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Sarnia & Chatham-Kent Farms Star in Educational Videos

Kevin Forbes of Sarnia’s Forbesvue Farms said he agreed to have his third-generation dairy farm featured because of the importance his family places on agriculture education.

Happy Canada Agriculture Day! The Lambton-Kent District School Board – Science Education Partnership is celebrating with the help of 11 wonderful agriculture volunteers who will virtually visit 34 classes this month. Thanks to all of them for helping us learn

Elementary school pupils got their gloves dirty this week learning about agriculture during the annual Spring Days program held at the Children’s Animal Farm in Sarnia’s Canatara Park. The gloves were used during a session Oil Springs farmer Ralph Ward

March 2018 Taste of Lambton-Kent supports Ag Education

A gala fundraiser will take place April 6 to help support youth agricultural programs in the region. The Lambton-Kent Agriculture in the Classroom committee will host its 21st annual ‘A Taste of Lambton-Kent,’ to be held in Willson Hall at

Members of Lambton County’s agricultural community are trying to bridge the gap between urban and rural and producer and consumer. Farmers this week fanned out into Sarnia-Lambton classrooms, about a dozen speaking before 27 different school groups. The purpose was

Area farmers reach out to local elementary school classrooms

City-dwelling elementary students at Sarnia’s Queen Elizabeth II Public School got a chance to learn about the ABCs of agriculture as a pair of local farmers talked to them about subjects ranging from agronomy to beef cattle to crop rotation.

If there’s a myth organizers of the Lambton Kent Agriculture in the Classroom program want to dispel it’s the idea of Old McDonald’s farm. “It’s not Old McDonald’s farm anymore,” says Wendy Hooghiem. “Modern farming is very different from what

The money from Libro’s Prosperity Fund received ($5,000) is being used to rebuild 12 copies of the Farm Animals Agriculture Science Kits used by local educators to teach elementary students about farm animals.

The Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2016 year, and nominating has never been easier! Just visit lambtonfederation.ca, and click on the hall of fame link. The fillable forms are right there, and submit automatically! Please

Volunteer Group Tells Students the Story of Agriculture

Technology is helping bridge the gap between the current generation of Canadians and life on the farm. Judy Krall, with Lambton-Kent Agriculture in the Classroom, spoke to the Rotary Club of Sarnia Monday about how digital technology is allowing students