This is National Farm to School Month.

Across the country, students are getting an up close look at where their food comes from and a better understanding of how it gets to their plate.

Our Laura Rogers takes us to a family farm in Allen County that's welcomed 2500 kids this month.

At Need More Acres Farm in Scottsville.

The song Old MacDonald had a farm is coming to life.

Most of the kids, they say this is their first time ever being on a farm.

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The sheep elementary students in Bowling Green Independent schools are getting a tour.

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Gives them a lot of introduction to different types of agricultural products that we grow in Kentucky.

It's hands on learning and agriculture, higher education.

We love seeing kids to be excited about being outdoors, about learning, about farming, about eating healthy food.

All of the how family operates.

Need more acres and partners with the school district to supply produce for cafeterias throughout the school year and the summer meals program.

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I think that they're really an inspiration to a lot of other school systems across Kentucky and even the country.

On how much locally sourced food that they offer students.

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The grapevines had to be.

Four years old, from grapes to turnips, onions and even wool.

Today's theme, All things purple for the Bowling Green.

Purple.

Isn't that cool?

Yeah.

It's an annual excursion for these school kids to celebrate National farm to school lunch every October.

We survey the teachers and in the school systems, we talk to the principals and the superintendent and try to get feedback on how we can make this better year after year.

And so a lot of the things we're doing this year are based on the feedback we got last year.

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It's also a learning opportunity for the farm's high school and college staff like Elaine Low Camp, passionate about educating others on sustainable agriculture and why they should care about food production.

I think our food habits are really important.

They're so closely tied to things like the environment, climate change, where our money is going in terms of are we supporting local farmers.

To how family says they hope to inspire future local farmers.

Planting a seed today that could pay off in generations to come.

Yeah, we think that inspiring kids at such a young age and getting them on the farm, giving them a day where they could just meet the animals, they can pick their own vegetables, they can learn about different fruits and vegetables, will hopefully inspire some of them to become a farmer someday.

And for some of them, the inspiration starts now.

Hannah Well, I've heard a lot of kids saying.

Like, Oh, I should grow this at home or I should get the seeds through this, or, you know, this could be my occupation one day.

All contributing to the end goal of helping families make informed food choices while strengthening the local economy.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

Today wrapped up six days of visits at need more acres from students across five Bowling Green Elementary schools.