Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Children learn about food and farming at annual AgriBee

UC Cooperative Extension nutrition advisors in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama and Yuba/Sutter counties teamed up with local farm bureau offices to present the 6th annual AgriBee, a spelling bee for third- and fourth-graders with words limited to agricultural terms.

The children are required to spell and define the words, said an article about the competition in the Chico Enterprise-Record.

Here are some examples from the word list that I thought might stump an 8- or 9-year-old:

Abomasum - the fourth or true stomach of a ruminant

Catkin - a dense spike of small, petalless flowers

Roughage - feeds that are made of grass, hay or silage

Vegetate - grow or sprout like a plant

Wether - a castrated male sheep

Each student competed in a school-wide competition to earn a place in the regional AgriBee. The winner was Kirsten-Grace Baker of the Children's Community Charter School in Paradise. She won a laptop computer by correctly spelling and defining "pullet," a chicken that has never laid an egg.

The AgriBee was designed to boost students' understanding and knowledge of food and agriculture.

Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 7:44 AM

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