Food farm program educates students

- By Calvin Daniels

September 26, 2025

key points from this story:

• Students gain education on food sources
• Food Farm program involves hands-on stations
• Pizza Farm concept began in Yorkton
• Students learn about planting and harvesting
• Urban youth learn farm-to-food connections
• Program may expand to include the public

This last week students from throughout the area again gained some direct education on where their food comes from – something increasingly critical as direct ties to food production agriculture is being lost. The young students learned more about the source of their food by attending the ‘Food Farm Program’ known locally as a ‘Pizza Farm’ experience. Yorkton actually pioneered the idea of bringing students out in the field to learn about farming and food production when a ‘Pizza Farm’ concept was launched a number of years ago, and the program founders should be duly proud as the idea has spread in varying forms to locales across the province. The concept is simple enough, industry partners cooperate to set up a series of stations where students get to learn about farming and food, most with a hands-on learning element. Students attend the event in spring to learn about the planting season, then return in the fall to learn about harvest.