LAC 28:LXV.107. Mission Statement for Agriscience /Agribusiness/FFA

A. The Mission of the Agriscience/Agribusiness/FFA Program Education is to prepare and support individuals for careers; build awareness of and develop leadership for the food, fiber and natural resource systems; and to sustain the viability of earth and people through education in agriculture. We value and desire to achieve this mission by: 1. providing instruction in and about agriscience, food and natural resource systems; 2. serving all populations; 3. developing the whole person; 4. responding to the needs of the economic and educational marketplace; 5. advocating free enterprise and entrepreneurship education; 6. functioning as a part of the total educational system; 7. connecting classroom and laboratory instruction with real-world life and career experiences; and 8. utilizing a proven educational process which includes: a. formal instruction in classrooms and laboratories; b. site-based, experiential learning in supervised agricultural experience programs; and c. leadership and personal development thru the FFA.