SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Animal Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Buy and show a calf at fair
 Form a cooperative with other students and raise broiler chickens
 Provide equine training services
 Start a dog walking business
 Work as a veterinary assistant
 Research feed trial testing
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Business Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Operate a custom farming service
 Work at a seed or other input dealership
 Sales associate at a garden center
 Work at a local feed store
 Run a farm stand
 Research consumer buying trends in agriculture
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Environmental Service Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Start a wood chipping service for people and sell the chips as mulch
 Work for natural resource or conservation district
 Conduct a local water quality study
 Work with local program on inspecting safety in school laboratory settings
(ie. Shop, animal units, pesticide/chemical storage, tools, etc.)
 Start worm beds and recycle school cafeteria food waste
 Conduct workshops for community on composting
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Food Products/Processing
Sample SAEs:
 Sell picked vegetables
 Make jams and jellies and sell at a farm stand
 Work at a local bakery or butcher
 Research food borne illness in the local community
 Test ideas for new food products
 Establish a community food garden
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Natural Resources Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Raise wild game for sale to local hunters
 Raise and sell native species
 Cut firewood and sell
 Clean and prune orchards
 Work for a nature center or park
 Research best practices for improving fish habitat in local ponds
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Plant Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Grow vegetable plants for a plant sale
 Start a landscape maintenance business
 Raise and sell pumpkins
 Install drought tolerant landscaping
 Work at a golf course
 Research plant propagation techniques
SAE Visitation Plans
Pathway: Power, Structural & Technical Systems
Sample SAEs:
 Design, fabricate and sell garden art
 Operate a mower service and repair business
 Build and repair fence
 Manage supplies in the ag mechanics shop
 Design websites for ag businesses
 Research energy use and alternate strategies