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Exploring the Horticulture Field Defining: • Latin - “Hortus” meaning garden • “Culture” meaning cultivation Today, Hort includes: • cultivation • processing • sale of fruits, nuts, veggies, ornamental plants and flowers. As an industry • horticulture contributes over $25 billion to the U.S. economy Major divisions of hort industry • Pomology - The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits Olericulture • Vegetables Floriculture • Flowering plants Ornamental and Landscape • using grasses, annuals, shrubs, and trees in the landscape Additional specialized areas • seed production Related Occupations • those areas that provide products and services necessary in the production of hort. Crops. • Ex: fertilizer, pesticides, containers, machinery, Related Occupations • research and education Selecting a Job • in a career, do you desire a job that involves: • year round work • regular hours • a variety of tasks Selecting a Job • working in one place • security of fringe benefits • working alone • working with others Selecting a Job • educational requirements • guarantee of promotion Other factors • will the job be challenging • what types of duties does the job involve • what skills does the job involve • are there jobs available The future of the hort industry • currently in a state of rapid growth • people are becoming more concerned about their surroundings, world resources, Cont. • conservation, and controlling pollution In the future: • more plants will be used to: • beautify surroundings • conserve soil and control pollutants • Protect and feed wildlife More families • will plant gardens as food costs increase The future • looks exceptionally good for those involved in working with plants and providing goods and services related to horticulture Production of hort crops • population increases and people have more leisure time, more gardening of all types will be done Production of hort crops • demand for fruits, veggies, ornamentals and landscaping plants will increase Production of hort crops • Increase in demand for veggie plants = substantial increase in production business Service Industries • increased need for fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, chemicals, tools and equipment Marketing • more people are employed in marketing than production • if marketing increases all other areas will as well Inspection • government, private processing • determine disease and insect problems and peak crop quality Teaching and Extension Work • more students need training, requiring more teachers • quickly changing technology requires specialists and professionals Research • to increase production, researchers must: • develop better varieties • improve insect and disease resistance Develop better ways to: • grow • harvest • preserve • package • storing and marketing