Farm2Table

While the Erie County Fair is the main point of contact with the public in regards to agriculture education, the Erie County Agricultural Society felt that educating students outside of the 12 days of the Fair was just as important; thus Farm 2 Table began.  Farm 2 Table is a field trip for 3^rd and 4^th grade students to come to the Fairgrounds in Hamburg in either June or October.  The program, designed to educate students about agriculture and how food comes from the farm and ends up on their table, is produced solely by the Erie County Agricultural Society (promoters of the Erie County Fair) to help fulfill the mission statement of the Agricultural Society which is to preserve and enhance, by educational endeavors, the agricultural and historical legacy of New York State.  

1. Field Trip is designed to align with the New York State learning standards with teachers receiving pre-field trip introductory lesson plans that prepared the students (and the teachers) for the trip.
2. The Erie County Agricultural Society subsidizes the transportation costs of students brought to The Fairgrounds.  The Erie County Agricultural Society also does not charge a fee to the students.
3. The students journey through 6 different hands-on stations and “learn by doing”  - walking away with something they create at each station.
4. Each student is given string cheese and a choice of milk or water to have with their lunch while at the Field trip.
5. Each student goes home with a bag of agricultural goodies.
6. Each student is also given two passes to visit the Erie County Fair while being reminded that kids 12 and younger get into the Fair free.
    

How to Get Involved

If you are a parent, teacher or student, please present this unique field trip possibility to your 3rd or 4th grade teachers.  At this time this trip is only booked through the school.

If you want to assist or volunteer, please call the Agriculture Office at (716) 649-3900 ext 407.

•   “Farm 2 Table was outstanding!  It was age appropriate, hands-on and a wonderful learning opportunity”
•  “THANK YOU for a great, informative, and worthwhile trip that was FREE! – I can’t stop telling people about it!”
•  “It was great!  I appreciated the relation of the information and activities to our NYS Standards.  I also loved how they got to do some sort of active learning at each station”
• “Excellent field trip – One of the BEST we have ever participated in”
• “I loved the hands-on activities – very motivating for students”
• “It was a very generous program for schools that have to cut back on spending”