Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Careers in agriculture are diverse, encompassing roles from direct production like farming and animal husbandry to science-based positions like agricultural engineering and soil science, as well as business-focused jobs such as agribusiness management and sales. The field also includes roles in marketing, education, and food science. 

Click the links below (underlined in red) to learn more

The eight major areas of agriculture include:

• Animal production (including poultry)

• Agribusiness

• Plant and crop production

• Agricultural mechanics

• Natural resources and environmental systems

• Agricultural processing and food science

• Biotechnology and research

• Agricultural marketing and sales

Agriculture Career Cluster - Explore the CT Department of Labor site and the various career choices within agriculture

AgExplorer - Dig deeper into exciting agriculture careers with interactive careers pages and the MyCareer Quiz 

Career OneStop - Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources  - Learn more about one of our most important and needed career clusters

Thompson Public Schools is not affiliated with any of the above organizations. All links are for research purposes only.