In a 2017 Article by the Washington Post, the author argued that fewer and fewer American youth know where their food comes from.  In the article, it presented a 2010 study from California that showed on 50% of youth knew where tomatoes came from, for onions, that number was 39%, buns, 28% and pickles, a whopping 22%.  Similar studies conducted by agricultural education professionals in more recent years, seem to show about the same percentages. 

This past fall, the Henderson County Extension Office participated in a local farm day, where the 4-H agent covered grain handling and production, with grades 2-3.  By polling the 172 youth in attendance, it was determined a mere 51 youth (29%) could correctly identify where their hamburger/hotdog buns came from, or how they got there.   Following a lesson on grain handling and shipping, a total of 148 youth (86%) acknowledged that they could identify where the grain came from to make buns and how it got there.