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- 4-H Virtual Farm: Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
- ARS Science 4 Kids: Various projects for kids from the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
- Bugs, Bugs, Bugs on the Farm: Learn about beneficial insects and how they help organic farmers grow crops
- 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.
- 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.
- Earthbound Farm Organic Kids' Page: Learn about organic farming, beneficial insects, plant parts. Coloring book teaches kids about organic farming.
- Factory Farming: Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
- Farm Life and Farm Animals: Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
- 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.
- 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.
- Farming in Alberta for Children: Tells about the animals and produce raised on one family farm. Includes photographs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Friendly Farm Club: For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.
- George Washington: Pioneer Farmer: Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon
- 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.
- Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page: Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
- John Deere Kids: Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
- KBears' Farm: Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
- Kid's Field Day: Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.
- Kids Farm: About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
- Kids Organic Club Fact Site: Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
- Life on the Farm During the Depression: A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
- MooMilk: Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.
- NASS Kids Agriculture and Math Fun: Farming statistics and games from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 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.
- Perry Elementary School Kindergarten Farm: Kindergarten students tell about plants, animals, and a visit to a local farm.
- Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm: A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.
- 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.
- 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.
- USDA for Kids Page: Dozens of kid-friendly links to sites about food, agriculture, and the environment.
- Vermont Life on a Farm: Typical day in the life of a dairy farmer as well as fast facts about Vermont farming in general.
- Virginia Apples: Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
- What is Food?: Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
- 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.
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