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  • Garden to Table bookLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 4 (of )

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    Garden to Table

    Julie Knutson

    Follow farmer Tim Redmond of Skinny Farm of Scio as he takes produce from farm to table and discover all the ways small scale farmers contribute to what we eat--and how we live! Aligned to curriculum standards, these books also highlight key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Financial Literacy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Thought-provoking questions and hands-on activities encourage the development of critical life skills and social emotional growth. This book must be returned.
    Categories: Careers, Farming, Food, General Agriculture, Non-fiction, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • I Love StrawberriesLogin to Hold

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    I Love Strawberries

    Shannon Anderson

    Jolie LOVES strawberries - and she’s on an unstoppable mission to grow her own food from seedling to table in this colorful introduction to the joy of growing the popular perennial. Through Jolie’s comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the “old people” (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready to find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.

    This book must be returned.See product webpage on Feeding Minds Press to access teaching resources and coloring pages: https://www.feedingmindspress.com/our-books/i-love-strawberries 
    Categories: Food, Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Beef By-Products Source RelayLogin to Hold

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    Beef By-Products Source Relay

    Many students think products simply come from factories or stores. This hands-on activity helps students understand that before an item ever leaves a factory or enters a store, it begins as a resource or product in the natural world. More specifically, these products can all be traced back to one unassuming animal, the cow! In the Beef By-Product Source Relay, students will work in teams and run a relay race where they will quickly decide the source of a product and then race to place it into one of the buckets marked Factory, Farm, Store, Earth, or Cow.
    Categories: Animals, Food, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Eggs: Supply and DemandLogin to Hold

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    Eggs: Supply and Demand

    In this lesson, students are introduced to the concepts of supply and demand as it pertains to the school kitchen. Students will explore factors affecting egg production and how supply and demand influence the price and availability of eggs. Students will role-play as poultry farmers and egg consumers to analyze real-world scenarios, observe the impact on egg supply, and make suggestions to their school’s kitchen staff. Supply and Demand in Egg Production (3-5)Egg Supply Game Report Cards
    Categories: Animals, Food
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Tracing the Agricultural Supply Chain KitLogin to Hold

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    Tracing the Agricultural Supply Chain Kit

    Explore the complexity of global commodity chains that link the production and consumption of agricultural products. Discover how economics, politics, infrastructure, and other conditions affect the distribution of food throughout the world. This kit contains a class set of materials for 30 students included colored blocks and supply chain descriptions. This kit does not need to be returned. Lesson plan here. 
    Categories: Curriculum, Food
    Resource Type: Kits
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bunches of Berries KitLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 27 (of 20)

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    Bunches of Berries Kit

    Students investigate a variety of berries, discover how and where they are grown, and explore their nutritional benefits. This kit includes a class set of materials for 10 student groups with the following contents: Berry Information Booklets, Berry Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits, and Berry Flowchart. This kit does not need to be returned. Limit one per order.
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Fruit and Vegetable Bingo KitLogin to Hold

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    Fruit and Vegetable Bingo Kit

    Students recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and describe why they are important. Kit includes a class set of fruit and vegetable cards and bingo cards. This kit does not need to be returned. Limit one kit per order.
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Kits
  • The Art of Food: Plant Pigments and TanninsLogin to Hold

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    The Art of Food: Plant Pigments and Tannins

    When we think of farmers in Oregon producing popular crops such as beets, blueberries, hazelnuts, onions, and grapes, we might not first think of art supplies. However, these food crops, along with many other plant materials, often find their way into the art studio! Many paints, drawing tools, and fabric dyes contain pigments and tannins, which come from agricultural commodities, even rock and soil! This lesson allows students to utilize foods and other plant materials to discover exciting, naturally occurring colors growing in their gardens or school yards.

    Download Lesson Plan here: The Art of Food Plant Pigments and Tannins
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Agricultural DronesLogin to Hold

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    Agricultural Drones

    Simon Rose

    Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Farming, Food, Science, Technology
    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
  • Bread LabLogin to Hold

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    Bread Lab

    Kim Binczewski & Bethany Econopouly

    It’s a sleepy Saturday morning for most people, but not for Iris, who has to feed her many pets before Aunt Mary arrives. Iris likes to call Aunt Mary “Plant Mary” because she is a plant scientist.Today Aunt Mary wants to experiment with making whole wheat sourdough bread from scratch! As the family kitchen transforms into a bread lab, Iris is surprised that bread needs only four ingredients―flour, water, salt and starter. She also learns about the invisible microbes that make the dough rise, and how flour comes from wheat grown by farmers. It all seems magical, but it’s really science. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition, Science
    Resource Type: Books
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    Columbian Exchange Kit

    Students explore New World and Old World food origins to discover how the Columbian Exchange altered people’s lives worldwide. This kit includes materials for six groups of students. Includes map and food product cards including banana, avocado, celery, peas, vanilla, wheat, cattle, black pepper, and more!
    Categories: Food, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Walter the BakerLogin to Hold

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    Walter the Baker

    Eric Carle

    This book is about Walter the town baker who accidentally angers the Duke. In order to make amends, he is tasked with inventing a roll through which the morning sun can shine through three times. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books