthy beverage. Includes related photos of the process.
http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/oj_story....
Kids' Corner
Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/kidsco...
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2006