Students and consumers sometimes have misconceptions about where their food comes from. Here is a story from a 4th grade teacher in Georgia:

We were studying the colonies and talking about farming. One of my students raised her hand and said, "Isn't food that grows on a farm nasty?" I asked what she was talking about. I will never forget her response - "Well, it grows in all that dirt!" I asked where her food came from and she said Wal-Mart and Publix. I was amazed that she thought that especially since we are in a relatively rural area. That was the moment I decided to incorporate agriculture into my classroom and MANY students have had AHA moments since that time.

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