For three day this week fourth grade student's from all over Washington County had the opportunity to hang out with some four legged friends' during the Washington County Farm Bureau Farm Days at Staheli Farms in Washington Fields. While there was a lot of fun involved with the event the experience was educational as well.
Its all about having fun and learning at the same time for over 2-thousand Washington County 4th graders.
Where to eggs come from? Where does produce come from? Where does your meat come from? Students say that is call comes from the store, said Vernon Parent with Utah State Extension and County Agriculture Agent. Parent said they like to bring students to the farm where they have a chance to see first hand where their food really comes from.
While the kids learn were most of there food comes from it's also a reminded about their heritage.
"A lot of the kids in Washington County were agriculture based," he said. Most of the students came from farms or their grandfather's had a farm. Parent said. "Now days the growing population has no relationships with farms whatsoever. They have no understanding of what a farm does for them personally," he said. Parent is hoping that while students are on the farm they have a personal connection with the farm.
As the students go from station to station learning about food, and the farm animals they also learn what goes into one of their favorite's, a pizza.
There is a series of activities that the student participate. The first stop how long does it make a pizza? Parent said. "Often times the kids will say 30 minutes, because you pop it in the oven and that's all it takes," he said. After asking students the question they stop them and have they think about what goes on a pizza, such as tomato's, wheat and olives. What they find out is it can take up to five years for a pizza to be created, Parent said.
Farmers along with bureau members find that student love coming to the farm and interacting with the animals.
"They love it." said Colette Wadsworth, Washington County Farm Bureau President. She says the teacher's loves it, and this is one thing that they all enjoy. Some teachers have came every year.

While learning how long it takes to make a pizza each student was given a slice from Little Caesars pizza and a carton of milk which was all donated.