Farm Life and Farm Animals
Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
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.
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.
Food and Agricultures of the World
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
Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.
What is Food?
Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
Agriculture in the Classroom: Kid's Zone
Kid resources for science projects, animal and food topics, quizzes, and virtual field trips.
Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page
Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
Science For Kids
Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.
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.
Camp Silos
Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.
CyberSpace Farm
A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.
Kids' Corner
Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
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.
4-H Virtual Farm
Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
Factory Farming
Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
Friendly Farm Club
For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.
Farm Service Agency for Kids
Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
Life on the Farm During the Depression
A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
KBears' Farm
Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
Kids Organic Club Fact Site
Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
Kids Farm
About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm
A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.
MooMilk
Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.
George Washington: Pioneer Farmer
Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.
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.
Kid's Field Day
Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.
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.
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.
Vermont Life on a Farm
Typical day in the life of a dairy farmer as well as fast facts about Vermont farming in general.
Straus Kids and Adult Projects
A dairy farm in California presents fun facts about cows and milk, as well as instructions for making curds and whey, butter, and milk glue.
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.
NASS Kids Agriculture and Math Fun
Farming statistics and games from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
USDA for Kids Page
Dozens of kid-friendly links to sites about food, agriculture, and the environment.
Virginia Apples
Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
Wheat Mania
A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.
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.
Farming in Alberta for Children
Tells about the animals and produce raised on one family farm. Includes photographs.
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