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Agriculture & Natural Resources
Agriculture is California’s most important economic industry and careers in the Agriculture and Natural Resources are many and varied. They include people who manage the turf at municipal golf courses, operate avocado ranches, or work as fish and game wardens. Employees in this industry might work in a lab, on a farm, ranch, dairy, orchard, greenhouse, plant nursery, or in a veterinarian office. For careers that grow, this is the place to be.
iNformation
What interests you?
- Identifying leaves, plants, and trees
- Growing a vegetable garden
- Operating machinery
- Protecting the environment
- Caring for and studying animals
- Studying rocks, soil, or mining
- Visiting state or national parks
- Hunting and fishing
- Hiking and camping
Check out these careers:
![lower half of a farmer holding a basket full of multi-colored eggs as they stand in a flowering field, with one brown and two white hens standing beside them](/assets/agriculture/images/image-1.jpg)
$31,680 - $160,890
![green smoothie in a clear glass sits on a rustic white counter with sliced and whole apples and open pea pods sitting next to it](/assets/agriculture/images/image-2.jpg)
$27,830 - $62,920
![smiling bearded man in teal-green veterinarian scrubs holding a black and white small Rat Terrier dog](/assets/agriculture/images/image-3.jpg)
$23,980 - $44,470
![three empty terra cotta clay pots sit on a dirt pile next to two small flowering plants](/assets/agriculture/images/image-4.jpg)
$35,250 - $92,240
![water resource plant showing low rows of white tubes in a white tent with a person wearing personal protective equipment, a mask and blue gloves inspecting the tubes](/assets/agriculture/images/image-5.jpg)
$78,310 - $208,000
![red combine harvester drives over a green field on a farm with trees in the background and a blue sky above](/assets/agriculture/images/image-6.jpg)
$27,680 to $70,350
Explore
Do you...
- Enjoy working outdoors
- Want to protect the environment
- Have a green thumb
- Prefer practical, hands-on problems and solutions
Gain Some Experience
- Volunteer at a local animal shelter
- Work at a gardening shop or florist
- Help a neighbor with their yard and garden
- Visit a working farm
- Plant a vegetable or flower garden
- Volunteer at a veterinarian’s office
- Take care of a neighbor’s pets when they are away
- Visit a natural sciences museum
- Teach your pet new tricks
- Encourage your family and friends to recycle
![aerial overhead view of a woman wearing glasses reaching over a large cabbage plant and cutting the cabbage](/assets/agriculture/images/slider-1.jpg)
![tiny kitten stands on its hind legs and holds onto a hand as it drinks formula from a small plastic syringe](/assets/agriculture/images/slider-2.jpg)
![young woman with brown hair and red Converse shoes wraps an arm around a small black and white French bulldog](/assets/agriculture/images/slider-3.jpg)
![a hand grasps three small carrots by the stems, dirt still clinging to their roots](/assets/agriculture/images/slider-4.jpg)
School
Related Programs at Local Colleges
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Work
Career Interviews
Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).