Lead grassroots efforts to fight hunger in a changing world.
Agricultural Volunteers work with small-scale farmers and families to increase food security and production and adapt to climate change while promoting environmental conservation practices. They introduce farmers to techniques that prevent soil erosion, reduce the use of harmful pesticides, and replenish the soil. They work alongside farmers on integrated projects that often combine vegetable gardening, livestock management, agroforestry, and nutrition education.
If you choose Agriculture, take three courses from one of the following areas:
Agriculture Science: The faculty recommends the following:
- PLSC 1002/1001 Crops/Lab
- AGEC 2073 Principles of Agricultural Economics
- AGEC 4023 Agribusiness Management
Biology: Any 3 BIOL courses
Business: The business faculty recommends the following:
Business majors
- MGMT 3023 Organizational Theory and Behavior
- MGMT 3083 Leadership and Ethics
- MGMT 4023 Entrepreneurship
- MGMT 4043 International Business
- MGMT 4313 International Studies and Field Experience
Non-Business majors and Business minors
- ACCT 2003 Principles of Accounting
- ACCT 2103 Principles of Accounting II
- FIN 2003 Personal Finance
- ECON 2201 Microeconomics
- ECON 2203 Macroeconomics
- MGMT 3023 Organizational Theory and Behavior
- MGMT 4023 Entrepreneurship
- MKGT 3033 Principles of Marketing
And build 50 hours of related field experience through activities including the following examples:
- Working with a large-scale or family-run business involving vegetable gardening, farming, nursery work, tree planting or care, urban forestry, landscaping, livestock care and management, or fish cultivation and production
- Teaching or tutoring the public in environmental or agricultural issues/activities
- Working on the business management or marketing side of a commercial farm
- Internship at an agriculture-related business
- Opportunity in the agriculture study abroad experience; most recently the group went to Cameroon
- Work with instructors for supplemental experience in any agriculture class
- Leadership position experience in any agriculture student club
- Engage in stays or studies in regions/countries of interest
- Volunteering or interning to help with the creation of a Food Pantry at SAU
- Volunteering or interning to help with SAU Community Garden
- Supervise volunteers for Farm to Plate, annual event at Eastside school
- Volunteering or interning with the Columbia County Fair and Livestock Show
- Volunteering or interning with one of the large truck farms around Magnolia
- Volunteering or interning with the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
- Volunteering or interning with Reynolds Forestry or other area forestry businesses
- Helping with the SAU Student Activities office with activities like Pack Shack
