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Future Farmers Teach City Kids Where Food Comes From

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Some elementary school kids in south Minneapolis got some real show-and-tell this morning.

FFA high school kids from the Morris area brought real farm animals to Risen Christ Catholic School. The idea was to teach city kids where their food comes from, and the big grills were fired up.

Everyone who wanted a burger got one for lunch.

"You ask them questions like, Where does your burger come from? And they say the grill. Where does your pizza come from? Little Ceaser's. You know, they have all these ideas of the food comes from a grocery store or a restaurant," said Natasha Mortenson, an FFA advisor.

The Future Farmers of America (FAA) get funding for this outreach from commodity groups, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and others.

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