An Update From The Council

Where the Food Comes From: A Powerful Tool for Teachers

Earlier this month, the Where The Food Comes From website for educators launched. This resource serves as a national multimedia series and educational platform dedicated to telling the real stories behind America’s farms, ranches, and food systems. Through engaging videos, articles, and classroom-ready materials, it bridges the gap between producers and consumers, showing students the science, technology, and people that make modern agriculture possible. The website’s Educators section, designed in collaboration with agricultural and STEM education partners, curates this content into accessible teaching resources that bring authentic agricultural learning into the classroom.

For agricultural education teachers across the nation, this website is especially valuable because it supports a variety of teaching goals: helping students understand crop production, animal systems, supply chain logistics, marketing, and sustainable practices. It offers a robust collection of episodes categorized by topic – everything from bees, corn, dairy, and vegetables to urban farming, hydroponics, and food safety. The organized, thematic structure allows educators to easily select episodes that align with their curriculum, transforming their classroom into a place where students can connect to the real world of food production.