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4-H Virtual Farm
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Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
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Camp Silos
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Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.
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CyberSpace Farm
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A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.
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Factory Farming
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Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
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Farm Life and Farm Animals
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Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
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Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
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Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.
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Farm Service Agency for Kids
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Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
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FarmNet
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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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Friendly Farm Club
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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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Harvest of Fear
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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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Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page
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Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
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KBears' Farm
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Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
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Kid's Field Day
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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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Kids Farm
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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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Kids Organic Club Fact Site
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Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
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Life on the Farm During the Depression
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A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
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NASS Kids Agriculture and Math Fun
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Farming statistics and games from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page
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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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Organic Kids' Zone
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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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Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm
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A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.
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Science For Kids
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Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.
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Straus Kids and Adult Projects
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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.
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The Inside Scoop on Farms
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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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The Story of Florida Orange Juice
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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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Virginia Apples
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Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
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Wheat Mania
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A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.
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Bean Files
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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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Death of a Dream
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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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Farming in Alberta for Children
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Tells about the animals and produce raised on one family farm. Includes photographs.
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Farms Around the World
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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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Food and Agricultures of the World
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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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Friends of the National Zoo: Kids' Farm
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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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George Washington: Pioneer Farmer
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Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.
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Harvest of History
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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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Kids' Corner
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Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
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MooMilk
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Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.
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The Farm
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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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The Great Corn Adventure
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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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What is Food?
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Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
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Why Biotech
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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.
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