Thank you so much for your interest in Ag-X!
We are so excited about the opportunity to offer this new program, homegrown from Beaver County’s Ag Adventure and Lawrence County’s Ag Encounter, to expand each program’s outreach in a new alternative format. This program provides an interactive, up-close perspective on agriculture here, in Western PA.
Don’t believe us? Say hi to these sheep for us!
Objectives:
- Students will understand the source of their basic survival needs: food, fiber and clothing.
- Students will learn about the various steps in today’s agriculture to get the food from the farm to their table.
- Students will learn about agriculture in western Pennsylvania, its place as the leading industry in the county and that agriculture is specialized and high-tech.
- Students will learn that farming is a specialized business, that pre-conceived stereotypes of farmers no longer exist, and that farmers need to play various roles on their farms: accountant/bookkeeper, manager, technician, scientist and laborer.