Grade 4 students in Swift Current have a better understanding of where their food comes from today.

They took part in the Food Farm harvest yesterday picking vegetables, learning about wheat development, canola crushing, mustard and pulse production and the equipment used to harvest the crops.

Mark Siemens a teacher at OM Irwin School felt it was a great learning experience for students.

"I say something like "okay, a combine does this, a seeder does this, this is what a wheat field looks like and this is what wheat, durum, lentils, canola and all of those crops are used for," then at least they can have a connection with what it looks like possibly and at least understand some background behind it," he said.

Throughout the event, the students were very engaged in the experience.

Nathan from OM Irwin School said he had a great day and talked about what he learned.

"You can make potatoes into potato chips," he said.

Clint Walker was one of the Parent Supervisors and was also pleased with the day.

"I think it is really important," he said.

"A lot of these kids come from the city and they never realize where food comes from and what Swift Current is about, or what Saskatchewan is about, and it is about agriculture."

As a parent he said he’d like to see more of these kinds of events, going into more detail.

He noted they really just skimmed the surface of what agriculture is all about and if we want our kids to consider working in the industry they need to know more about it.

All of  the vegetables grown as part of the Food Farm will be donated to the Salvation Army through FCC’s Drive Away Hunger Campaign.