​如今的绝大多数学生都在城市环境中长大，没有机会接触农食品行业。

Ag for Life和创始合作伙伴支持了一个试点项目，重点关注食品和农业，在9月27日在詹姆斯·福勒高中进行。近400名学生参加了几个互动会议，重点涉及以下主题：

1. GMO和农药 - 如何利用科学和技术来开发和测试不同品种的油菜和其他转基因作物 - 由陶氏化学公司提供
2. 农业创新 - 农民、牧场主和农业行业如何采用了使用无人机、手机、GPS和卫星技术、RFID标签和读卡器（射频识别标签）以及机器人来生产食品
3. 农业营销 - 营销的作用以及它如何影响学生的食品购买习惯，以及消费者需求对农业实践的影响 - 由Ad Farm提供
4. 牛肉生产 - 牛肉生产商如何成为土地和牲畜的管理者，以及荷尔蒙使用背后的科学知识 - 由UFA提供
5. 动物福利 - 对牲畜护理的最佳实践（牲畜护理） - 由阿尔伯塔农场动物护理协会（AFAC）提供

除了这些会议，学生们还了解了食物是如何从农场到餐桌的过程，以及农业行业的职业机会。

​The vast majority of today’s students grow up in an urban setting and have not had the opportunity to be exposed to the agri-food industry.

Ag for Life and founding partners supported a pilot project with a focus on food and farming at James Fowler High School on Sept. 27. Nearly 400 students attended several interactive sessions that focused on the following topics:

1. GMO and pesticides –how science and technology is used to develop and test different varieties of Canola and other GMO crops – presented by Dow Chemical
2. Innovation in Agriculture – how farmers, ranchers and the agriculture industry have adopted the use of drones, cell phones, GPS and satellite tech, RFID tags and readers (radio frequency identification tags) and robots to produce food
3. Marketing in Agriculture – the role of marketing and how it impacts students food purchasing habits and the impact that the demands of consumers have on  farming practices – presented by Ad Farm
4. Beef production –  how beef producers are stewards of the land and the livestock and the science behind hormone usage – presented by UFA
5. Animal welfare – best practices for the care of  livestock (Livestock Care) – presented by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC)

In addition to these sessions, students were made aware of the process of how food moves from farm to table and the career opportunities in the agriculture industry.