Blog 11/14

I believe that a university-required introduction to agriculture class will not benefit the student body, simply because not everyone needs to be introduced to the exact specifics of agriculture. In a day and age where we are exposed to so many things, I believe that the average college student needs to hone in on the things/classes/information that directly relates to their mission in life. I don’t believe that a Finance major needs to take an agriculture class UNLESS they are investing in companies that are heavily based on agriculture for their suppliers and/or production.  A mandatory class in agriculture would change public perception of the agriculture over time simply because if more people are aware of the specifics of agriculture, they will view it differently.

 However, I’m not sure how effective it would be in convincing people to invest their time, money and effort into improving agriculture globally, nationally, or even locally. People are very good at being self-centered and only focusing on the things that noticeably affect their quality of life. People hear about all the atrocities committed abroad as well as all the charities to help continents like Africa, but most of those same people do not donate their own money. I believe that classes today already provide enough diversity, even too much diversity and the focus needs to be reined in on actionable skills and majors, not on the plights of agriculture. Someone needs to fight the battle for better agriculture, but it is not the average, uninformed and unskilled undergraduate university student.