- Science For Kids - Offers news about plants, animals, and other agricultural issues. Also includes pop quizzes, and pictures. Site is available in Spanish.
- CyberSpace Farm - A virtual look at Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.
- Camp Silos - Explores the prairie, pioneer farming, the story of corn, and the future of farming.
- NASS Kids Agriculture and Math Fun - Farming statistics and games from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- USDA for Kids Page - Dozens of kid-friendly links to sites about food, agriculture, and the environment.
- National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page - Lists of books, articles, and websites on specific agricultural subjects. Also includes related science fair projects, biographies of leading scientists, and 4-H projects.
- Kids Organic Club Fact Site - Presents the methods, health benefits, and environmental factors of organic farming.
- Wheat Mania - A day in the live of Kansas wheat farms with virtual tours and trivia.
- MooMilk - Learn about cows, milk, and the dairy industry through fun facts, games, recipes, and a virtual tour.
- Kid's Field Day - Helps children understand the importance of agriculture in everyday life through information on soil, crops, weather, and equipment.
- Virginia Apples - Lots of information on apples like recipes, activity sheets, and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
- 4-H Virtual Farm - Online tours of wheat, dairy, fish, beef, and poultry farms.
- Factory Farming - Explores the negative side of intensive animal agriculture.
- Food and Agricultures of the World - Covers topics such as the history of food, nutrition, and agriculture as well as current farming practices across the globe.
- Death of a Dream - Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.
- Farm Life and Farm Animals - Students from more than a dozen countries tell about life on the farm.
- Harvest of Fear - Reports on the risks, benefits, hopes, and fears of genetically modified food crops. Includes interviews with scientists, food industry representatives, farmers, and critics. From PBS.
- Kids Farm - About animals, plants, activities and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
- Illinois Department of Agriculture Kid's Page - Explains what happens on the farm and how food gets from the farm to the table.
- KBears' Farm - Interactive guide to life on the farm. Includes pictures, animal sounds, and related links.
- Life on the Farm During the Depression - A man tells his story of growing up on an Illinois farm during the Depression era.
- Rachel's Story: My Life on a Michigan Dairy Farm - A 14-year-old girl shares scenes from her life on the family farm.
- Friendly Farm Club - For junior members of the NFU. Offers information, activities, and games relating to farming and the countryside.
- Vermont Life on a Farm - Typical day in the life of a dairy farmer as well as fast facts about Vermont farming in general.
- Farms Around the World - Science, geography, and writing project intended to teach people about farming. Includes sites designed by kids in different regions of the world that give personal accounts of farming.
- Farm Safety 4 Just Kids - Includes safety tips, coloring pages, print-and-color brochures, and interactive quiz.
- Farming in Alberta for Children - Tells about the animals and produce raised on one family farm. Includes photographs.
- Why Biotech - Explains how advances in food biotechnology could help feed a growing population, grow more nutritious foods, and keep the earth productive and healthy.
- FarmNet - Features cartoons outline basic farm safety rules, a virtual field trip to some of Ireland's sheep farms, and a look at animal physiology and classification.
- Farm Service Agency for Kids - Features fun facts, coloring pages, and other printables. From the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
- The Story of Florida Orange Juice - Describes the process of quality testing, harvesting, storing, labeling, and juice extracting of this healthy beverage. Includes related photos of the process.
- George Washington: Pioneer Farmer - Several photographs and facts about the farming techniques and technologies practiced at Mount Vernon.
- Straus Kids and Adult Projects - A dairy farm in California presents fun facts about cows and milk, as well as instructions for making curds and whey, butter, and milk glue.
- The Inside Scoop on Farms - Thinkquest site offering a look at dairy, livestock, and crop farms, as well as machinery. Includes a glossary and games.
- Organic Kids' Zone - Learn how organic farmers use earth-friendly methods to grow healthy food. Includes an activity book to download, and instructions for building a worm compost bin.
- John Deere Kids - Interactive story and coloring books from this farm equipment manufacturer.
- What is Food? - Explains what food is, where it comes from, and how it is made.
- Friends of the National Zoo: Kids' Farm - Learn what farm animals are at the zoo, how to take care of them, and how to grow pizza.
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