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Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trip & Curriculum Series
Want to learn more about Kentucky farmers and the food they grow? This virtual field trip series and curriculum collection bring the farms and farmers to your classrooms, learning centers, and homes.
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We developed these video field trips around Kentucky Academic Standards for Practical Living, Vocational Skills, and Technology. Students will learn more about local food and farmers so they can make informed decisions about food choices. Students will also learn about the daily work of farmers and get a glimpse of skills needed for farming, food processing, and business management. In addition, we have developed a curriculum program that ties in additional Academic Standards and Expectations for science, social studies, math and language arts. There are eight field trips in all. You may watch them here, or download the files for viewing anywhere. 

Learn more about using the program (pdf)
Corresponding curriculum for Grades K-5 can be found below under each video. 
Middle and High School students may enjoy learning about Kentucky agriculture through an enrichment class. Intermediate activities can be modified, or you may consider using this K-W-L-S organizer for each video. 

This program is made possible through contributions from:

Celebrating our Food & Farms at the Kentucky State Fair

The Kentucky State Fair is an excellent place to catch a glimpse of all the food and farm products our farmers raise. Learn facts about Kentucky agriculture, and how important it is to our economy.
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Field Trip 1 Lesson (PDF)

Additional Lesson Connections:
Linking Farm to Table​
My Kentucky Home Provides What I Need​

Did You Eat Your Veggies Today?

Visit Courtney Farms in Bagdad, Ky. to see how they grow more than 100 different types of vegetables to sell to local customers, grocery stores, and restaurants. 

Field Trip 2 Lesson (PDF)
Parts of a Flowering Plant Diagram

Apples are Awesome!

Visit Hinton's Orchard and Farm Market in Hodgenville, Ky. to learn how Jeremy and Joanna Hinton grow fruit to sell at their store, farmer's market, and local schools.

Field Trip 3 Lesson (PDF)
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Additional Lesson Connections:
Buzzy, Buzzy Bee
​Parts of a Flower Diagram 
Parts of a Honey Bee Diagram

Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat. Oh, My!

Visit Peterson Farms in Loretto, Ky. during fall harvest. You will get to ride along in a combine while the Peterson family is harvesting their corn crop. Also learn how important corn, soybeans, and wheat are for our food supply and the products we use every day.

Field Trip 4 Lesson (PDF)

Additional Lesson Connections:
The Seed & Living Necklace Activity
Bushels or Bust
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The Beef on Cattle Farms

Kentucky kids Jaycie and Cade show us around their beef cattle farm in Pleasureville, Ky. Kentucky has the largest number of beef cattle east of the Mississippi River due to the high quality grasses and forages that grow here. Most all Kentucky beef cattle spend the majority of their lives on pasture.

Field Trip 5 Lesson (PDF)

Kentucky, the Poultry State?

Did you know that poultry and eggs are currently the top farm product produced in Kentucky? You will visit two farms on this field trip: 1) Clark Family Farms in Lexington raise chickens and turkeys to sell to local customers, and 2) 4-E Farms in Campbellsville raise chickens for chain restaurants with millions of customers.

Field Trip 6 Lesson (PDF)

From Pig to Pork

 First we visit the North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville to talk with Kentucky high school student Renee about her experiences raising and showing pigs. Then we travel to Purnell's Old Folks Sausage Company to learn how pork is processed to make Kentucky's famous sausage.

Field Trip 7 Lesson (PDF)

Milk, Cheese & Ice Cream, Please

Denise Jones gives us a tour of her family's dairy farm - Coleman Crest Dairy - in Loretto, Ky. and tells us how they care for their cattle and collect their milk for us to enjoy. Then we go to Bowling Green to visit Chaney's Dairy Barn, where the Chaney family uses their cow's milk to make ice cream.

Field Trip 8 Lesson (PDF)
​Job Cards
2017 Kentucky Dairy Facts