WHY CELEBRATE AG DAY?

• Increased knowledge of agriculture and nutrition allows individuals to make informed personal choices about diet and health.

• Informed citizens will be able to participate in establishing the policies that will support a competitive agricultural industry in this country and abroad.

• Employment opportunities exist across the board in agriculture. Career choices include:

• farm production

• agribusiness manage ment and marketing

• agricultural research and engineering

• food science

• processing and retailing

• banking

• education

• landscape architecture

• urban planning

• energy and other fields.

• Agricultural literacy includes an understanding of agriculture’s history and current economic, social and environmental significance to all Americans. This understanding includes some knowledge of food, fiber and renewable resource production, processing and domestic and international marketing.