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For Grades 7–12 teachers: discover how Canadian farmers use sustainable farming practices to help protect the environment and produce safe, healthy food. 🎬 Watch the video here.
All lesson materials – including the video, Teacher Guide, and Student Worksheets – are free to order or available to download as fillable PDFs. These resources are designed to save prep time and support student learning in any classroom setting.
🌱 What Are Sustainable Farming Practices?
Sustainable farming practices are an integrated system of plant and animal production practices designed to:
🎥 What’s in the Video?
Farmers use various practices suited to their context. The video highlights a few including: anaerobic digestion systems, no-till farming, crop rotation, cover crops, pest management, and Environmental Farm Plans.
Activity Ideas
Choose activities from the Teacher Guide based on the specific learning outcomes of the course you are teaching.
👀Student Viewing Guide
Have students complete the guide before and after watching the video. Allow time for class discussion of their responses.
🔗 Making Connections
Provide a guiding question aligned with your curriculum (e.g., impacts or risks of sustainable farming practices). Show the video, then have students complete the activity using two sustainable farming practices and summarize what they learned.
💡 Claim, Support, Question
Students record a claim about sustainable farming practices, evidence supporting the claim, and a question they have. Use responses to spark class discussion.
🎤 Farm of the Future Mini-Conference
Students research a sustainable farming practice individually or in groups (e.g., solar panels, wind turbines, water recycling) and present their findings at a mock mini-conference.
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Curriculum & Teacher Support
📚 Subject Areas by Province
The Sustainable Farming Practices lesson connects with multiple subjects. The table below provides a quick overview of which subject areas are included in each province. For more detailed information, see the Curriculum Connections.
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Topic |
Alberta
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Saskatchewan |
Manitoba |
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Sustainable Farming Practices |
Biology, CTS, Chemistry, Science
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Biology, Environmental Science, Health Education, PAA, Science, Social Studies
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Science, Social Studies, Technology Education |
📌 Extra Support
Check out “Responding to Student Questions” and “Teacher Background Information” in the Teacher Guide – these sections are designed to help you feel confident and prepared for the lesson.
Explore the lesson materials
Video
Discover how Canadian farmers use sustainable farming practices. (~10 min)
Teacher Guide
Features a “Before the Lesson” checklist, background information, and activity ideas.
Student Viewing Guide
Students complete a viewing guide before and after the video then share responses.
Making Connections
Teacher provides a guiding question; students explore and summarize what they learned.