Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Contour Plowing
Wessels Living History Farm explains some of the history behind contour plowing in the United States. Great photo illustrating contour planting on terraces in Iowa included.
Other
Fruit From Washington: Crop Harvests at Home in America in World War Ii
This site is filled with posters from World War II, the Great Depression, and World War I which encouraged using food wisely, growing victory gardens, and helping harvest the crops on commercial farms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Farm Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is designed to be an introductory lesson for students learning about farms, animals and activities conducted as part of every day life on a farm. Built in Activprimary, this lesson is...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Fresh From the Farm
Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Other
The Pumpkin Patch
This site offers everything you ever wanted to know about pumpkins! Learn some great pumpkin facts, take a virtual trip to a pumpkin farm, learns some tips for picking the perfect pumpkin, and read some great pumpkin recipes!
Other
The Progressive Farmer
Progressive Farmer delivers the latest news in the agriculture industry: Crop and livestock production, new technology and products, business and financial information, weather, markets and government regulations.
US National Archives
Nara: Prologue Magazine: The Surprising George Washington
This lengthy article from the Prologue Magazine discusses the general state of food production in World War II. In particular the article focuses on thw Women's Land Army, women recruited from both farm and city to grow and harvest the...
Agriculture in the Classroom
National Agriculture in the Classroom: A Look at Michigan Agriculture [Pdf]
Learn about the agricultural industry in Michigan. Easy-to-read, bulleted facts on climate, soil, crops, and farm animals.
Agriculture in the Classroom
Natl Agriculture in the Classroom: A Look at North Carolina Agriculture [Pdf]
Learn about the agricultural industry in North Carolina. Find bulleted facts on the climate of North Carolina, its soil, farm animals, and crop production. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Agricultural Biotechnology [Pdf]
A full-length download of the biotech magazine which discusses agriculture biotech crops- the science involved, the benefits possible, and the concerns people have toward them.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil
In this environmental science fair project, students will build models of fields prepared by plow-based and no-till methods, and see which ones are best at retaining soil moisture and preventing surface runoff.
Agriculture in the Classroom
National Agriculture in the Classroom: A Look at Maryland Agriculture [Pdf]
Learn about the agricultural industry in Maryland. Easy-to-read, bulleted facts on climate, soil, crops, and farm animals.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
Other
Ag Web: Agricultural Information, Tools, and Service
AgWeb.com provides the latest news in agriculture, as well as weather and market information, helpful agricultural tools, and more.
Northern Arizona University
Land Use History of North America: Prehistoric Farming on the Colorado Plateau
This is an overview of the Anasazi agricultural developments -- despite unfavorable environmental conditions -- which allowed for the formation of settlements and food sharing.
Other
Kid's World: Barnyard Palace
Kids can use this resource to get an overview of poultry, cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Kind of Animals Live on Farms?
A activity on sustainability of urban farms in particular in New York City. Students learn how to apply sustainability principles to environmental problems. Students will look at the need for sustainable farming practices that maximize...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Lunch Lab: Hectic Harvest Game
Learn how to run the farm by planting and caring for crops, but be fast or you will lose money.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
Digital History
Digital History: Early Industrialization
Advances in technology affected manufacturing in the North and farming in the South. Read about how America turned from a country where most products were made in the home to an economic power that used factory production.
Wessels Living History Farm
Wessels: Farming in the 1920s: 1920s World Events
Find a list of events in many categories that occurred in the 1920s.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: State of Texas Agriculture
Find out about the changes in Texas state agricultural industry over the past fifty years.