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Adair 3rd Graders, others utilizing Kentucky's Outdoor Classroom 150 students from Adair Elementary at Homeplace on Green River, officially known as "Kentucky's Outdoor Classroom," this past week, courtesy of a generous gift from Adair Farm Bureau. Students led on tours by Mike Caldwell, Suzanne Ince, and Billy Joe Fudge Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By George Kolbenschlag Homeplace on Green River Kentucky's Outdoor Classroom Welcomes Hundreds of School Students Homeplace on Green River is living up to its designation as Kentucky's outdoor classroom. Several hundred students from Adair and Taylor counties have completed field trips to the farm this fall to learn about the importance of farm crops, animals, woodlands and seldom seen creatures in our everyday lives. This past week about 150 third-graders from Adair County Elementary School visited Homeplace. At least one other group from Adair will visit the farm in the next few weeks. The visits to Homeplace of all Adair third-graders are being funded in part by a generous gift from the Adair Farm Bureau. The students were divided into groups and had three different "stations" to visit. Homeplace Executive Board member Mike Caldwell led students on a visit to a field of soy beans and discussed their broad use as food for both humans and animals. Suzanne Ince, also a member of the executive committee helped the students examine close-up the variety of both harmful and helpful insects in our environment and to understand their significance in healthy crops and soils. Students also took an hour-long hike in the woods along the Homeplace/Taylor County trail system with retired Kentucky forester Billy Joe Fudge. They saw the varying stages of tree growth and decay, learned to identify various tree types and were introduced to the varying woodlands environment. Students concluded their day at the farm with a sack lunch in Homeplace's newly restored corral and show barn. The continued use of Homeplace as an outdoor classroom by Kentucky's school systems will provide an opportunity to acquaint our students with the significance of agriculture in their lives and an appreciation of the long history of farming in the commonwealth. It will also help develop in them an appreciation of our environment. This story was posted on 2016-10-26 11:18:20
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