Seventh graders examine the cultural food of the country of Korea. In groups, they discover different types of foods from different cultures with a focus on Kimchee. They identify the nutritional value of the food, how it affects the...

Students are able to determine whom Rudolf Diesel was. They discover that biodiesel is a renewable fuel. Students can define what renewable means. They get a clear usable defintion of what triglycerides are. Students get to see how...

Students brainstorm ways in which to properly introduce themselves to their supervisor. Using a word processing program, they use a business letter format to write their letter and have a classmate review it. They share their letter to...

Students use a digital atlas to explore areas in the Western United States that depend heavily upon water. They explore the type of soil and the farming that is compatible with the soil. As a class, students explore Idaho's economic...

Students study examples of sustainable farms.  In this case study lesson students study real cases of farms to gain information. 

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage is about the addition of a farmers' market in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

Read a conversation with Jaret Foster, a farmer who manages his local fresh market, and find out why it is so important to support local farmers.

Progressive Farmer delivers the latest news in the agriculture industry: Crop and livestock production, new technology and products, business and financial information, weather, markets and government regulations.

This instructional activity explores trade barriers in general and why some U.S. farmers want one specific trade barrier, the Cuban embargo, completely eliminated.

Family at farmers' market.

AgWeb.com provides the latest news in agriculture, as well as weather and market information, helpful agricultural tools, and more.

A color photograph of a man walking through a busy street market by Tony Newlin.

Excellent overview of Amish communities and the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Includes Churches, Farmers Markets, Food and Wine, Shopping, Antiques, Quilts, Covered Bridges, Locations and Towns, a Video Tour, Weather & Climate,...

An article on how the marketing quota system controls the supply of peanuts on the market, and how peanut farmers have fared with and without these quotas.

Railroads changed agriculture. As railways linked farms to a wider commercial world, city dwellers could buy fruits and vegetables year-round. Farms became commercialized, often specializing in single crops and tied to the ups and downs...

Blossom and Snappy go back to the pumpkin farm to investigate pumpkins -- using math -- to make into pies for Robbie. Then they go to a farmer's market to explore how vegetables are sold by weight. They also visit a packaging company to...

The statue, its head now missing, depicts a farmer, carrying on his back some goods to sell in the city market. The statue's trunk is sculpted in an extremely accurate and realistic manner.

This report from a presidential commission discusses changes in the tobacco quota system and its effect on tobacco farmers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the history behind the first greenmarket for produce in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

Can you name the "two major cities" that dominate the state of Pennsylvania? At this site from the Library of Congress you can learn about how William Penn named this state and find answers to many other questions, as this site takes a...

Instructions for preserving fruits and vegetables.

An image of "Farmers of Flagey on the Return from the Market", created by Gustave Courbet from 1850-55 (Oil on canvas, 205 x 275 cm).

An article which describes the plight of the farmers in Colombia due to the Civil War. The writer also describes the government plan to fight the rebels (and drug lords), "Plan Colombia." The article is dated January 17, 2002.

Challenge students to take on a real-life problem affecting people in Nepal. Many farmers living on the mountainside there grow fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes. To earn a living, they need to sell these at the local market. The...