Field Trips
Bring the class to us
We’d love to welcome your students to Food + Farm Exploration Center! Our mission is to educate current and future generations about agricultural innovation and sustainability through experiential learning.
We strive to create a community rich in agricultural literacy and innovation through programming that will excite, engage and promote agriculture. Field trips are available Tuesday-Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm for a minimum of 10 students.
Summer Field Trips
Plan your summer field trip to Food + Farm Exploration Center! Enjoy special programs and a chance to experience our demonstration fields during open exploration. Please read the Summer Field Trip Guide before requesting a field trip. Summer field trips are available June through August.
School Groups
Our field trip experiences will give your students an incredible opportunity to connect with agriculture in an entirely new way. Please read the Field Trip Guide carefully before requesting a field trip.
Note: Only accepting open exploration field trips after 12:30pm (limited availability remaining through May).
Homeschool Groups
We have several different policies for homeschool groups. If you are interested in booking a field trip as a homeschool group, please read the Homeschool Guide before requesting a homeschool field trip.
Youth Groups
If you are part of a youth group such as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H, etc. please contact us directly to make arrangements for your visit. Please email education@fftf.us or call 715-972-2592.
Girl Scout Badge and Patch Programs
We are proud to offer Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn badges while exploring our center. We offer programs for girls to earn badges in STEM and Life Skills.
Field Trip Information
Open Exploration Field Trips
Groups can explore Food + Farm Exploration Center exhibits at their own pace, enjoying the Seedlings Gallery, AgStem Gallery, the Farm Tech Shed and programming that may be available in the AgLab MakerSpace.
We request that field trips for grades preK-5 have an adult chaperone ratio of one adult for every five students (1:5). For groups grades 6-12 we request an adult chaperone ration of one adult for every ten students (1:10).
Dig In Experiences for groups of 56 or fewer:
Want additional programming while you’re at the center? Try adding a Dig In experience! Dig In experiences are facilitated workshops that encourage learning through materials and tools, props, demonstrations and group interaction. Dig In experiences are 45- 60 minutes in length. They will incur an additional fee beyond the $5 admission. To learn more about our Dig In’s, check out the Field Trip Guide.
Dig-In Experiences for groups of more than 56:
Similar to our other dig in experiences, these are designed for large groups. These are self-guided experiences in which a facilitator leads a short lesson/overview of the content and then allows students to complete a self-paced activity. These programs are 25-30 minutes in length. To learn more about our Dig Ins for large groups, check out the Field Trip Guide.
Before and After Your Field Trip
To help you prepare your students for field trips we have designed several learning experiences.
Invite a Food + Farm education team member to your classroom for an outreach visit and enjoy an interactive program that introduces students to the wonderful world of agriculture.
Use our lesson plans to teach your students about how agriculture impacts their lives.
Enhance your in-classroom experience with our STEM and literacy kits, Ag Readers and Lessons, and our full lesson library which are all designed to help foster an interest and appreciation for agriculture in your students.
Farming For The Future Foundation Field Trip Grant
The Farming For The Future Foundation is generously sponsoring grants that will allow students to discover and explore the new Food + Farm Exploration Center. The Foundation understands that one of the limiting factors of taking students on field trips is the cost of transportation. To help schools overcome this barrier, the Farming For the Future Foundation Field Trip grant will cover up to $1,000 of cost related to transporting students to the Food + Farm Exploration Center. Priority will be given to those schools who can prove a financial need (Title 1 or high percentage of free and reduced lunch). Applications for the grant will be accepted on a rolling basis and will remain open as long as funding is available. Interested teachers or administrators should complete the online application. Schools will be notified within two weeks if their grant application is accepted.
