From Lo<q| Aa Teachers:
The article this week was
prepared by Robert D. Herr,
agriculture department chair
man at Eastern Lancaster
County School District.
A New Direction
For Agriculture
When reflecting on a few recent
statistics related to agriculture,
it is interesting to learn that
modem farming is the nation’s
single largest industry employing
4.6 million workers and that three
out of every 10 jobs in private
employment are related to
agriculture. There are many
additional facts and figures one
could cite to demonstrate the
impact and magnitude of
agriculture as an industry and
illustrate its importance to the
economy of our country. In an
area such as Lancaster County it
is difficult not to be aware of the
importance of agriculture and
related agri-businesses.
Perhaps the famed in
dependence of the farmer and
agriculture is to blame but it
seems as though agriculture—
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Thoughts
in Passing
both modem farming and the
agri-business industry could
use a good public relations effort.
Since public relations is little
more than a high pressured
educational program, a logical
place to start might be in the
public schools.
Here in the Eastern Lancaster
Couinty School District we do
have one program which includes
all children on a grade level in
volved in an agricultural
program, that being the
Elementary Agriculture
program. But all to often
agricultural programs are
developed and offered to a small
percentage of students who are
already highly oriented toward
agriculture and have some ap
preciations of the scope and
importance of it as an industry.
The large body of students who
are future employees and con
sumers are neglected.
Many of the problems faced m
agriculture today arise because
the general public as consumers
have no appreciation or un-
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derstanding about agri-business
and modern farming There is a
serious communications gap
between the farmer and the
consumer. This fact is being
highlighted in the recent political
picture both on the state and
national level.
Another area of misun
derstanding is the number and
type of jobs directly related to
agriculture that have developed
in recent years. This career
potential is often overlooked by
students as they map out their
future, mainly because they don’t
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even know it’s there. With the
tight employment situation in
many occupational areas, the
employment picture in
agriculturally related fields is
very birght.
Perhaps programs should be
developed for kindergarten
through 12th grade for all pupils
to develop appreciations, at
titudes, understandings, and
knowledge about agriculture in
all its phases. This program
could include many areas In our
own school distirct the sixth
grade Elementary Agriculture
Program includes the areas of
safety (conservation of our
human resources), sanitation
(the quality of our environment),
conservation (conservation of
our natural resources), and an
orientation to career education
Safety includes the areas of
safety around the farm and
home, safety at school, safety
around animfls; bicycle safety,
fire prevention; power mower
safety; and other related areas
Sanitation includes such things
as rodents and rodent control,
safe use of pesticides on the farm
and in the home, water purity
and its testing, and the
elementary planning of home and
farm sites to eliminate sanitation
problems. The conservation
phase includes soil, water,
wildlife, air, and forest con
servation. Problems of current
environmental and ecological
interest are emphasized in all
the areas of study Career
orientation is composed of ex
posing the children to the variety
of jobs that are available in each
of the areas studied An effort is
made to acquaint the students
with as many jobs as possible
since most have very limited
notions about what kinds of jobs
they can get when they grow up
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A recent research study of the
Elementary Agriculture
program showed that the
program did significantly im
prove attitudes and increase
knowledge in the areas studied.
So it can be said that a program
of this type is valuable and can
help students develop better
understandings.
The public that has an un
derstanding of the agricultural
industry would certainly be more
cognizant of agricultures needs
and operation and agri-business
would benefit from having a
reservoir of potential employees
with an appreciation of the
nature of United States
agriculture and some knowledge
about it m all its phases The job
seekers would have many more
avenues open to them and could
make more meaningful career
choices. As consumers, an in
formed public could buy with
more wisdom and understanding
concerning products and pricing
It seems that everyone would
benefit from such a program
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