The "Real" Dirt on Farming
The "Real" Dirt on Farming - The People in Canadian Agriculture Answer Your Questions
Anyone who is interested in where their food comes from and the facts on farming in Canada can find it in The "Real’ Dirt on Farming – The People in Canadian Agriculture Answer your Questions. This resource booklet has been published by the Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC). Students, educators, politicians and the media who want to know more about the issues in agriculture, such as farm animal care or food safety will all find this 36 page full-colour booklet to be a helpful resource.
APPetite for Change
Free
Take a Bite of BC!
Free
Close to Home: A BC AITC Musical Adventure
You and your students can now enjoy songs in your classroom. Themes include healthy eating, taking care of the environment, shopping close to home, and sharing the harvest. Band tracks also available. Watch out for these songs coming in French later this fall!
Free
"Grow BC" A Guide to BC's Agriculture Resources
A comprehensive, 206-page resource guide and poster sized map outlining the agricultural regions of the province as well as the commodities produced.
Announcement: 2010 Agri-Food Year in Review
All About Food: Agri-Food Facts
(Grade 4-10) A full colour pictorial booklet that captures the interesting, surprising and useful facts about the Canadian agri-food system. Make your own overheads. A wonderful compliment to Grow BC. Also available in French.
Free
All About Food: Farm Visit Guide
(K- Gr 12) This All About Food: Farm Visit Guide accompanies All About Food: Agri-Food Facts and serves as a guide in planning out-of-classroom experiences allowing students to experience first-hand what they learned about farming and agriculture. The Agri-Food system touches each and everyone's life on a daily basis. This guide serves as a useful tool in helping students learn about the connection between them in their role as consumers and the farmer's role in the Agri-Food system. Also available in French.
Free
All About Food: Teacher's Guide
All About Food: Teacher's Guide is designed to provide the teacher with a comprehensive resource that will assist students in learning about agriculture and the agri-food system. It uses the information provided in All About Food: Agri-Food Facts and provides a context for both teaching and learning. The student activities give the teacher direction for using the interesting, sometimes surprising, but always useful facts about this important system in the Canadian economy. Also available in French.
Free
What does it take to produce food?
Poster
We're excited to be able to offer our first resource in both French and English (being that posters have two sides on which to print). This poster is a visual presentation of all the resources, both human and natural, that are required to produce food.
How can I use this poster in my classroom you might ask?
The poster identifies 8 types of resources that are needed to produce food: People; Technology; Knowledge and Skills; Energy; Air; Water; Plants, Animals and Birds; and Soil and Nutrients. If one of these resources were lost could food production continue? Could it continue on the same scale?
1 Free - 18" x 24"
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Where's Agriculture?
Find out how agriculture touches your life, from the games you play to the homes you build-agricultural products are everywhere. Produced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this brochure is a "Where's Waldo" of agriculture.
Free
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Click here to download Fun at the Park - lesson ideas to accompany Where's Agriculture.
Tips for Tours
A tool for both producer and teacher, Tips for Tours is a comprehensive guide that will help everyone enjoy a successful farm tour. The first in this series was developed for dairy farm tours. There is now a package available for beef ranch tours. The guides cover such topics as choosing a farm, communication with teachers, farm and food safety, activities for during and after the visit as well as relevant curriculum connections for various grade levels.
Dairy Farm
Cattle Ranch
Tips for Fairs
A tool to help fair organizers and their volunteers provide the best possible exhibits and displays that reflect positively on the agriculture industry. Useful tips on creating both entertaining educational displays and activities and offered.
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Great Books for Science Projects, Experiments and Hands on Activities
A comprehensive list of books for science fair projects, experiments, or just fun activities that centre around animals, soils, water or food.
Free
The Sustainability Road Show
The word on the street is sustainability. Join your host Ryan as he travels around BC finding out what sustainability means and how sustainable practices are used in the production of our food. Ryan gets the real story from experts on agricultural choices such as organic farming and genetically modified organisms and discovers that everyone's actions have an impact on our resources.
Feeding Frenzy...
This clip takes you on a fun, fast-paced trip throughout British Columbia to investigate how our food is produced. Follow Taheer, a curious young student, as he gets the goods on all the elements of production, distribution and marketing as they relate to agriculture. From planting to pricing, his hands-on aproach makes the economics of food production something that students can really sink their teeth into.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
What does your dinner have to do with politics, technology and science? Lots. Follow our host Ryan as he explores the hothouses and highways of agricultural production, distribution and marketing in BC. On the way, he delves into hot economic issues such as resource sustainability, branding, and international trade. Examining the economic cycle, we'll see how consumer choices have effects that reach far beyond the grocery store. Decisions you make about the food you buy will never be the same.
