Why in-classroom learning before the tour?
Better Learning Experience Yes, it’s simple as that. We want students to experience a better learning experience. By providing in-classroom lessons, students go to the farm or agribusiness with a …
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Curiosity Sprouts During Science Ag Tour with Bayer Production
Why is it so important to show students the connection between what they are learning in the classroom and the real world? This Harvard article shares that students are more …
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3 Ways to Engage Students at Farm Camp
What is Farm Camp? Farm Camp is a three-day immersive agriculture experience customized for classrooms Grades 5-12. A Farm Camp experience comprises three parts. How are students engaged at Farm …
Minnewaska 5th Graders Make Connections Between Agriculture and Their Daily Lives
You may think students make connections from their food, furniture and local landscape that agriculture is important in their lives. We’re finding those connections are getting lost and we want to help students build those back so they can value the world around them.
Farm Camp Transportation Grants Now Available
Teachers asked, our investors answered For the 2022-2023 school year, we have Transportation Grants available; made possible by our incredible investors that heard of this need to support bus transportation …
St. Paul High Schoolers Enjoy Day on the Farm
KDE Farms Gives Hands-On Tour to St. Paul High School Students What do you get when students step off a bus onto a farm for the first time ever? Questions. […]
Metro Students Experience The Tale of Two Cattle Farms
Cattle is cattle, right? Metro students from a St. Paul High School quickly realized that cattle farming in Minnesota is very diverse which they attended this Farm Camp MN Experience.
“Come on up kids!” 6th graders virtually jump into the combine for harvest
Farmer Bruce Tiffany gives students a behind-the-scenes tour of harvest on October 7, 2021. What happens when 200 students…
Meet a Farm Camp AgHost: Amberly Cox, U of M Crookston
“You never know when you’ll meet someone, who with one conversation, will set up the trajectory of their life because you shared your story.” After a fun-filled Farm Camp focused […]
You’ve Got to be Kidding me
“You’ve Got to be Kidding Me” Farming Life Lesson: You can only plan for so much. Be prepared for anything. Let’s pretend for a second that you get the courage […]
