Hundreds of students learn about agriculture during Aggie Days

By Lethbridge Herald on March 26, 2026.

Herald photo by ALEJANDRA PULIDO-GUZMAN Grade 4 students from Father Leonard Van Tighem School learn about the journey of beef from farm to table through play, during Aggie Days Wednesday at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman

Lethbridge Herald

Aggie Days returned to Lethbridge after many years to host hundreds of students and offer them an opportunity to learn about agriculture. 

Over 1,000 southern Alberta area students received immersive education in a variety of agriculture-based topics, from beef and chicken to potatoes and canola, to farm safety and more at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre March 25 and 26.

 The Lethbridge & District Agricultural Society (LDAS) brought Aggie Days back to Lethbridge through a partnership with Agriculture for Life, the producers of the show. 

Director with the LDAS, Cody McIntosh said Lethbridge had a successful event for years that was cancelled in March of 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it is finally back. 

“We’re very excited to bring it back to the city. With the Lethbridge & District Ag Society, one of our mandates is youth education, so they can understand what’s happening all around them,” said McIntosh. 

He said as Lethbridge is an urban centre in a rural area, and there’s agriculture happening in every direction it is important for young children to learn about it. 

“This is an opportunity to bring in agricultural producers, commodity groups, and get those kids in classrooms excited about agriculture and learning something about agriculture,” said McIntosh.

CEO of Agriculture for Life, Luree Williamson said they were very excited to be a part of the planning committee and executing the event, to welcome over a thousand students to attend.

“There’s been quite a lot of work ensuring that we’re meeting all of the curriculum connections, the learning outcomes for teachers and students,” said Williamson. “Working with community members, commodity groups and ag societies, to come together, so we can all share in the voice of delivering agriculture to the students.”

When talking about offering an interactive learning event like Aggie Days to young Southern Alberta students, Williamson said it allows them to learn in a group setting, and outside of the classroom. 

“They get to leave their classroom and experience agriculture on their way to the venue, but also they get the opportunity to be exposed to a lot of different topics at one event,” said Williamson.

She said often when they go into the classroom, they only have the students for a short period of time, maybe an hour or so. But in this setting, they can host students for longer periods of time. 

“This way, we get to have the students for four hours, and they get to learn multiple topics throughout the day,” said Williamson.

She said they have learned from statistics that most students and teachers are two to three generations removed from the farm, so there’s always been a gap between learning where food comes from and understanding agriculture.

“So, having that opportunity to connect them back to where their food comes from, whether you live in rural environments or urban environments, is important because we’re all connected to agriculture,” said Williamson.

She said even though Aggie Days was only for Grade 4 to Grade 6 students this year, they are looking to expand the experience to other grades, and perhaps even to the public.