National Ag Week – March 16-22, 2025
Georgia’s climate and rich natural resources have made agriculture its top industry throughout the state. One in seven Georgians works in agriculture, forestry, or related fields. Virtually any crop or animal can grow successfully somewhere across the state. National Agriculture Week is celebrated annually in March. This allows producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, families, and 4-H members to celebrate the agriculture industry’s abundance.
2025 Soil Resources
Georgia 4-H has provided a variety of activities you can complete to learn more about agriculture!
- “The Soil in Jackie’s Garden” by Peggy Thomas was chosen by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture as the 2025 Book of the Year! This book teaches about important topics such as soil, gardening, composting, and plant parts. Georgia 4-H used this book to guide the development of more resources you can use to celebrate 2025 National Ag Week! Click here for more information about the book.
- Make some fun artwork by creating soil mosaic art! Sticks, leaves, twigs, pebbles, and mulch are some of the many things that can be part of your masterpiece! Click here for a Soil Mosaic Art activity.
- Georgia 4-H also authored a story about the soil cycle. Pay careful attention as you read, because you’ll answer some questions at the end. Your answers determine the colors you use to color in fun image! Click here to read the Soil Cycle Story.
- Soil is composed of minerals, water, air, decomposing plant or animal material, and even bacteria! Create a soil trail mix by gathering different foods to represent different soil components. Mix them all together for fun, edible soil treats! Click here for a Soil Trail Mix activity.
- A soil profile is a horizontal view of the soil layers, called horizons. Create your own edible soil profile with different foods to specifically differentiate between the different horizons – organic materials, topsoil, subsoil, and parent material. Click here for an Edible Soil Profile activity.
- Feeling thirsty? Use this plant part recipe for some green juice! You’ll use different parts of a plant – leaves/stems, fruits/seeds, and roots to blend together a yummy drink! Click here for a Plant Part Recipe activity.
- Ready for a game? Our Dig In to Nature Bingo game is a great for a group! We have an easier and more difficult version – so chose the game that will work best for you.
- Grab your devices and get ready for an interactive game! We’ve created a Kahoot that quizzes participants soil, plants, composting, and more. Click here for the Kahoot instructions and link.
Activities
- Get Growing Georgia Nearpod Lesson: Learn about some of Georgia’s largest agriculture commodities – chickens, peanuts, cotton, blueberries, and more!
- My Plate in Georgia Grown Nearpod Lesson: Learn all about the agriculture we find on our plate!
- Go Nuts for Georgia Peanuts Nearpod Lesson: Learn about Georgia’s “most famous” nut that actually isn’t a nut … it’s a legume!
- Not All Soil is Created Equal Nearpd Lesson: Learn about the special soil in Southeast Georgia where Vidalia Onions are grown!
- Scavenger Hunt: Answer the question correctly to unlock each lock and learn more about agriculture.
- Matching Game: Turn over the cards to find the matching images of the different Georgia Grown commodities.
- Animal Products Snowman Guessing Game: Guess the missing letters that describe Georgia animal (or animal products) before the snowman melts.
- Produce Snowman Guessing Game: Guess the missing letters that describe Georgia produce before the snowman melts.
Jigsaw Puzzles
Beekeeper – Easy
Beekeeper – Medium
Beekeeper – Hard
Pig – Easy
Pig – Medium
Pig – Hard
Seedling – Easy
Seedling – Medium
Seedling – Hard
Field – Easy
Field – Medium
Field – Hard
Cow – Easy
Cow – Medium
Cow – Hard
Zoom into Science
The following Zoom into Science sessions relate to agriculture and were taught by UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty and staff:
- All about Water: July 23, 2020 – The Southwest District 4H2O Team shared all about the importance of earth’s water – from agriculture, health, and human use. This long-standing, successful 4-H program shifted to a virtual format for the summer of 2020. Presenters include Debra Cox, Mitchell County Extension 4-H Educator, Sylvia Davis, Baker/Mitchell County Extension FCS Agent, Brian Hayes, Mitchell County Extension ANR Agent, Cale Cloud, Southwest District Extension Water Agent, and Calvin Perry, UGA Stripling Irrigation Research Park Superintendent.
- All about Plant Biotech: August 6, 2020 – Dr. Wayne Parrott with UGA’s Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics shared about plant GMOs and genome editing.
- Veggie Shapes: September 17, 2020 – Dr. Ester van der Knaap with UGA’s Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics shared about how and why vegetables are the shapes that they are.
- All About Food Safety with Manpreet Singh: October 15, 2020 – Dr. Manpreet Singh with the UGA Poultry Science department shares about food preparation and safety.
Georgia 4-H Friends Magazines
Partners and Resources
Agriculture Council of America
Georgia Department of Agriculture
UGA CAES Georgia Agricultural Statistics
Georgia Department of Agriculture – Fork in the Road
Georgia Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom – Animal Ag
Georgia Grown – Livestock Producers
Georgia Beef Board
Georgia Cattleman’s Association
Georgia Dairy Youth Foundation
Georgia Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom
Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom
American Farm Bureau – Foundation for Agriculture – On the Farm STEM Experience
American Quarter Horse Association
Farm Credit of Virginias
National Ag in the Classroom
US Poultry & Egg Association
For more information about becoming involved in 4-H programming, contact your local County Extension Office or call 1-800-ASK-UGA1.
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status and is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action organization.