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- 1. A person who studies and manages all living organisms and those systems.
- 7. Agent A person who is employed by a land grant university (every state has at least one land grant university) and is responsible for disseminating research and technologies to consumers and industry members about food and consumer sciences.
- 9. This person is responsible for promoting a product or service in the agricultural industry.
- 10. A person who manages forested land with a specific objective in mind. This person can work for companies, organizations, or individual landowners.
- 11. A person who works for a university, college, or the private industry. This person is responsible for managing projects related to sustainable agriculture and can involve work at test sites indoors or outdoors.
- 12. Manages farm animals according to the highest animal welfare standards.
- 13. Sociologists study society and social behavior by examining the groups, cultures, organizations, social institutions, and processes that people develop.
- 14. A person who identifies and cares for insects. Often monitors and understands pest or beneficial management.
- 15. A person who develops policies, legislation, and laws related to agriculture.
- 16. This person works with shipping and movement of product from the farm to the consumer.
- 17. A person growing or using plant material for fresh consumption or ornament. Growing takes place in a greenhouse, nursery, landscape or garden. Plants include flowers and greenery, herbs, vegetables, fruits, turf, grapes, and landscape/nursery plants.
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- 2. This person studies and manages soil and/or water to ensure that safe and sustainable practices are employed.
- 3. A person who teaches others about sustainable agricultural practices.
- 4. The individual may study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. This person is often employed at universities, for the government, or within lobbying or legislature groups.
- 5. This person manages the care and handling of crops from the moment of harvest until consumption. He/she can work for a company, farm, or a research facility.
- 6. People who own and/or operate a ranch with cattle, sheep, bison, emu, or elk. Animals are used for meat and fiber.
- 8. Growing agronomic crops like grains, tobacco, soy and fiber crops like cotton.