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Free Activity Sheets on My American Farm 
Making ice cream is a great way to start a conversation about agriculture and Dairy Farming! Volunteer at a local camp and educate about agriculture.

Make your own home made ice cream! Just follow the instructions on this activity sheet and enjoy!

 

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is currently looking for nominations to the Accurate Agriculture book list for 2012. If you know of a book that would fit our requirements, and would make a good addition to our list let us know.

 

Visit our website to view our requirements and download a nomination form.  

 

Celebrate June National Dairy Month! 

dagmag Dairy Ag Mag

Celebrate Dairy Month with the Dairy Ag Mag, a fun and effective way to help educate about dairy! This colorful and informative magazine will walk students through the process of making milk- from the farm to your kitchen!

The Dairy Ag Mag features dairy products, nutrition, and dairy processing! The Dairy Ag Mag also includes fun recipes and experiments that are easy and informative for children of all ages. The career corner features a producer, a dairy plant manager and a dairy scientist. Students and teachers can also learn more about milk and dairy products by exploring the associated links listed on the back of the Dairy Ag Mag.
 

The Dairy Ag Mag also includes:  

 

Cool Facts and Trivia  How much a cow eats/ drinks in a day, How a cow digests cud, What is silage, Different kinds of dairy cows, and much more!  

Vocabulary words discussed include: homogenized, pasteurized, standardized and more!  

Dairy's Journey  At the Farm, On the Road, At the Plant, At the Store, and In the Kitchen

 

Item ID: AE-TA07-001-030

Price: WAS $5.00 for a classroom set of 30

NOW:$4.00 for a limited time only

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Recommended Reading  

cow Check out these Accurate Ag Books about Dairy
Reading a book to a group is one of the easiest ways to start a conversation about agriculture. Check out these AFBFA approved books:

Extra Cheese Please! or Clarabelle By Cris Peterson, author of the AFBFA book of the year Seed Soil Sun.

Cows on the Farm by Mari Schuh

Hooray for Dairy Farming by Bobbie Kalman

For more see our Recommended Book List


Triple Scoop! 

Check out these websites:

  

The Dairy Connection 

 

AFBF's Past YF&R President Will Gilmer's Dairy Farm Website, blog and youtube videos

 

 June is Dairy Month