University of Missouri Extension hosted the 2022 Missouri 4-H Explores -- College and Career Pathways event on the MU campus.
Participants learned about degree programs at MU's College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, including agricultural education; biochemistry; natural resource science and management; environmental sciences; animal sciences; plant sciences; agricultural systems technology; food science and nutrition; and nutrition and exercise physiology.
Highlights included seeing how drones are used to monitor farm fields, watching the launch of a weather balloon and learning to extract proteins from food items.
Youths reported that after the event they had more knowledge about college life, choosing a career path, preparing for college and the degrees offered by the college.
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