Managing for Profit

What ag education needs to do

One of the biggest challenges facing agriculture is finding enough people to raise, process and deliver the food in the years ahead. There are fewer people living on farms so there are fewer “farm kids’ available. That means the industry needs to attract non-farm people and that starts in the classroom. AGree, a collaborative effort of nine of the world’s leading foundations commissioned a study of food and agriculture education in the United States. Stephanie Mercier authored the report.