Learning More – Ag In the Classroom

Did you learn about farmers, farming and agriculture in school? I might have, but I really don’t think I learned very much.

But I grew up on a farm in the middle of the Canadian prairies, so my education came outside of school.

In our current culture, more and more people and definitely kids, have grown disconnected from the food they eat. They don’t know where it came from, how it was produced or even why agriculture is important for them. So many people have never seen a farm animal or been to a farm. Or even met a real, live farmer.

That’s why learning tools like Ag in the Classroom are so valuable. This program is run in Saskatchewan as a charity organization, but I would imagine there are other versions around the country or the world. If not, there should be.

It’s actually run in partnership with the Canadian Ag In The Classroom organization.

I will briefly run through some basics about this tool, but I encourage you to check out everything that is included. If you have any of your own stories about working with Ag In The Classroom please let me know in the comments.

There are so many different options available through AITC. Both in the classroom and out of the classroom for field trips. Going to an operating farm or an agri-business for hands on activities. Great options to also bring fun projects right in to the class.

Different choices for elementary school grades right up to high school grades.

There are also online resources for each grade to bring media resources in to the classrooms to help teachers.

If you want to check out the resources or even look at booking Ag In The Classroom here is the link.

I am in no way involved with this organization and continue to learn more about it, but I wanted to share it with you in case you are here in Canada and want to look in to this further. Or perhaps you live somewhere else and want to research something similar in your area.

This can work so well for any regular school but also work well for home schools.

Friend, we are so blessed to live in a time when we can just pop over to a store and quickly buy food and have so much variety. We can do it without really much thought about where our food comes from, and how much work it takes to get it from field to table for each of us. What about kids? They can be even more removed from the source of their food.

But I know we need to continually remember how critically foundational farming is to each one of our lives, no matter how close or far we are from the agricultural community. By nature of my family and my career I am reminded the necessity of agriculture every day.

I am so grateful for that.

So friend, I challenge you to get more educated about agricultural. Maybe through an online resource or a really fun hands-on field trip. I would love to hear all about what you learn. Pop a comment down below to tell me all about it.

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