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Science For Kids [ Profile ] - Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.

CyberSpace Farm [ Profile ] - A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.

Camp Silos [ Profile ] - Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.

National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page [ Profile ] - Lists of books, articles, and websites on specific agricultural subjects. Also includes related science fair projects, biographies of leading scientists, and 4-H projects.

Wheat Mania [ Profile ] - A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.

MooMilk [ Profile ] - Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.

Kid's Field Day [ Profile ] - Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.

Virginia Apples [ Profile ] - Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.

4-H Virtual Farm [ Profile ] - Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.

Factory Farming [ Profile ] - Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.

Food and Agricultures of the World [ Profile ] - Covers topics such as the history of food, nutrition, and agriculture as well as current farming practices across the globe.

Death of a Dream [ Profile ] - Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.

Farm Life and Farm Animals [ Profile ] - Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.

Harvest of Fear [ Profile ] - 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.

Kids Farm [ Profile ] - About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page [ Profile ] - Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.

KBears' Farm [ Profile ] - Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.

Life on the Farm During the Depression [ Profile ] - A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.

Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm [ Profile ] - A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.

Friendly Farm Club [ Profile ] - For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.

Farms Around the World [ Profile ] - 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.

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids [ Profile ] - Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.

Why Biotech [ Profile ] - Explains how advances in food biotechnology could help feed a growing population, grow more nutritious foods, and keep the earth productive and healthy.

FarmNet [ Profile ] - 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.

The Story of Florida Orange Juice [ Profile ] - Describes the process of quality testing, harvesting, storing, labeling, and juice extracting of this healthy beverage. Includes related photos of the process.

George Washington: Pioneer Farmer [ Profile ] - Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.

The Inside Scoop on Farms [ Profile ] - Thinkquest site offering a look at dairy, livestock, and crop farms, as well as machinery. Includes a glossary and games.

What is Food? [ Profile ] - Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.

Friends of the National Zoo: Kids' Farm [ Profile ] - Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.

Kids' Corner [ Profile ] - Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.

Bean Files [ Profile ] - Learn about the bean family by reading cartoon stories. Page also features songs, recipes, activities and quizzes.

The Great Corn Adventure [ Profile ] - An animated history about corn, where it came from, how it is grown, what it is used for.

The Farm [ Profile ] - 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.

Farming in Alberta for Children [ Profile ] - Tells about the animals and produce raised on one family farm. Includes photographs.

Harvest of History [ Profile ] - Explore a virtual village and see videos about how food production has changed over the last hundred years.

FSA Kids [ Profile ] - Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.

Kids Organic Club [ Profile ] - Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.

Healthy Farm Practices [ Profile ] - Presents facts about organic dairy, cows and milk, as well as instructions for homemade dairy projects.

Organic Kids' Zone [ Profile ] - 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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Science For Kids - Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.