I would like to know more about food. Plant products should be the main food that people eat. Five additional statements were presented to upper grade level students. Agriculture is important to me. I care about the environment.
Seed collecting is an important part of agriculture.
I try to eat from each food group every day. The average response by residence for the 13 statements indicates that rural students were more positive then their suburban and urban counterparts. Overall, responses to both the cognitive and feeling portions of the pre-test assessment showed consistency across states, residency, and grade level. The FLP materials worked as intended with elementary students, second through sixth graders. Suburban students in the experimental grade 2-3 classes showed greater knowledge gains than their rural contemporaries.