Agriculture4kids * Tom May  *  P.O. Box 111, Port Jefferson OH 45360-0111 *  Email: tom@agriculture4kids.com  * Phone: 937-507-9413

  

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Updated 10-13-2021

10-13-2022 From James

Good morning Tom, I'm just reaching out to thank the Agriculture 4 Kids team for putting together your web page: http://agriculture4kids.com/links.htm. My grandson James is enrolled in his local 4-H Club up here in New Hampshire - for the month of October they're learning all about fall harvesting and what crops you can plant during the Autumn months. The instructors asked the kids to do so some research on agriculture in the area to discover what our local farms typical produce. Your page led us to some great farming information to check out, so James requested I reach out and let you know how much you've helped us! (He's so sweet!)  As a thank you, I wanted to share this 'Glossary of Agriculture & Farming Terms' that James found... https://personalinjurylawcal.com/blog/glossary-of-agricultural-and-farming-terms/
James was very excited to share it with you! He really enjoyed learning about the different terminology. He thought it would make a great addition to your page. Will you let me know if you're able to include a link to it for him? I know he'd be delighted to see he could help, and show the other kids :) Thanks again - Looking forward to hearing from you!
 

 

9-20-2022 From a letter from a senior girl in an eastern school.  

      Dear Mr. May, I want to thank you so much for Agriculture4Kids. I am one of the few farm kids in my school and it feels like I am a often the duck out of water. Every year I have to do major research project that is counts for 25% of my grade in three classes and also for college credit. I have used your website for three of these projects. This year from the list of possible topics I chose to research green energy. After looking at your website I am going to discuss the beneficial uses of green energy in agriculture but my project is going to concentrate on the hidden costs of green energy. My teachers are green energy nuts and first rejected my my project outline but after I presented them with of the facts from your website they decided to allow me to proceed. Do you have other sources that are not listed on your website? I will turn in a the first progress report November 7th and the final version and power point presentation the last week in April .

       You may use this letter on your website if you want, but I do ask that you do not use my name or school because. I work on our family grain and cattle farm and and part time for a  local crop consulting company. I will be entering college in the fall of 2023 seeking a degree in agronomy. Oh, I have recommended Agriculture4Kids my friends and relatives in other schools. Thanks again.

     9-23-2022 My reply to her: Thanks for your letter. Be watching the website for more information. I also sent her the name of a person in her area to contact or more local information about the amount of farm ground her state will loose to solar and wind farms.

   

 

7-04-2021  Tony and Jill in Kentucky. "Thanks you have saved us a lot of time searching the Internet for information for my kids to use while they were schooling from home. They still play some of the simple games linked from your website." 

 

8-23-2020 From Carol231 : Thanks from Indiana for this safe website for kids. Finally an information website without Google ads, no center screen pop-up wanting you to subscribe to something and no ads that look like news stories. Please keep this website going. We live in the city but my boys, ages 6 and 8, dream of farming. They don't know that my husband and I are looking into buying a small farm soon.   Thanks again and God Bless!

 

7-30-2020 Sara from Indiana: Good job! It is refreshing to see that there are some people telling the truth about PETA and Vegans.

 

2-10-2020 I have had several comments concerning my lack of favorable statements concerning P.E.T.A and the Vegan lifestyle.  I will be answering these questions below. I will also be adding some more feedback replies soon. See email 1-13-17 below.

7-9-2021 I received another email from another teacher in California this last week. I do not know if this teacher is a man or women. I hope the language used proves the teacher to be a man. "He" stated that throughout the Covid shutdown several of his students sited Agricultur4Kids as a source of information for essays about environmental and agricultural subjects.  He said, "When one student had the audacity to tell me that I was wrong about my hard-line stance on the fact of evolution and the stupidity of creation because he visited your website and actually read the Bible to see what it said, I decided to visit your website. Well I was so XXXXXXXXX shocked at what I read!! I have informed all my students if they site agriculture4kids in their compositions they will fail regardless of the quality and accuracy of the information. I have talked to other teachers in my area and several agree with me. You XXXXXXX!" [This was copied and pasted from his email.] He went on to say he hated animal agriculture and felt my I was the dumbist XXXXXX on earth because I did not support P.E.T.A. 

This is the second teacher from California to respond about my website. I must be doing something right.

 

3-22-2020 My Answer - My opinion : I have had several conversations with members of P.E.T.A and those who claim to be Vegans. I find both are the same. I have come to believe the term "Vegan" was started to make it seem there was a different group who came along side of PETA. While PETA wants you to believe they are the leaders in the cause for ethical treatment of animals. They are not! Farmers and ranchers were concerned with proper care of their animals long before PETA and other radical animal rightists came around.

     They deny the Biblical teaching of creation. They want to make children believe there is no difference between human beings and animals. It is a Biblical teaching that mankind is a direct creation of God and above animals in importance to God.  God gave animals to man for food, clothing, and as beasts of burden . When PETA denies God's natural order , PETA is denying God himself.

     This is proven in statements such as "A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy" (link to this statement) used to be on their home page. They want your children to be tricked into believing they are no better than a rat. "We are the same , only different" is another way of trying to influence your children into believing them instead of believing God, the Creator. PETA is now taking advantage of the Coronavirus Pandemic to scare people into joining them.

      I have asked members of PETA and Vegans about their stand on abortion. Everyone stated they are for the right to choose. In other words they are in favor of the right to murder innocent, unborn babies. Yet they will tell you not to cause the abortion of unborn animals. Do they really believe an unborn baby is inferior to an unborn calf?

      

NOTE: Being a vegetarian is not the same as being a Vegan!

 

NOTE: I am a animal welfarist. I do support the ethical treatment of animals.  I have in the past worked with veterinarians and county officials to care for livestock that was abused. I do not believe animals have rights, I do believe animal owners have responsibilities. I also believe the care of children comes far above the care of animals. Love your children and protect them from false teachings.

 

 

8-21-17  My name is Anna and I have a daughter, Alex, in elementary school. While I do allow my daughter to watch television, I do try to encourage educational viewing while she is still at an impressionable age. Recently, Alex and I began watching "Planet Earth" on Netflix. Many of the episodes feature segments on insects, a phobia of my young daughter. In an admirable turn of events, Alex has sought to overcome her fear by learning as much as possible about the creatures. At just eight years old, I find her rationality rather impressive (although I am obviously biased).

Since I try to monitor Alex's Internent use, I have collaborated with her on her research. While searching the web, we came upon your webpage, http://agriculture4kids.com/bugs.htm, which we found to be very helpful!

I am writing this email to commend you on your resourceful website and to encourage you to continue your work. I also wanted to recommend an article I came upon during my research: http://www.avasflowers.net/teaching-kids-about-the-importance-of-honeybees. This article seeks to teach children about the honeybee, a truly important creature and one Alex is especially interested in. I believe this article would compliment the information that already exists on your website. If you happen to post the article, just send me an email! I hope you have an enjoyable day.
 

5-30-17 Tina in Lexington Ky: My mom buys chicken that is labeled these Our chickens are not fed artificial growth hormones. I have also been told that no chickens are fed artificial homes, which is right?

MY ANSWER: Tina it is against the law to add hormones to feed fed to chickens and pigs. No chicken or pork products come from animals fed feed with hormones added to it!. The companies who advertise "these chickens were not fed feed containing artificial hormones" on their packages are not lying, the lie is in promoting the false belief that some chickens are. I am going to do a new page about the this 'Hormone lie". Also go to http://agriculture4kids.com/hormones_in_beef.htm for more information.

1-29-17 Home health and Nutrition teacher, Cleveland Ohio: I have searched through Agriculture4Kids and am surprised. The information on your website contradicts much of the information I have to teach to my students. I have had to rethink what I have taught to my students especially about food safety and the hormones in beef. It is hard to admit that I might need to learn more about the subject I teach.  

1-3-17 Third grade teacher in Michigan: One of my third grade students used your website as a reference. Since you promote the theory of God Creation I have had to warn my students to avoid your website. Our curriculum teaches only evolution and I do not want them to be confused. Shame on you for trying to get young children to question what they are taught in school. I am a long time member of P.E.T.A. and support the Vegan lifestyle, your website has nothing good to say about how I have chose to live. Why?

12-16-16 - Anna, 5th grade teacher in a Christian School in California: Thanks for your website! Finally a website that supports what we teach in our classrooms. Fighting the evolutionists seems to be an impossible battle to win. Your website has encouraged my students. We have used information from the links on Agriculture4Kids for several science projects. It will be one of our go to resources next year.

9-15-16 - James, Indiana High school student: I found many sources of information for my school project on food safety on your site. My teacher has also used the links listed.