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Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
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Learn about the bean family by reading cartoon stories. Page also features songs, recipes, activities and quizzes.
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Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming. Located in Waterloo.
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A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.
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Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.
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Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
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Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
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Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
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Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.
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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.
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Learn about different farm animals in Alberta, Canada. Some activities are provided.
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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.
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Covers topics such as the history of food, nutrition, and agriculture as well as current farming practices across the globe.
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Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.
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Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.
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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.
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Explore a virtual village and see videos about how food production has changed over the last hundred years.
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Presents facts about organic dairy, cows and milk, as well as instructions for homemade dairy projects.
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Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
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Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
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Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.
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About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
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Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
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A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
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Fun and educational site about cows and milk with facts, games, recipes, contests and merchandise.
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Lists of books, articles, and websites on specific agricultural subjects. Also includes related science fair projects, biographies of leading scientists, and 4-H projects.
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For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.
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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.
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Offers news about plants, animals, and other life science issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.
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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.
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An animated history about corn, where it came from, how it is grown, what it is used for.
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Thinkquest site offering a look at dairy, livestock, and crop farms, as well as machinery. Includes a glossary and games.
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Describes the process of quality testing, harvesting, storing, labeling, and juice extracting of this healthy beverage. Includes related photos of the process.
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Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
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Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
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Educational resource about growing wheat in Kansas, from planting and harvesting to uses and products.
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Explains how advances in food biotechnology could help feed a growing population, grow more nutritious foods, and keep the earth productive and healthy.
