Farm to you

The Southwest Dairy Farmers are a contributing sponsor for the Farm to You program. Farm to You is a traveling interactive adventure for elementary school children that follows food from the farm to the market and through the body to explore the relationships between agriculture, food and health.

This one of a kind exhibit is a 40’ x 40’ enclosed walk-through exhibit with nine stations. This interactive adventure is designed to involve kindergarten through 6th grade students in learning how foods from the farm are used by their bodies for good health.

Students make their way through the exhibit by visiting unique Farm to You stations:
• Cheeseburger Farm
• To Market
• Healthy Cool Cafe
• Mouth
• Stomach
• Small Intestine
• Muscle
• Bone
• Skin

At each station students spend about six minutes participating in activities and learning about the relationships between agriculture, food and health. Farm to You Objectives:

• Children will learn that farms provide food for good health.

• Children will learn to use food labels to make healthy choices.

• Children will learn about the digestive system.

• Children will learn the importance of physical activity and personal hygiene to good health.

• Children’s eating and health behaviors will improve.

• Awareness will increase among parents, school personnel and community members about the importance of teaching children healthy habits.

 

To learn more about this program please visit: http://www.farmtoyou.okstate.edu