2. Affects Everyone Everyday of Their Lives

4. Global population has tripled since 1950. Why is it important for farmers to grow more food while using less land?

5. Sales Writer on life sciences issues for a newspaper Food Scientist Self Employed Horticulturist Mechanical Engineer designing new technology for combines or seed growth

6. Traditional Agricultural Careers Do you like to: Use your hands Be physically active Build things Work with animals

7. On-Farm Jobs

8. Ag Systems Manager

9. Horticulture & Turf Grass

10. Farm Equipment Mechanics

11. Do you like to: Explore ideas Use computers Work by yourself Perform lab experiments Do research Be challenged. Science & Research

12. Crop Production Agronomist Plant Scientist Biochemist/ Genetics Soil Scientist

13. Crop Protection EntomologistWeed ScientistChemist

14. Safety Environmental Scientist Eco-Toxicologist TOXICOLOGIST

15. Technology

16. Crop Use-Food Science

17. Engineering

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

19. Public policy

20. Do you like: Math and working with numbers, ratios, percentages. Working with calculators, computers or spreadsheets Collecting & organizing information Follow clear defined procedures

21. Jobs from the farm to the supermarket Buying, Selling, distributing and promoting agricultural products Business

22. Financial

23. AdvertisingJournalism Media

24. Public Education Public Relations Youth Education

25. 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 Association www.maca.org 314-849-9446