
Dairy Farmer: A Few Feeding the Manyīeing less than 2% of the population, farmers have a big job to do in communicating what happens on dairy farms and what they do daily. “Those are the students that it’s important to connect with agriculture,” says Nissa. Nissa says taking the Virtual Farm Tour “made them really proud to be part of the farming community – to see someone else who is a farmer and that farming was showcased in class, and that it was something treated with respect and pride.” But most of her class has no farming knowledge at all. So close that a couple of the students grew up on or near dairy farms and are familiar with cows and farm life. Why have her class participate in a Live Virtual Farm Tour? “They need to understand the culture that’s happening around them and understand how the farmers live and that they’re close to us,” says Nissa. Among the 370 students participating in the tour were 20 eighth graders from Nissa Quill’s class at Walkersville Middle School. Seventeen classrooms, grades 7 to 12, logged in for a tour hosted by dairy advocate Katie Dotterer at a dairy farm that helps supply local milk to the Fredrick County school system. Using video chat technology, Virtual Farm Tours are helping students make the connection of where their food comes from and how it is produced – without having to leave the classroom. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Where does real milk come from? How long does it take for milk to get from the farm to your table? How do dairy farmers care for their cows? Getting answers from real farmers on working dairy farms has never been easier.

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