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Adopt a Farmer

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Connecting middle school students w/ farmers to learn where their food & fiber come from through farm field trips & classroom visits. Funded by @oregonaglink.

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Rose the farm dog worked hard to oversee our first recorded field trip of the school year out at Farmer Hans‘ last week! 🐶 🎥

Rose the farm dog worked hard to oversee our first recorded field trip of the school year out at Farmer Hans‘ last week! 🐶 🎥
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Farm visits are looking a little virtual these days, but they’re still happening! 🤩 #adoptafarmer #virtualfieldtrip #soilslesson #farmtoschool

Farm visits are looking a little virtual these days, but they’re still happening! 🤩 #adoptafarmer #virtualfieldtrip #soilslesson #farmtoschool
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Last week @FarmerMolly9 hosted her first spring #FieldTrip! 🌤 Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School #students from Beaverton visited Pearmine Farms in Gervais & learned about #irrigation, #careers in agriculture & #pollination, including a honey tasting! 💧👩🏽‍🌾👩🏼‍💻👨🏻‍🔧👨🏾‍🔬🐝🍯

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Last week Farmer Bobbi from Bobbi Harrold Frost in Creswell baited students at Coburg Community Charter School. The 8th graders were learned about a “Day in the Life” of a farmer. They will meet Farmer Bobbi out at the dairy later this month! 🐄🚜

Last week Farmer Bobbi from <a href="/harroldsdairy/">Bobbi Harrold Frost</a> in Creswell baited students at Coburg Community Charter School. The 8th graders were learned about a “Day in the Life” of a farmer. They will meet Farmer Bobbi out at the dairy later this month! 🐄🚜
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Farmers don’t stop for atmospheric rivers - and neither do Adopt a Farmer field trips! Eighth graders from Central Howell School visited Farmers Luke & Andy of Jim Roth Farms in Salem this morning to learn about hazelnuts, markets & tested out their processing abilities! 🌰🌧

Farmers don’t stop for atmospheric rivers - and neither do Adopt a Farmer field trips! Eighth graders from Central Howell School visited Farmers Luke &amp; Andy of Jim Roth Farms in Salem this morning to learn about hazelnuts, markets &amp; tested out their processing abilities! 🌰🌧
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Farmers Megan & Diane from Columbia Farms on Sauvie Island in PDX visited 6th graders at West Union School in #Hillsboro earlier this month to play our Farm Simulation game where students learn risks/rewards in real life scenarios based on their choices & roll of the dice! ✏️🎲🚜

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“[The #fieldtrip] gives us context for other learning so when I talk about concepts in #science our entire class now has a shared experience & that’s real valuable.” - Mr. Jamsa, 8th grade teacher Year-end planning? Make a tax-deductible donation at donate.aglink.org

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Farmers Jesse and Ben from @victorpointfarms played our Farm Simulation with more than 150 #students at Silverton Middle School last week! ✏️ Students learned about risks, the importance of #diversification, and more through real-life outcomes. 🤓

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The 8th graders at Central Howell School in #Silverton rolled the dice with our farm simulator game and got some first hand farming accounts from Farmers Luke and Andy Roth on Tuesday!

The 8th graders at Central Howell School in #Silverton rolled the dice with our farm simulator game and got some first hand farming accounts from Farmers Luke and Andy Roth on Tuesday!
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Our calendar is getting so full with classroom visits & field trips before the school year ends! ✏️ 👩🏻‍🏫🚜🌧️🌤️ We had so much fun making pumpkin pie in a bag with purée from the farm with a brand new match for us: Stalhbush Island Farms and Newport Middle School!