Introduction to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources is a year long course which is highly recommended as a prerequisite and foundation for all other agricultural classes. The nature of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the fundamentals of agricultural science and business. Areas to be covered include: agricultural literacy, its importance and career opportunities, plant and soil science, environmental science, horticulture and landscape management, agricultural biotechnology, agricultural science and business tools and equipment, basic principles of and employability in the agricultural/horticultural industry, basic agribusiness principles and skills, developing leadership skills in agriculture, and supervised experience in agriculture/horticulture purposes and procedures. Student learning objectives are defined. Instruction includes not only agriculture education standards but many academic standards are included through the use of “hands-on” problem-solving individual and team activities.