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FarmFood 360
By Farm & Food Care (Canadian agriculture group). Visit FarmFood 360
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Free 360-degree video tours of Canadian farms and food plants, in English and French. Viewers drag the video on a computer, move a phone, or use a VR viewer to look around a dairy barn, egg farm, pig farm, mushroom farm, apple orchard, feed mill and more, with farmers explaining how animals and crops are raised. Agriculture in the Classroom Canada lists it for grades 5 to 12, with quizzes at the end of tours.
Our take: A good free look inside farms for classes and curious kids, best paired with a talk about where the content comes from.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 4 out of 5 | No ads or chat; the tours open as YouTube 360 videos and the page links to app stores. |
|---|---|
| Data: 4 out of 5 | Only Google Analytics and Tag Manager loaded; no ad or tracking networks. |
| Ease: 5 out of 5 | Big photo tiles labeled with each farm (Sheep Farm, Dairy Cow Farm, Berries) make it obvious where to tap. |
| Cost honesty: 5 out of 5 | Free, with no pay prompts seen. |
What we found
- Contacted 3 third-party sites, all Google (Analytics, Tag Manager, fonts); 2 cookies set.
- No ads or ad frames on the page.
- The page tells phone users to download the YouTube app to watch the 360 tours, so viewing happens on YouTube.
- Over 25 tours, including dairy, egg, pig, mink and veal farms.
From the test: Free, ad-free 360 farm tours with big clear tiles; the videos play on YouTube, where YouTube's own ads and suggestions apply.
| Ages it suits | about 9 and up (grades 5-12) |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | Not stated; the site has no terms of use or accounts. (terms) |
| Price | Free. Free (Oct 2026); videos play through YouTube. |
| Works on | Web, iPhone and iPad, Android |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | None |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI |
What's good
- Lets kids see inside real working farms
- Many farm types, in English and French
- Works on a computer, phone or cheap VR viewer
Watch for
- Made by an industry-backed group that promotes farming, so it shows the farmers' side only
- Includes topics some families find hard, like mink farming and sow farrowing crates
- Videos run on YouTube, with its tracking
Data and privacy
Not stated for this site: it has no privacy policy of its own, loads Google Analytics, and embeds YouTube videos. Farm & Food Care Ontario's policy says it collects identifying information only when you volunteer it. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No study found.
In the Big Index
- On the list 23 best museum and virtual field trip sites
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Where these facts come from
- https://www.farmfood360.ca/
- https://www.farmfood360.ca/en/project-partners.php
- https://www.farmfood360.ca/en/pig/
- https://aitcdashboard.ca/resource_matrix/NATIONAL/1802/
- https://www.farmfoodcareon.org/privacy-policy/
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