Grade one students at Greentree Elementary got some first-hand knowledge about farming from some local farmers on Tuesday, June 6 during the Ask a Farmer event. Four members of the Verdant Valley Agricultural Society, (back l-r) Lynn Hemming, Ron Leonhardt, Martin Larsen, and Brad McDougald took questions from the 56 students who took part in the event. Questions ranged from what kinds of crops they grow and how to get milk from a cow, to how livestock manage during the cold winter months and how farming has changed over the years. Students were also curious about whether they could make money farming and what the best and most challenging parts of farming are. Lynn Hemming says the students were each provided a packaged roasted wheat snack from the Ag Society and were also given the opportunity to feel the textures of different kinds of grain; she adds the Ask a Farmer event ties well into the curriculum as students are learning how things grow, and the factors influencing production and health of plants.
