Nita Stone teaches this 12-unit flexible schedule course that introduces the science of Agriculture and its importance.  Discover how farming and ranching help each of us and learn to appreciate these workers.  Did you know that you can “farm” at home?  If you raise chickens, rabbits, cows, sheep, goats, or pigs you are farming.  Do you and your family have a vegetable garden in your yard?  You’re farming.  You can even raise some vegetables and fruits in a container or pot.  
  It is important to know that in the United States you must sell $1000 of product per year to be considered a farmer.  You can do this if you have a big enough garden or have chickens and sell the eggs.
  This course will consist of reading passages, quizzes, assignments with reports, and projects with reports.  Students will have access to the course for 18 weeks.  If you should need more time email me at nitateaching@gmail.com and I can extend the course time.  

  You will be assigned two projects.  You have 7 choices for the projects.  Projects can be turned in early if completed.
The project choices are: 
Food Science for a Day
Recycled Seed Paper
Caring for Livestock
Herb Gardening
Desktop Greenhouses
Hen House Engineering
Rangeland

  You will be assigned 12 assignments to complete.  You will write a short report on the assignment. Each unit has one assignment and the instruction files will be uploaded in the classroom area.  Upload reports in the classroom area.  The list of assignments is:
Unit 2 - Food Safety Brochure.
Unit 3 – Land Management Plan
Unit 4 – Ice Cream in a Bag or Better Butter
Unit 5 – Design a Pig Barn
Unit 6 – Chickens
Unit 7 - Bread in a Bag 
Unit 8 – Beanie Baby
Unit 9 – Look at labels
Unit 10 - Forestry
Unit 11 - Farmers 2050 Game, must download app

 
Extra Credit
Extra Credit.  You may do as many extra credit activities as you wish.  These include the reports for each one.  Upload extra credit in the project reports or activity reports area.
•	Each additional assignment – 5 points
•	Each additional project – 10 points
     
Units
Unit 1 - Introduction to Agriculture		
Unit 2 - Food Safety	
Unit 3 - Farm - Gardening	
Unit 4 - Dairy
Unit 5 - Livestock
Unit 6 - Poultry
Project 1 Due
Unit 7 - Grains
Unit 8 - Soybeans
Unit 9 - Cotton
Unit 10 - Forestry
Unit 11 - Growing A Nation
Project 2 Due, Final Exam