high sChOOL PrOgrAMs
here Are the programs of study high school agriculture
available within the agriculture, food
& natural resources cluster in Texas
students pursue
high schools.* The state has created
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their careers in
descriptions of each of these programs
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of study. These documents detail
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high school classes you might take, seTTinGs.
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extended learning opportunities, and
postsecondary programs. To download
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them, visit www.AchieveTexas.org/
Implementation.htm and click on
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the cluster icon for the area that
interests you.
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AGriBuSiNeSS SySTemS
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financial managers explain funding options
and teach money management skills to clients
engaged in agriculture.
9o-Acre
ANimAl SySTemS
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professionals in these occupations feed, bathe,
groom, exercise, breed, and provide veterinary Classroom
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care for animals. ranchers raise and sell
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livestock for profit.
ussell Graves’s students can’t wait to different specialty areas (see “Program
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eNvirONmeNTAl ServiCe SySTemS
professionals in environmental service manage
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get to class each day. But you won’t Profiles” at left). Each of the programs of
necessarily find them sitting in neat study in the cluster offer overview classes as
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systems, such as water treatment systems, to
rows of desks, reading from textbooks well as more advanced classes.
protect and renew the environment.
or watching instructional videos. Their For example, Introduction to
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favorite classroom is a 90-acre land lab Agricultural Science provides an overview
FOOD PrODuCTS & PrOCeSSiNG SySTemS
purchased with a grant from the National of agricultural science and technology,
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employees in food processing cook, preserve,
Fish and Wildlife Foundation. while Leadership and Communications
prepare, store, and distribute food.
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“One section is a controlled research area develops more specific communication
with an 8-foot-tall fence where students do skills in an agricultural setting.
PlANT SySTemS
genetic and nutritional research with our Agribusiness Management presents
plant system professionals are involved in
own herd of white-tailed deer,” explains the basic management concepts and
the cultivation and marketing of crops and
Graves, an agricultural science instructor skills needed for managing any kind of
other plants.
at Childress High School in Childress. agribusiness. from a cattle ranch to a flower
“They look at things like whether feeding shop. Food Technology gives students
POWer, STruCTurAl
& TeChNiCAl SySTemS
the deer supplemental protein will increase an overview of food technology topics,
people who work in this field apply knowledge
antler growth. Some of the land is open including food production and processing,
of engineering, hydraulics, pneumatics,
range, where students research topics such and the government regulations that ensure
electronics, power, structures, and controls to
as prescribed burning, planting food plots the safety of our food supply.
the practice of agriculture.
with winter-hardy plants, or creating a
wetland for waterfowl.” Master the Basics
NATurAl reSOurCeS SySTemS
Matt Baker, professor and chairman of the
professionals in this field manage, maintain,
Programs of study Department of Agricultural Education and
and, in some cases, extract and harvest natural
Not all high school programs in the Communications at Texas Tech University
resources for human use.
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources in Lubbock, says his department is looking
cluster have 90-acre classrooms, but many for high school graduates who have taken
of them involve similar opportunities that and mastered rigorous academic classes--
* Not all schools offer all programs of study or clusters.
Ask your counselor which programs are available at help students learn through doing. math, science, English, and social studies.
your school.
Course work in the cluster provides “I want the very best performers in high
a foundation for study of any of seven school in all subjects,” he says, “students
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