- Grade Levels:
- 4-12
- Length:
- 60 minutes
- Taping Rights:
- Unlimited
- MARC Record:
- Downloadable
- Web Site:
- UK College of Agriculture
- Teaching Materials:
- See Below
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KET takes you and your students to the Thomas family’s BLT Farms in Elizabethtown, a family enterprise where the kids have major responsibilities in the farming operation. Topics of discussion include right-to-farm laws, urban encroachment on farmland, and animal waste disposal, as well as the answers to questions like these:
- Why do pigs like to roll in the mud?
- Are pigs smart?
- Why do pig farmers usually also raise corn?
- How do farmers keep animal waste from getting into streams and groundwater?
- What’s it like to grow up on a farm?
- Do farmers have to use chemicals on their crops?
The Electronic Field Trip to a Pig Farm was a partnership among KET, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, and the Kentucky Farm Bureau. The program was first broadcast on October 14, 1997.
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