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  • Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm KitLogin to Hold

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    Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm Kit

    With the 2025 Literacy Project, explore how food grows both outdoors and indoors with best friends Emma and Efram in this lively, rhyming picture book. With vibrant illustrations and catchy verse, learn how farms thrive—no matter the season or settings! g! Follow the reading with an engaging activity that tests students’ knowledge on indoor and outdoor farms. Please check out the book separately. Click here for the lesson plan! This item does not need to be returned.  
    Categories: Farming, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits
  • The Story of SeedsLogin to Hold

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    The Story of Seeds

    Nancy Castaldo

    Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact. Did you know there are top-secret seed vaults hidden throughout the world? And once a seed disappears, that’s it—it’s gone forever? With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling—of 80,000 edible plants, only about 150 are being cultivated. With a global cast of men and women, scientists and laypeople, and photographic documentation, Nancy Castaldo chronicles where our food comes from, and more importantly, where it is going as she digs deeper into the importance of seeds in our world. This empowering book also calls young adult readers to action with suggestions as to how they can preserve the variety of one of our most valuable food sources through simple everyday actions. This book must be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Food, People & Culture, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books
  • Outdoor Farm, Indoor FarmLogin to Hold

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    Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

    Lindsay H. Metcalf

    Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book.Outdoor farm, tractors toil.Indoor farm, zero soil.With energetic, enchanting verse and sunshiny, colorful illustrations, discover how the food you eat is grown both outside—and inside! Join two children as they explore the inner workings of an outdoor farm and an indoor farm. You’ll see how a variety of amazing machinery like tractors and drones along with innovative farming techniques yield the wonderful food we all love to enjoy.This book must be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Food, General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Soils, Technology, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Discover Agriculture Careers Card SetLogin to Hold

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    Discover Agriculture Careers Card Set

    Wondering what job titles are out there, what they involve, where they’re located, and how much they pay? Interested in the education and experience needed to land them? This 48-card career set is a great way to explore the possibilities, get inspired, and start planning a future in agriculture! This product must be returned.

    These career cards pair great with the Discover Agriculture Careers Lesson. Check out the lessons by clicking on the links below:

    Grades 6-8: Discover Agriculture Careers: One Problem at a Time (Grades 6-8) – Curriculum Matrix | Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation

    Grades 9-12: Discover Agriculture Careers: One Problem at a Time (Grades 9-12) – Curriculum Matrix | Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation

    Categories: Animals, Careers, Farming, Technology
    Resource Type: card set
  • Science in Your Shopping CartLogin to Hold

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    Science in Your Shopping Cart

    Science in Your Shopping Cart shows us just how much science is behind the everyday items we use, eat, and wear. In the United States, we pay less for food than almost any other country. Every year, researchers introduce dozens of new and improved varieties of fruits, vegetables, and other products. But as we walk through the grocery store, do we ever stop to think about where this incredible abundance and variety comes from? This book helps us understand the science that makes it all possible.
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Plants, Technology
    Resource Type: Booklets, Printed Materials
  • AgBadging Field GuideLogin to Hold

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    AgBadging Field Guide

    The AgBadging Field Guide leads students through an in-depth exploration of agriculture. Students have the opportunity to obtain five badges while learning about the food, fiber and resources that support our daily lives.This resource is intended for homeschool only. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, General Agriculture, Insects, Lifecycles, Plants, Science, Seeds
    Resource Type: Booklets, Printed Materials
  • A Year on the FarmLogin to Hold

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    A Year on the Farm

    Sue Unstead

    Follow the busy lives of Mr. and Mrs. Farmer through A Year on the Farm, looking after the animals and growing crops. Look out for the busy Red Tractor who's helping out!
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Literacy Project Books, Seasonal, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Acres of Adventures – 1Login to Hold

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    Acres of Adventures – 1

    National 4-H Curriculum

    This is a two book series for educators desiring to enrich the scientific learning environment by tying lessons into week long celebrations of Agriculture. It is created by the National 4-H Curriculum for cultivating excitement for science and agriculture in school and in afterschool programs.
    Categories: Farming, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Poetry of Agriculture KitLogin to Hold

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    Poetry of Agriculture Kit

    Students will sharpen their observation, listening and vocabulary skills with this poetry writing exercise that features items with an agriculture connection. The Poetry of Agriculture lesson is included with the kit and can also be viewed here. Take a look at Fresh-Picked Poetry - A Day at the Farmer's Market, an excellent companion book for this activity.This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes:Agriculture related products, paper bags, and a paper lesson planPlease put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Oregon, Plants
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Anywhere FarmLogin to Hold

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    Anywhere Farm

    Phyllis Root

    You might think a farm means fields, tractors, and a barnyard full of animals. But you can plant a farm anywhere you like! A box or a bucket, a boot or a pan — almost anything can be turned into a home for green, growing things. Windows, balconies, and front steps all make wonderful spots to start. Who knows what plants you may choose to grow and who will come to see your new garden? This book will serve as great inspiration for school and/or community gardening projects.
    Categories: Farming, Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Apples of Your EyeLogin to Hold

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    Apples of Your Eye

    Allan Fowler

    This book gives you a taste of how farmers manage apple orchards. From soil-type to grafting new trees to harvesting the apples, you'll see apples up-close and personal. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening
    Resource Type: Books
  • Auntie Yang's Great Soybean PicnicLogin to Hold

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    Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic

    Ginnie Lo

    A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. What crops hold special significance for your students?
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Potatoes - What's for LunchLogin to Hold

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    Bananas – What’s for Lunch

    This book explains the many different uses of bananas. Students learn what nutrients they get from this food, and why it is important to eat a balanced diet. Part of the What’s for Lunch series. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Barnyard BanterLogin to Hold

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    Barnyard Banter

    Denise Fleming

    It's another noisy morning on the farm, and all of the animals are where they should be-- except Goose. And where is Goose? Young children will enjoy clucking, mucking, mewing, and cooing while they search for Goose on every gorgeously illustrated spread. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming
    Resource Type: Books
  • Beekeeper Pat and the Amazing Dancing BeesLogin to Hold

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    Beekeeper Pat and the Amazing Dancing Bees

    Kathy Coatney

    Beekeeper Pat is an insect guy. He started out as a bike guy until he traded a bike for a bee colony of bees, and he's been a bee guy ever since. Text and photographs of Beekeeper Pat and his amazing dancing bees tell the story of the important work bees do. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Bees - A True BookLogin to Hold

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    Bees – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    All of the basics about bees can be found in this book. Students will learn about anatomy, beekeeping, what bees make for us, and so much more. Easy to read, with lots of pictures, this book will have students buzzing about bees! This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition, Lifecycles
    Resource Type: Books