Affects Everyone Everyday of Their Lives

Global population has tripled since1950.

Why is it important for farmers to grow more food while using less land?

Sales

Writer on life sciences issues for a newspaper

Food Scientist

Self Employed Horticulturist

Mechanical Engineer designing new technology for combines or seed growth

Traditional Agricultural Careers

Do you like to:

Use your hands

Be physically active

Build things

Work with animals

On-Farm Jobs

Ag Systems Manager

Horticulture & Turf Grass

Farm Equipment Mechanics

Do you like to:

Explore ideas

Use computers

Work by yourself

Perform lab experiments

Do research

Be challenged.

Science & Research

Crop Production

Agronomist Plant Scientist

Biochemist/Genetics

Soil Scientist

Crop Protection

Entomologist Weed Scientist Chemist

Safety

Environmental Scientist

Eco-Toxicologist

TOXICOLOGIST

Technology

Crop Use-Food Science

Engineering

Do you like to:make decisions affecting others?be elected to office?meet important people?debate or persuade others to believe in your ideas?

Public policy

Do you like:Math and working with numbers, ratios, percentages.Working with calculators, computers or spreadsheetsCollecting & organizing informationFollow clear defined procedures

Jobs from the farm to the supermarket

Buying, Selling, distributing and promoting agricultural products

Business

Financial

Advertising Journalism

Media

Public Education

Public Relations

Youth Education

The CropLife Ambassador Network is a program of

Mid America CropLife Association. For more information please contact:

CropLife Ambassador Network http://Ambassador.maca.org 800-625-2767

Mid America CropLife Associationwww.maca.org 314-849-9446