Learning about Farming at the Indoor CNE Farm

We learned lots of fabulous information when we went to the Farm at CNE just before school started this year. I love these types of hands on experiences, as children remember these more and become aware of their surroundings. Last year, we went to a wonderful event by Farmers Feed Cities at Riverdale Farm and learned lots about farm life, farm animals and got a chance to speak with many Ontario farmers. 

It is important that we teach our children about the importance of farmers, their hard work and how food comes to our table. As a family, we visit our local farms every summer, grow our own vegetables, flowers and fruits and read about farming. 

I like the initiatives Farmers Feed Cities take each year to keep teaching our children about how important it is for us to learn about where our food comes from.

My children enjoyed different types of activities such as planting a seed, milking, riding a horse carriage, fishing and more inside the CNE Farm.

In 2011, I have had the pleasure of going to a dairy farm in Ontario to learn the process of organic dairy farming. This year at the CNE Farm, my children got to go through many parts of farming life including milking a model cow.

Here are some cool information we learned...

Food products from a cow

• In the dairy farming industry the breeds of cattle used are Holstein, Jersey, Aryshire, Brown Swiss, Guernesy and Milking Shorthorn. 
• 98% of the cow is used, not only for food... click on the images to make it big and see

Industrial, health, recreation products from a cow

• Mother Ewes can give birth up to 3 or more lambs at one time. Lambs stay with their mother for 4 to 5 months.
• Sheep feed from the land, then recycle nutrients back to the soil and provide people with food, clothing and shelter. 
• Lambs are considered fully grown at 6 months. Sheep can grow fine, medium and coarse wool.
• Sow is an adult female pig and a boar is an adult male pig that is kept for breeding purposes. Runt is the smallest piglet in the litter. Gilt is a female pig that has never been farrowed or given birth.

• China has been practicing farm fishing for 3500 years, which is the earliest records of farm fishing. 
• Rainbow tout is the main species farmed in Ontario.

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