Organizers expected more than 1,000 fourth-graders from Douglas County to attend the annual Slice of Ag program Thursday and Friday in the livestock arena at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. The program, put on by the Douglas County Extension Office, aims to teach young students about where their food comes from, how livestock is raised and the various ways it is consumed once harvested.

photo by: Nick Krug

Broken Arrow fourth-graders Alissa Arnold, left, Eden Stirtz and Brian Lewis crouch down to gently pet a Yorkshire pig named Angel as her six piglets position themselves to nurse during the annual Slice of Ag program put on by the Douglas County Extension Office, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 in the livestock arena at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. Angel is a regular fixture of the program, which aims to teach young students about where their food comes from, how livestock is raised and the various ways it is consumed once harvested. Organizers expect over one thousand fourth-graders from Douglas County to attend the program between Thursday and Friday.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kennedy fourth-graders wait in line to take a turn sitting in the cab of a tractor on display at one of the Slice of Ag education stations.