Farmer's Share of Thanksgiving Dinner | Agricultural Economics & Math Activity

Connect Thanksgiving to real-world agricultural economics with this Farmer's Share of Thanksgiving Dinner activity. Students plan a Thanksgiving meal, research grocery prices, and investigate how much of the retail price of food actually goes back to the farmer.

Designed for middle school and high school agriculture classes, this activity combines agricultural economics, agribusiness, consumer math, and percentage calculations to help students better understand food costs and the role farmers play in the food supply chain.

What's Included

• Thanksgiving Meal Planning Activity: Students plan a Thanksgiving dinner for a family of four.
• Grocery Price Research: A chart for researching and recording current food prices.
• Farmer's Share Investigation: Students research how much farmers receive from the retail price of selected food products.
• Percentage Calculations: Students calculate the farmer's share of retail food prices.
• Thanksgiving Meal Cost Analysis: Students examine the overall cost of their planned holiday meal.
• Student Reflection Questions: Prompts connecting food prices, agricultural production, and the economics of the food supply chain.

Classroom Uses

• Thanksgiving agriculture lessons
• Agricultural economics and agribusiness activities
• Applied math and percentage practice
• Food systems and consumer education
• Independent research assignments
• Substitute teacher plans
• Seasonal classroom activities

Format

• Printable PDF download
• Non-editable worksheets
• Research, math, and reflection activities
• Digital download; no physical product

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