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The following resources are available
from Ontario Agri-Food Education, 144 Town Line Road, P. 0. Box 460,
Milton, Ontario L9T 4Z1 (905) 878-1510 ext 24 or fax:(905)
878-0342. Visit the website: http://www.beefinfo.org
- All About Food. Agri-Food Facts &
Teacher's Guide $2.00
Accompanying Teacher's Guide $1.00
The agri-food system touches
everyone on a daily basis. This full-coloured, pictorial booklet
captures some of the interesting, surprising and useful facts about the
agri-food system. The accompanying teacher's guide provides teachers
with student activities and assessment suggestions that utilize the
information provided in AH About Food. Agri-Food Facts.
- Audio-Visual Catalogue Free
- One copy per teacher
This catalogue lists agricultural and food related videos, picture
collections, and integrated kits available free of charge on a 5-day
loan basis, from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs.
- Beef Sires Free
A catalogue featuring photos and information about breeds of bulls in
the beef industry. Beef sires include: Red Angus, Blonde D'Aquitaine,
Belgian Blue, Charolais, Hereford, Limousin, Simmental.
- Food on the Move Teacher's
Guide & Poster Teacher's
Guide & Poster $6.00
(Poster only $3.00)
Modern agriculture involves much more than farming. This full-colour
poster illustrates Ontario's complex agricultural system and shows how
it is connected with other sectors of the economy. The accompanying
teacher's guide provides suggestions for student use. Updated, 1998.
- Food Safety Can Be Fun! Teacher's
Guide and Video Teacher's
Guide and Video $15.00
Food Safety Can Be Fun! is
an episode of the CBC Television Series "Street Cents". The
accompanying teacher's guide provides a range of 'hands-on' activities.
These resources outline ways of safely handling food to promote a
healthy lifestyle and to reduce the risk of food-borne illness.
- Mapping Your Future: Careers in
Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry $5.00
This full coloured document highlights thirteen careers related to
agriculture and the agri-food industry. An additional 36 careers are
introduced to students. The highlighted careers contain a variety of
information including: educational requirements, salary range, benefits
of the career, and a personal profile of an individual currently
involved in the career. Careers vary from supermarket manager to
veterinary technician to export manager.
Contact the University of Guelph and/or
the various agricultural colleges for brochures/information on the
different agri-food courses available to students:
The following resources are available by
contacting the source indicated:
- Life of a Hamburger
Available from the Plastic Bag Information Clearinghouse, 1817 E Carson Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203 1-800-438-5856.
- A Matter of Fat $10.00
An integrated kit that explores sources of fats and oils and provides
suggestions for reducing and balancing total fat intake.
- When is a Steer More Than
a Steer
By-products from the beef
industry
- Beef Cut Chart
Depicts all beef cuts and
appropriate cooking methods
- Just Facts
An information booklet about the Canadian beef cattle industry and its
relationship to environmental issues. Available from the Beef
Information Centre, Suite 100, 2233 Argentia Road, Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 2X7 (905) 821-4900 or fax (905) 821-4915. Visit the website:
http://www.toronto @ beef.org
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy
Eating;
Using the Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Copies available free of
charge from Health Canada. Contact your local public health unit.
F.A.R.M. K.I.T. Approximate
Cost: $625.00
c/o Verna Loewith, R R 2, Lynden, ON L0R 1T0
Kit includes 13 operable 1:16 scale farm machinery, 126 stimulating
activity cards, teacher's guide and colourful machinery booklets. This
integrated kit encourages students to provide skill development,
increase knowledge and influence attitudes using hands-on experience of
the science of agriculture.
1:64 Scale Farm Machinery (10 implements,
2 tractors, 1 combine - $65.00)
Available from: Bruce Tractor & Lawn Care Ltd., R R 4, Walkerton, ON
NOG 2VO
LITERATURE BOOKS
- Tractor Goes Farming
Roy Harrington, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St.
Joseph, Michigan
0-9293555-68-7
- Homeplace
Anne Shelby, Orchard Books, N.Y., 1995
0531-06882-X
- Farming, Canada at Work
Ann Love, Jane Drake, Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto, 1996
1-55074-228-0
- Farming and the
Environment, Conserving Our World
Mark Lambert, Wayland, Ltd., 1990
1-85210-828-2
- A Pioneer Story
Barbara Greenwood, Kids Can Press, Ltd., Toronto, 1994
1-55074-128-X
- The Calf is Born
Kryonori Kaizuki, Orchard Books, N.Y., 1988
- My Mom's a Vet
Henry Horenstein, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass.
1-5602-234-X
- The Usborne Book of
Tractors
Caroline Young, Usborne Publishing Ltd., London, 1992
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