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[quote=Anonymous]We are not in the DC metro area, but I've heard this college discussion board is pretty helpful so thought I would ask here. My first post.

I have a HS 9th grader who is really interested in everything from soil management to seed production to farm marketing to farm building structures to a little business planning. Through the pandemic (last 12 months), he has helped us create an 8 acre family farm at our summer home. He is 15 and knows how to operate tractors (we bought one last summer), make compost, manage a few livestock (goats and chickens) but doesn't really understand the business side of farming, which includes significant planning and record keeping. He sees the world where profit is generated through social, ecological and (lastly) financial forms - very unlike his parents....which is good!

Any advice you can give as we start thinking about the next few years of summer programs, ECs, summer jobs and HS course selection? He is active in the school's environment club (I've told him that he should create a sub-club on farming and make large garden boxes for the school which he is considering). Also, curious about college programs/majors that might make sense, as well as summer programs geared towards high-schoolers. I don't think he necessarily wants to be a FT farmer - so Ag programs at large schools aren't right, but I feel like there should be some good summer (and later college) programs that he can look at for now and also to start thinking ahead. I found one on Entrepreneurship and the Environment (at Dartmouth - virtual this summer) but I don't know if its the right fit.

Anyway, given his druthers, he would probably like to work at a tractor dealership this summer  - hoping we can get him to do some other things, if only for a little bit in summer 2021. He attends a highly selection private school in a large metro area, and after the first semester has an A- average in all classes (I don't have gpa handy)...

Thanks all. Much appreciated.[/quote]

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