Career Cluster: Agriculture
The Agriculture Career Cluster focuses on the science and technology of cultivating, processing, and distributing agricultural products, using advanced tools and sustainable practices to strengthen global food systems. Students prepare for careers in plant- and animal-based industries, including regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, and fisheries.
Learning Plans
Green Thumb Revolution
Students will work in teams to design and implement a simple, productive garden that provides fresh food and encourages healthy eating. The project includes researching sustainable practices, planning and building the garden, and promoting the benefits of fresh produce to the school and community.
Activate Your Body, Activate Change, Activate Your Future
This plan helps students address rising adolescent obesity, diabetes, and heart disease by promoting physical activity, nutrition, and mental wellness. They research and develop a product or service to encourage healthy habits, gaining awareness of health careers and practical insights into the industry.
Robots Wanted!
Students explore fruit and vegetable farms to understand the labor involved, research farm economics and plant life cycles, and examine ways mechanization or robotics can reduce manual work. They present their findings to an agricultural engineer to begin developing solutions to labor shortages.
Water Ops for Growing
Students design and create a smart watering system for a small herb garden.
Simulation: Drones in High-Tech Farming
Students discover the science behind how a drone works, explore how drones are used in agriculture, and program and operate a drone for the purpose of monitoring grazing sheep.
Agritourism: Extreme Farm Makeover
Students work in groups to design an agritourism experience that boosts profits for a family-owned farm while offering agricultural literacy opportunities for the community. They research finance, marketing, tourism, and the farm’s production systems to create a successful, educational agritourism business.
Energy Bar Exploration
Students create a healthy, simple energy bar recipe, design its marketing and branding, build a display box, and present their product to a group.
Culinary Concepts
Students develop a unique retail food product using Utah-sourced ingredients to create a new “Utah’s Own” company. Working in teams, they will design a product that can be sold in retail outlets or served in the school cafeteria.
Enlightened Concessions
Students survey peers about healthy concession products, choose one to test in class, and present it to a guest panel as a healthy option.
Mind Your Own Beeswax
Students solve the problem of excess beeswax, a byproduct of honey bees, by developing a useful beeswax product and marketing their product to be sold in a local boutique or farmers market.
Spice Up Space Food
Students work in groups to create a flavorful and nutritious meal for astronauts to eat in space. They experience careers in food and nutrition, food science, and marketing, research different ways to preserve foods, and discover how food is taken to and eaten in space.