Allow other students to provide hints, tips or clues to assist stumped taste testers. Make a meal from all your locally produced products. Again, remember to wash hands thoroughly before working with food. Choose your favorite product or a Virginia grown product to follow from producer to consumer. Create a map and research each stop.
Students can recreate the map in the classroom.
Set up areas for farming, harvesting, transporting, processing, retail and any others that might be pertinent. Students can choose roles, research those roles, dress to fit the part, and invite other classes to take a tour. Invite representatives from each stage of production to visit beforehand and provide advice or answer questions. Begin or end your event with a tree planting ceremony. A local nursery or garden center might donate a tree or shrub and send someone to talk about horticulture.