11-24 FB Farm Exhibit at Zoo

David Sparks Ph.D.

 Ada County Farm Bureau sponsors Farm Exhibit at Zoo Boise. The Ada County Farm Bureau is taking an active step in teaching a new generation of Idahoans about Gem State agriculture. In conjunction with Zoo Boise, the Bureau is sponsoring a farm kiosk at Zoo Boise.??The kiosk was installed at the Zoo Farm exhibit this month and is available to all zoo visitors. By touching and dragging various items on the screen, participants can find the ingredients to make an apple pie, pick out products that come from cows, put the pictures of a growing plant in the proper order, and several other educational and fun activities. There is hope to expand this exhibit in the future with the goal of educating the public about modern farms and farming. Here’s Ada County Farm Bureau President Don Sonke:?“Since I’ve been involved with Farm Bureau, I’ve made a priority to try to get the word out about where people’s food comes from and how fortunate they are to have a safe, reliable source of food.”

  “The kiosk has a farm and food message presented in a snappy, high tech farm game on a touch screen that people can interact and get facts on where their food comes from and how it’s harvested.” The game was developed by Pioneer Seed, a division of the DuPont Company along with input from the staff at the American Farm Bureau in Washington D.C.??