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A year on the farm
Can you fill in the sentences to complete a list of jobs which farmers do through the year? You'll find the answers at the bottom of the page, but no cheating!
Let's get cooking
Have a go at making your own delicious pizza, and if you're feeling creative - can you turn this into a business idea?
Food chain game
Can you order where your food comes from, from farm to fork? You'll find the answers at the bottom of the page, but no cheating!
Answers
A year on the farm
- Vaccines help to prevent disease.
- Crops are sprayed to protect them from pests.
- Farmers can add fertilisers to their crops in order to provide extra nutrients.
- Shearing makes sure that the sheep don't get too hot during the summer.
- A ewe is a female sheep and a ram is a male sheep.
- A ewe's pregnancy lasts five months.
- Cattle are kept in a barn to protect them from the cold and wet weather.
- Cultivating breaks up and loosens the soil.
- Hay is cut grass.
Food chain game
Strawberry jam: 1 Strawberry plants go into the soil, 2 Flowers are pollinated and fruit ripens, 3 Strawberries are picked (or 'harvested') by hand, 4 Factories turn fresh strawberries into jam
Wheat flour: 1 Wheat seeds are planted in the fields, 2 Crops are sprayed to control weeds and pests, 3 Wheat crops are harvested by machine, 4 Wheat ears are milled to make flour
Milk: 1 Dairy cows and bulls mate, 2 Calves are born, 3 Cows are milked twice a day, 4 Milk is pasteurised and bottled at the dairy
Eggs: 1 Hens are fed, 2 Hens lay eggs, 3 Eggs are sorted according to size, 4 Eggs are packed into egg boxes
Lamb roast: 1 Ewes and rams mate, 2 Lambs are born, 3 Farmers look after their flock of sheep and new lambs, 4 Sheep are sold at market for meat production