Directory of Farming Resources

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Subcategories

• 4-H
• Animals
• Future Farmers of America

Resources in This Category

• 4-H Virtual Farm

  http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/main.html
  Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.

• Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory (AIPL)

  http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/kcindex.html
  Learn about the lab and find facts about cows and dairy products. Includes games.

• Camp Silos

  http://www.campsilos.org/
  Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.

• Death of a Dream

  http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
  Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.

• Farm Safety 4 Just Kids

  http://www.farmsafetyforjustkids.org/
  Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.

• Food and Agricultures of the World

  http://www.museum.agropolis.fr/english/
  Covers topics such as the history of food, nutrition, and agriculture as well as current farming practices across the globe.

• Friends of the National Zoo: Kids' Farm

  http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/KidsFarm/
  Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.

• Harvest of Fear

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/
  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.

• Harvest of History

  http://www.harvestofhistory.org/
  Explore a virtual village and see videos about how food production has changed over the last hundred years.

• Healthy Farm Practices

  http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/?section=Healthy+Farms
  Presents facts about organic dairy, cows and milk, as well as instructions for homemade dairy projects.

• Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page

  http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/
  Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.

• John Deere Kids' Corner

  http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/fans_visitors/kids/kids.page?
  Interactive story and coloring books from equipment manufacturer.

• Kids Farm

  http://www.kidsfarm.com/
  About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

• MooMilk

  http://www.moomilk.com/
  Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.

• Pod to Plate

  http://www.podtoplate.org/
  Learn about soybean production. Includes fact sheets, games and videos. From the Illinois Soybean Association.

• Science For Kids

  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
  Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.

• The Farm

  http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/farm-tech/
  Learn about life on the farm by watching videos, taking a short trivia quiz, and a virtual tour of an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.

• The Great Corn Adventure

  http://extension.illinois.edu/corn/
  An animated history about corn, where it came from, how it is grown, what it is used for.

• The Story of Florida Orange Juice

  http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/Story/oj_story.html
  Describes the process of quality testing, harvesting, storing, labeling, and juice extracting of this healthy beverage. Includes related photos of the process.

• Tiki's Guide to Food

  http://tiki.oneworld.net/food/
  Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.

• Wheat Mania

  http://www.wheatmania.com/
  A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.

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