Farmcraft®
Farmcraft is an educational program that uses the popular game Minecraft to enhance understanding of the evolving agricultural industry and its impact on global food security. Farmcraft provides a fun and engaging digital platform for youth to compete and learn in an international arena of science and technology.
We invite you to explore and leverage the free resources, challenge guides, and custom Farmcraft worlds for your scheduled programs and classes. Every season has a specific theme and lessons tied to it!
Farmcraft 2024: Digital Harvest
In 2024, Farmcraft was focused on the impact of digital technology on agricultural productivity. Many of the agricultural productivity increases in the last few decades have directly resulted from the adaptation and adoption of digital technologies to farming!
Farmcraft 2023: Harvest Haul
In 2023, Farmcraft was focused on food trade and food security, asking the question “What happens to food once it leaves the farm?” Participants will learn about the choices that farmers must make before even planting their crops, thinking about which crops to grow, who will eat the crops, where the crops must be sent, and how to deliver those crops.
Farmcraft 2022: Field Yield
In 2022, Farmcraft was focused on applying and adapting agricultural production techniques to different unique environmental biomes, while considering environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation.