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Farmcraft^® 2024 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. The program is open to all ages, but is designed to supplement the learning of students ranging from 8-18 years of age.

Farmcraft^® 2024 is 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!

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Regular Season Challenge #1

Using the latest NASEF Farmcraft map in Minecraft: Education Edition, work with your teammates to complete the task of producing the necessary crops to feed your communties. While you are playing consider how your choices affected your crop productivity.

In your video diary, recap your team's experience with the following questions:
- What was your initial process in completing the task? What strategies did your team initially use to complete the task? What steps did you take to ensure you could provide all of the necessary crops?
- What elements of farming have been modified in this Minecraft map? How does this relate to real life farming?
- What can your team do differently next time to produce a better score?

NOTE: All three (3) Regular Season Challenge video entries & leaderboard scores are required to win and to be eligible for prizes.

Please include the team name in the title.

Missed the live stream? View the Video-on-Demand here.

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Regular Season Challenge #2: Technology Implementation

Using the latest NASEF Farmcraft map in Minecraft: Education Edition, work with your teammates to complete the task of producing the necessary crops but focus on maximizing automation. Rather than purchasing multiple plots, make purchasing technology upgrades (sensors, automation, seed upgrades) your TOP PRIORITY.

In your video diary, recap your team's experience with the following questions:

- How did prioritizing technology affect the experience of your game?
- Did you find this an effective strategy? How did the cost of technology affect your gameplay? Was it easier to play this way? Did it cost more? Did it take more or less time?
- How would you balance the cost of technology with the needs of your team and the goal of feeding the community?

NOTE: All three (3) Regular Season Challenge video entries & leaderboard scores are required to win and to be eligible for prizes.

Please include the team name in the title.

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Regular Season Challenge #3: Agriculture in Urban Environments

Using the latest NASEF Farmcraft map in Minecraft: Education Edition, work with your teammates to complete the task of producing the necessary crops to feed your communities. This time, all purchases you make MUST take place in the urban farms. Avoid purchasing any plots or upgrades in the rural or suburban zones.

In your video diary, recap your team's experience with the following questions:

- What was most effective about focusing on urban indoor farming? What was least effective about this strategy?

- Why might a community have no alternative but to use these farming practices?

- How might urban farming be improved in the future?

- How do you plan to make urban farming part of your overall strategy when working towards your best time and score?

NOTE: All three (3) Regular Season Challenge video entries & leaderboard scores are required to win and to be eligible for prizes.

Please include the team name in the title

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Farmcraft^®2024 World File

The Farmcraft^®2024 world file is ready for download now!

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Leaderboard

*NOTE: ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF FARMCRAFT 2024 (currently: v1.0).

To be eligible for the prizes, you must:

1) Submit all three regular season challenges on the Flip.

2) Submit your score on the leaderboard.

Division winners will be ranked within the top 3 in their division on the leaderboard.

A leaderboard of the scores will be posted on April 12, 2024. The deadline to submit scores and videos is April 19, 2024.

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Submit Pre-Season Challenge #1: Autonomous Farming

In this lesson, students will be tasked with researching modern and future autonomous farming technologies and practices and presenting their learning by building and sharing a Minecraft world that displays and demonstrates their understanding. If you missed the stream, tune into the video-on-demand (VOD) on our YouTube Channel.
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Submit Pre-Season Challenge #2: Nontraditional Farming Practices

In this lesson, students will be tasked with researching nontraditional farming technologies and practices and presenting their learning by building and sharing a Minecraft world that displays and demonstrates their understanding. If you missed the stream, tune into the video-on-demand (VOD) on our YouTube Channel.
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Submit Pre-Season Challenge #3: Automating Indoor Farming

In this lesson, students will bring their prior challenges together by combining autonomous farming technologies with indoor nontraditional farming practices. They will present their learning by building and sharing a Minecraft world that displays and demonstrates their understanding.

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