Agriculture and Horticulture offer many challenging and interesting careers within the career cluster of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Career pathways include Agribusiness Systems, Animal Systems, Environmental Service Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Natural Resource Systems, Plant Systems, and Power, Structural and Technical Systems.
Students also have opportunities to develop leadership skills as well as develop career skills through participation in their school’s local FFA organization. The National FFA Organization provides excellent opportunities for students to learn and develop personally while interacting with students across the nation.
High Schools in the TRCES region that offer Agriculture or Horticulture programs include:
Beardstown High School
Bluffs High School
Brown County High School
Franklin High School
Jacksonville High School
Meredosia-Chambersburg High School
Triopia High School
Virginia High School
Winchester High School
Xello provides additional career information that will be helpful in planning a career pathway. If you have not yet used Xello, it will be helpful to talk with your school counselor for free access to this valuable online career planning tool.