Agriculture
Education
More than 11,000 FFA advisors and agriculture teachers deliver an integrated model of agricultural education providing students with innovative and leading-edge education, enabling them to grow into competent leaders.
?92% offer agriscience; 71% offer advanced agriscience and biotechnology; 59% offer agricultural mechanics; 49% offer horticulture; 43% offer animal science; and 24% offer environment-related
?In 2001, 59% of qualified agricultural education graduates pursued teaching, 35 agriculture programs closed due to lack of qualified teachers and 365 agriculture teachers teach in more than one school
?23% of teachers have five or fewer years of teaching experience
?The shortage of qualified agriculture teachers is the greatest challenge facing FFA and agricultural education.
Thease statics which a drew directs from the National FFA Websites, are recently updated. Ag teachers, ar hard to find, so think twice about you job path and see where it leads you! Step up and Stand OUT!
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Gardening 'makes Children Happy And Teaches New Skills'
Taking part in gardening can make a child feel happy and boost their development, research suggests. The study of 1,300 teachers and 10 schools was commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It found children in schools that encouraged...
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Agriculture An Important Part Of Black History
In 1920 and 1992, the number of the United States between 18,000 and 925.000, or 14 percent of the black state-owned farms in the countries in various fields of 1 percentage point. 514 per cent reduction in farm ownership and African Americans make matters...
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What Is Agriculture?
Agriculture and food science is a field of study which focuses on improving the productivity, quality, and safety of agricultural practices and practices related to bringing food from farm to table. Many colleges and universities offer training in this...
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Teach Ag
Many of you who are reading this have had some sort of education (hence your ability to read). Right? In fact you may be in college or even in the grown up world of business and hourly wages. So I think it is safe to say that teachers were a crucial part...
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First Generation Farmers
Today we welcome Shea Lowe. Her family are first generation farmers in Kentucky! With hard work they are making their dreams come true - being involved in agriculture! We are located in Murray, KY (Western KY, just west of the Land between the Lakes...
Agriculture