Agriculture Educator
In May of 2010 a group of students dressed in blue corduroy jackets came to Athens Christian School to visit during a chapel service. Georgia FFA state officers, Cain and Filipe, spoke about the endless possibilities one could enjoy while in an organization called FFA. These state officers spoke with confidence and excitement as they talked about agriculture playing a vital role in the lives of students. One major concept they spoke about was how in order to be in FFA one has to be enrolled in an agriculture education course. The following year Athens Christian School had a new agriculture education program with Mrs. Sara Hughes teaching the middle school and high school classes. She is still a current asset in this program, and her hard work is very evident. Mrs. Hughes will be quick to tell anyone that although a career in agriculture education is challenging the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
Just like every kind of teacher in order to begin teaching they have to obtain a certification. According to an interview with Athens Christian School’s agriculture education teacher, Sara Hughes, she said that an agriculture educator has to have, “At least a Bachelors Degree normally in Ag Ed, and pass the Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators (GACE) in the Ag Ed field” (Hughes 1). The GACE is a testing method in Georgia that has been used for several years. According to gace.ets.org, “The purpose of the GACE assessments is to assure that the knowledge and skills acquired by prospective Georgia educators are aligned with state and national standards for educator preparation and with state standards for the P–12 student curriculum — the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS)” (GACE ...
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... a valuable employee once it's time to enter the workforce. These skills include agriculture mechanics, plant science, animal management and nutrition, as well as forestry and natural resources. Agriculture classes have fueled my passion for the agriculture industry and have inspired me to follow my father’s footsteps and one day teach agriculture as well. Whether I teach agriculture in a classroom or on the mission field in another country, I am well prepared and equipped because of the knowledge gained from my agriculture classes. I would not be the person I am today without them” (Thomason 1). Anyone can see from this statement that agriculture education has proven to be useful in life of one student, because of an agriculture educator doing his or her job. Although a career in agriculture education is challenging the benefits clearly outweigh the disadvantages.
The National Future Farmers of America program was started in 1929 by a group of young people desiring an organization in which they could take agricultural education classes, practice their l...
Many FFA and 4-H members now wouldn't have even been involved in either of these organizations if it weren't for learning it in school. Children go to school every day, so that means that every day if there were an agriculture class, the students would be learning about agriculture every day. Agriculture classes have many different benefits like teaching about farming, FFA, 4-H, careers, and many more things. 4-H is an important part of a child's life. 4-H and FFA can greatly impact the future generations. It is teaching today’s children life skills and things that they can use in the future. If the number of children getting involved in 4-H and FFA keeps increasing like it is now, the future generations will be well educated. Many states around the country have schools that already have an agriculture class. Some schools have as many as four or five agriculture classes at a time. Agriculture classes are vital for the development and future of 4-H and
However, the vocational training option may not be best for a high school graduate whose family owns a farm in which a more traditional inheritance-of-property aspect should be considered (and considering the consistent need of a food supply, this is perfectly reasonable) or for a student with appropriate fin...
Originally, education was only attainable through wealth and the established schools were limited to teaching language and religion, also known as classical education. However, this act changed the precedent and provided an education at a reduced price to the lower and middle class citizens of America. The education from this act also met the demands of the growing, industrializing nation because it supplied educated scientists and engineers to help diminish the growing deficit the country had been experiencing since it was founded (Loss, C.). Many people seized this opportunity and their success in the land grant schools have significantly changed the way agriculture currently works. For example, it is common for farmers of today to account for the effects environment, rate of photosynthesis, respiration, and water consumption have on their crop yield, but without the students that attended the land-grant colleges established by the Morrill Act, this information may not have been found until many years later (Edmond). The evidence students witnessed in their studies was then used to provide a basic understanding of the different regions that crops and animals were better suited for. For instance, Arizona is best suited to grow winter wheat and sheep because of the arid environment, according to The Magnificent Charter.
2) Literature Overview: The resources use to complete the assign were Kevin Reilly, Women and the Origins of Patriarchy: Gathering, Agricultural, and Urban Societies; Elise Boulding, Women and the Agricultural Revolution, Gilbert C. Fite, American Farmers, The New Minority, John T Schelbecker, Whereby We Thrive: A History Of American Farming, Sandra Johnson, and a unknown web source. They describe in their own way how the American agriculture was established.
I believe everyone has been born to do something. I was born to be a veterinarian. People tell me that I will probably end up changing my degree choice “twenty seven times” before I even graduate form college. I believe otherwise. I have grown up on a farm with filled with adopted animals of all kinds- rabbits, pigeons, goats, frogs, dogs, chickens, cats, cattle, and an iguana. Ever since I was seven I new I was born to become a veterinarian.
The Future Farmers of America is an agricultural education group, but reaches much further than agriculture. The FFA remains committed to the individual student, providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education (FFA). Dodge is a supporter and partner of the FFA. Dodge’s goal in 2013 was to raise awareness of the American farmer and raise one million dollars for the FFA (Ram). Dodge even went a step further by naming 2013 “the year of the farmer”. To the American public this seemed quite generous of Dodge. It was generous in the fact that Dodge not only cares about the future of their company, but the future success of young leaders in
Agriscience education has grown tremendously in the past few years, let alone few hundred. I knew that I had knowledge of the topic, growing up on a farm and being in FFA, but college has really helped expand my understanding. My attitude has always been positive, and continues to be so, but is now more aware of the diversity in agriscience education. My beliefs have only developed, just as agriculture has. Overall, I am so excited to see how the next few years will mature my knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about agriscience education.
Corn is a part of American farming. However, American farming has been changing drastically over the past century. With new technology and greater demands, agriculture has needed to modernize itself. This requires corn to fundamentally change in its structure and purpose. Not only does this change the quality of corn or its usage, but it also affects corn’s quantity. There is a yearly over-abundance of corn yet corn still keeps getting produced. The honesty of genuine farming has been lost over the years. Farming is not a way of life anymore. It’s a business that takes away from the farmers themselves and only focuses on their product.
An agronomist must partake in many classes. Agriculture is a big part of an agronomists work so he/she must enroll in lots of agricultural classes. Also an agronomist must be interested in sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics. As well as science a...
...as greatly advanced in the past 200 years thanks to mechanical tools replacing manual labor. It is the most important industry and will forever remain the base of our economy. Humans have constantly been trying to make it easier and quicker to produce crops, from wooden ploughs to pesticides. Agriculture is easily one of the most important and obvious signs of humanity and its adaptation and evolvement over thousands of years.
The growth of the world’s population has led to a growth in animal agriculture, because as population grows, the need for food does as well. Animal agriculture is the use of animal farms to produce animal products that are then consumed by the general public. As agribusiness expands, issues such as the need for farm insurance and animal rights have received more awareness. Modern day industrialism is being applied to animal agriculture in developed nations such as the United States and Canada. Farm Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on research in agribusiness and improving the economy through agriculture, claims that “the North American livestock industry is expected to
So overall, Agriculture is playing a very important role in changing the lifestyle of different people. Agriculture might have made everything easy for us but it still has its cons. We see the effects of agriculture and how it affects the lives of other species and the environment.
The global population in the year 2050 is expected to be nine billion and the agricultural demand is expected to double. With the current population already over seven billion people, there are hunger issues all around the world (“New” par. 1). How are we going to deal with food shortages in the future? With less land to work with, strains on the soils, and the lack of water, it is getting harder for the farmers of the world to support our growing population. These complications are making it harder for farmers to produce quality, affordable food. To help the crops grow better, farmers use fertilizers and chemical sprays to enhance growth and control the weeds. Farming in the United States is a relevant business because it supplies people with food, provides people with jobs maintaining the used equipment with the new equipment being much more expensive, and it provides research for more efficient ways on how to feed the world.
Stone, Archie. Careers in Agribusiness and Industry. Danville: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., 1970.