Statement Of Agriculture: My Culture

Agriculture is My Culture

Agriculture has a story to be told, plain and simple. As agriculturalists, it is our responsibility to not only produce food for over seven billion people around the world, but also to teach and inform about the agriculture industry and how it benefits us as a society. Like many, I became interested in the agriculture industry through membership in both 4-H and FFA and experiences such as showing livestock, competing in meats judging, holding leadership positions, and preparing for my future career starting as a young person. Those experiences were able to capture my interest in agriculture, and set me on the path to have a college major, and career within the industry. Until about two years ago, I had said that I wanted to be an agriculture teacher. Serving as an agriculture teacher is the goal that many of us who fell in love with agriculture at a young age set to one day be role models to their own students, just as our teaches once did for us. Not exactly a bad plan, but eventually, I came to realize that the best teachers I ever had were those who had real world experience in their fields before teaching, and considered this fact. As a young person already involved in the industry, I had experiences such as those mentioned above and others

My long term goals though, thinking ten or fifteen years down the line, I wish to pursue an eventual career in academia as an agricultural education teacher on the middle school or college level, after I have gained experience in the field to make an impact on my own students one day, just as my agriculture teachers did for