Agriculture
Lead grassroots efforts to fight hunger in a changing world. Agricultural Volunteers work with small-scale farmers and families to increase food security and production and adapt to climate change while promoting environmental conservation practices. They introduce farmers to techniques that prevent soil erosion, reduce the use of harmful pesticides, and replenish the soil. They work alongside farmers on integrated projects that often combine vegetable gardening, livestock management, agroforestry, and nutrition education.
If you choose Agriculture, take three courses from one of the following areas:
- Biology
- Sustainability Studies
- Business
- Marine Sciences
RECOMMENDED COURSES*:
- Anthropology
- ANT 260: How We Eat
- ANT 357: The Agricultural Revolution
- ANT 359: The Archaeology of Food
- Biological Anthropology
- ANP 401: Pastoralism under pressure: Savannas, Societies, and Sustainability in East Africa
- Biology
- BIO 201: Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems
- BIO 325: Animal Development
- BIO 368: Food Microbiology
- Chemical and Molecular Engineering
- CME 240: Introduction to Food Technology
- Geosciences
- GEO 315: Groundwater Hydrology
- Marine Sciences
- MAR 370: Marine Mammals
- MAR 375: Marine Mammals & Sea Turtle Rehabilitation
- MAR 376: Biology and the Conservation of Sea Turtles
- MAR 385: Principles of Fishery Biology and Management
- MAR 390: Aquaculture
- Sociology
- SOC 344: Environmental Sociology
- Technology and Society
- EST 102: Weather & Climate
* Other courses in the SBU curriculum would satisfy this requirement. Please meet with your Peace Corps Prep Coach at the SBU Career Center to develop your plan.
Build 50 hours of related experience through an activity such as:
- Working with a large-scale or family-run business involving vegetable gardening, farming, nursery work, tree planting or care, urban forestry, landscaping, livestock care and management, or fish cultivation and production
- Teaching or tutoring the public in environmental or agricultural issues/activities
- Working on the business management or marketing side of a commercial farm
Example opportunities that have been posted in Handshake:
*These are just examples, you may choose another related experience. Speak with your PC Prep Coach.
- SBU: Study Abroad in Tanzania
- SBUMC: Community Garden Volunteer
- Area: East End Organic Farms Community Volunteer
- Area: Organics Today Farm Volunteer Program
- Area: Sang Lee Farms Certified Organic Part Time Jobs
- Area: Long Island Aquarium College Internship Program
- Area: Wildlife Conservation Society Intern Volunteer Program
- Out of Area: New England Aquarium Aquarist Intern