{"id":1472,"date":"2026-04-07T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:07:54","slug":"virtual-event-explores-career-opportunities-in-agriculture-for-todays-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/2026\/04\/virtual-event-explores-career-opportunities-in-agriculture-for-todays-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Event Explores Career Opportunities in Agriculture for Today\u2019s Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/files\/2025\/04\/soilfest2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/files\/2025\/04\/soilfest2024.jpg\" alt=\"a man and a woman show children soil samples at a booth at a community fair\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499267935578331;width:795px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/files\/2025\/04\/soilfest2024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/files\/2025\/04\/soilfest2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/files\/2025\/04\/soilfest2024-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia Farm Bureau is partnering with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College&nbsp;to host a virtual educational event highlighting emerging trends and exciting career opportunities in agriculture!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fields of Opportunity: Exploring Careers in Agriculture<\/strong><br><strong>Thursday, May 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><br><strong>Live on Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gfb.ag\/52548d\">Register Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The virtual event will feature\u00a0Tom McCall, president of Georgia Farm Bureau, Tracy Brundage, President of ABAC, and Andrew Thoron, the Dean of the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources at ABAC. It will be moderated by Ray D\u2019Alessio, producer of the Farm Monitor television show.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event will include helpful information for parents, students and teachers who are interested in learning more about the various careers in agriculture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Farm Bureau is partnering with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College&nbsp;to host a virtual educational event highlighting emerging trends and exciting career opportunities in agriculture! Fields of Opportunity: Exploring Careers in AgricultureThursday, May 26th\u00a0at 6:00 p.m.Live on Zoom Register Here The virtual event will feature\u00a0Tom McCall, president of Georgia Farm Bureau, Tracy Brundage, President of ABAC, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}