Georgia aims to spark interest in agriculture in schools
Published on: Monday 15 July 2019
ATLANTA — Georgia aims to encourage more students to seek agriculture jobs by offering new educational courses.Some of the courses begin as early as kindergarten, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .The goal is to better acquaint students with one of the state's oldest industries. Georgia's agriculture industry adds about $75 billion to the economy each year and provides jobs for more than 400,000 people, the newspaper reported.The program will begin with 20 Georgia elementary
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