Agriculture Links
https://kansasfarmfoodconnection.org/fun-facts Mar 25, 2022 This is a "joint effort of ten Kansas ag organizations who are here to be your resource for anything and everything to do with your food and more...And their goal for this site is to give you the scoop on how they help you put fantastic food on your table, fuel in your vehicle, fiber for your clothes and why they grow it the way they do." Kansas Farm Food Connection
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/10/28/california-farmers-millions-conflicts-palo-verde-water/786162001 Oct 28, 2017 "Fisher farms more than 11,000 acres, growing hay, wheat, broccoli, cantaloupes and honeydew melons...“They’re there to work on water issues for the valley, and that directly impacts them as landowners, and that’s the way the state law contemplated how they would operate — along with a number of other irrigation districts around the state,” Kightlinger said." The Desert Sun
Agriculture Youtube Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzQFIZuNFY Published on Dec 2, 2012 The discovery of farming created the roots of modern civilization. #MankindTheStoryofAllofUs HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MX7v5YVGhw Published on Apr 14, 2014 Farmers have turned Kansas' fertile land from prairie to crop fields, making the state America's breadbasket; it's now first in the production of sorghum, second in wheat, and seventh in corn. Smithsonian Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaNH6khB0k Oct 17, 2018 American Indian Traditional Foods in USDA School Meals Programs: A Wisconsin Farm to School Toolkit: https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/farm-to-school/traditional-foods WisconsinDPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KebnHpNXV0k Oct 1, 2020 Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking--whatever the crop, there's a custom machine to harvest it. It all began with handpicking and today it's often one man and one machine, in Season 11, Episode 49, "Harvesting." #ModernMarvels HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Tp7ICG1hg Apr 3, 2021 The sugar industry came of age on the backs of those enslaved and toiling in Caribbean fields, and British desire to control production of sugar and its byproduct, rum. Find out more in Season 11, Episode 52, "Sugar." HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4E2NZQUsAU Published on Sep 24, 2020 Many rivers quenched the thirst of millions in the American west and around the world. Without these aqueducts, some of the earth's largest cities would turn into gigantic ghost towns, in Season 3, Episode 14, "Aqueducts: Man Made Rivers Of Life." #ModernMarvels HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLqddk-VEw May 16, 2021 (0-4:30 minutes) Adam ventures into the delicious world of chocolate making while visiting Shane Confectionery - also known as the oldest candy store in America, in this clip from Season 18, "Chocolate." HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssVXjt7H_sg Jun 2, 2017 In 1873, migrants seeking land in the Great Plains carry chests filled with Turkey Red Wheat, a tough grain that will transform Kansas into America’s bread basket. HISTORY