If you didn't know, we live in the Grass Seed Capital of the world. Last Thursday we had the privilege of local grass seed farmer Nick Bowers from Tydan Farms visiting our first grade classrooms. The students enjoyed a presentation where they learned how grass effects their lives. We learned that Farmer Nick makes grass, cows eat grass, cows make milk, which makes cheese, ice cream and so much more! He did a fabulous job showing our young students why grass is important and it connects to them.
After that we rotated through three areas. In one room we planted grass seed. In another we read a story about a boy who found out where each vegetable in his soup was grown and enjoyed a cheese stick snack. This story, Who Grew My Soup by Tom Darbyshire was given to us through Oregon's AITC, Ag In The Classroom. Outside we got to look at 2 huge combines and a disc. The students loved seeing the farm equipment! Take a look at some pictures below from our day!
Local news station, KEZI 9 came to watch and aired this clip from our day. Click below to see the movie:
Here is what our grass looks like just 1 week later! Our hair is getting wild!
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