ANNOUNCING OUR NATIONAL AGDAY CAREERS COMPETITION
In conjunction with The Archibull Prize, Art4Agriculture is launching its second careers competition to coincide with National Agriculture Day on November 21. This year Art4Argiculture is pleased to partner with Career Harvest and Aimee Snowden’s Little Brick Pastoral to encourage students in Years 5-12 to envisage their own career in STEM based agriculture.
Aimee Snowden has created ten STEM agricultural photographs showcasing LEGO® mini-figures to represent science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The careers are an agribusiness banker, an agriculture teacher, an agronomist, a biosecurity officer, an engineer, a geneticist, a GIS specialist, a mechanic, a scientist and a stock and station agent.
Students may choose one of Aimee’s characters on which to base their entry or alternatively may build and photograph their own LEGO® character. They are then asked to identify their interests and the subjects they excel at, research pathways they might take to achieve their agricultural dream and to write a day-in-the-life story on their chosen career.
“We all have to eat. We all need shelter and clothing and that alone means that agriculture is not only important it’s vital. Every Australian wants safe, affordable, healthy food and quality fibre produced in an environmentally friendly way. Every Australian wants their food and fibre produced by people who care.”
A passion to link consumers with producers … to promote public understanding of farming, and the interconnectedness of health and nutrition and the agricultural sector … is the driving force behind Picture You in Agriculture.
Picture You in Agriculture celebrates the people and places behind the food and fibre that keep us alive. Our programs arm participants and the community with skills and knowledge to make informed health, nutrition and lifestyle choices.
Picture You in Agriculture showcases the diversity of careers and career pathway opportunities in the agriculture sector.
Programs created by Picture You in Agriculture involve activities that are genuine, contemporary, engaging, fun and full of hope for a sustainable future.
Our programs put young people at the centre of the learning experience and are linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Future consumers interact with the programs on their own terms, using technology and multimedia to create meaningful engagement and leave enduring messages.
Since its inception Picture You in Agriculture has created initiatives including:
- The world-famous Archibull Prize, which sees schools across Australia receive a life-size fibreglass cow with instructions to create a piece of art around the challenges of feeding, clothing and housing the world
- An awards program celebrating the initiatives of Australian youth that sees the message of agricultural brilliance delivered directly to the next generation of consumers
- The Young Farming Champions program which sees young farmers partner with the next generation of consumers using social media including blogs, twitter, video and face to face initiatives to follow the progress of contestants as they compete at a series of events across Australia.
- The Kreative Koalas – Design a Bright Future Challenge which connects and empowers the community like nothing before. Students work in partnership with government, business and the community to facilitate intergenerational connections, collaboration, knowledge sharing and communication to achieve high-impact long-lasting outcomes. The cache of community experts assists the students to follow their journey to sustainable living and creating the change they want to see.
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