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Cultivating Agriculture Through Education
november 2022
Sweet potatoes are a root vegetable. Georgia’s warm climate is perfect for sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are harvested about 90 days after planting, then air-dried to keep their sweetness. To take in the amount of Vitamin A that is in one sweet potato, you would have to eat 23 cups of broccoli.
Harvest of the Month: Sweet Potatoes
Activity Page: Root Vegetables
aitc-rootveggies-activitypage-2019-v1_2.pdf (gfb.org)
Video: Sweet Potatoes
Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetable Roasted Root Vegetable and Butternut Sq... Black Pepper - Healthy School Recipes (gadoe.org)
Food Based Learning Lesson: Rooting for Sweet Potatoes
FBLSweetPotatoes.pdf (gadoe.org)
Book: 'In the Garden With Dr. Carver’ by Susan Grigsby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q2F6V1Bf5s
Farm Safety Camp was a sucess at Holly Springs Elementary!
Click on the video below to see how much fun the students had learning about safety.
https://express.adobe.com/video/RVQoMuB22vNMX
summer
grilling during the summer and eating Baked Beans, Blueberries, Hot Dogs, Ice Cream and Watermelon
Georgia ranks number 4 in the nation in watermelon production. Cordele, Georgia is known as the watermelon capital of the world. Georgia ranks number 5 in the nation in blueberry production and Alma, Georgia is known as Georgia's blueberry capital.
Red, White and Blue Watermelon Pizza
Ingredients:
1 Watermelon
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese
1 (8 oz) container of Cool Whip
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Blueberries
Directions:
Slice the watermelon in half horizontally and then slice the watermelon into 1 inch circles. Pat the top of each slice dry with paper towels. In a bowl, beat together softened cream cheese, cool whip, powdered sugar and vanilla until well mixed. Evenly spread mixture over the slices of watermelon. Top with blueberries and enjoy! Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate.
View the Watermelon Eating Contest held at Woodstock Farm Fresh Market...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2EhtxcSzg
Visit www.gfb.ag/melonactivities to find watermelon lessons, videos, book suggestions, class activities and much more.
Visit www.gfb.ag/berryactivities to find blueberry lessons, videos, book suggestions, class activities and much more.
- Reading - Hi, I'm Billy Blueberry This is My Story by Brandon Wade
Videos -How Does It Grow
Seedless Watermelons: www.gfb.ag/watermelonvideo
Blueberries: www.gfb.ag/growblueberries
agriculture
"Oh Say Can you seed?" Let's read....click on the link below to hear the story...
Did you know?
Agriculture is Georgia's largest industry and contributes $76 billion to the economy. There are over 42,000 farms in Georgia that cover more than 9 million acres. One in seven Georgians work in agriculture.
Pizza Bagel
Ingredients:
Bagels, cut in half
Pizza sauce
Ham
Diced pineapple
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Give each student a bagel half. Next have them place a spoonfull of pizza sauce on the bagel and spread it around. Have the students place ham and diced pineapple on top of the sauce. Top off the pizza with mozzarella cheese.
Lets tour the artbarn farm
celebrate national frozen food, noodle, nutrition, peanut, celery, and flour month
BOOKS
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
I will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French
Videos
Tomato-How Does It Grow? https://gfb.ag/tomatovideo
Potato-How Does It Grow? www.gfb.ag/potatovideo
Farm Monitor - Carrot Farm www.gfb.ag/fmcarrot
Ag In The Classroom
Georgia Farm Bureau Ag In The Classroom - www.gfb.ag/aitc
AFB Foundation for Agriculture - www.agfoundation.org
National Ag In The Classroom Curriculum Matrix - www.agclassroom.org
Hey kids - let's play on my american farm
More....
Read by Lori Hohl second Grade Teacher at Avery Elementary School
preserving your fruits and vegetables
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
Virtual programs that may interest you offered through the University of Georgia Extension Service.
Tomatoes
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
Fruit
University of Georgia Extension Service
Vegetables
Vegetables
Lets Make Pickles
Vegetables
Jams & Jellies
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
school garden resources
Let's plant a garden
Visit https://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/school-garden-resources.html for information on school garden beds.
Agriculture tips
click on the links for gardening tips from molly guy - 5th grade teacher from Holly springs Elem.
Square Foot Gardening: https://youtu.be/HOxl7g-JTRo
Sometimes you have to replant: https://youtu.be/gHx4mX3IxGs
Sometimes You mess up: https://youtu.be/x8i69DvRCc0