Durham Region has a number of fun, year-round agricultural education activities. From a tractor ride through the apple orchard to milking a cow at the county fair. Durham Farm Connections offers many opportunities for the local community to learn how Durham Region Farmers help to put the food on your dinner table.

Durham Farm Connections holds an annual event for Grade 3 students from schools across Durham Region, that is designed to meet Ontario curriculum requirements and provides students with the opportunity to be a “farmer for a day.”

Durham Region has expanded to include a high school science program. This year the event was held in September 2011 at Anderson C.V.I. in Whitby in partnership with the Durham District School Board.The program content was designed to be an extension of the information covered in various Grade 9, 11 and 12 science course curriculums.


Now entering its seventh year, this program has provided an unparalleled experience for more than six thousand students and is considered by educators, farmers and students to be a huge success.

• To enhance knowledge, understanding and appreciation of agriculture and the Agri-Food industry within the Durham Region
• To provide opportunities for non-farm people to learn first-hand where their food comes from, and to foster a broader understanding of the importance of agriculture today