More than 1000 middle and high school students were recently invited to Kentucky State University's campus to attend the university's annual AG Round-Up event.

It's a three day agricultural showcase organized by the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources.

A look now at how the event is helping to grow the future.

Back in the state, and our farm focused segment we call rooted.

So we want the students to know agriculture is all around them.

So this agricultural roundup really is about bringing the community together here on the Kentucky State University campus.

Issue is the second land institution in the state.

So agriculture is a big part of what we do, and this is just a way for us to expose, to expose the young ones who what we do and what agriculture is all about.

Many of the students today, it's their first time at Kentucky State University.

Most have never been to a farm or been talked to about agriculture and the many opportunities.

We're not talking about simply being on the farm.

We're talking about the technology from the farm, at the farm, on the farm.

We want to show those students they have a place.

Today we have middle school and high schoolers here out talking to the different foundations.

We have Farm Credit, Farm Bureau, a bunch of different companies out here for the students to network and just talk to, and also for the K-State students to network and get internships as well.

And then we're also showing the younger kids what their, what agriculture has to offer.

The broader aspect, whether that's lab work or agro business or aquaponic works, urban agriculture so much.

I really liked all the like, students.

They were all super nice and like, we got to talk to them.

They were like, they made sure we, like, learned something and like gave extra details.

I thought it was all really fun though.

I really enjoyed this field trip.

We also are talking to students about how Stem is incorporated throughout agriculture.

It's a very, very technical, logically advanced, activity in agriculture today.

We can actually trace where our food comes from.

I was reading something where you can take a cell from a drop of milk or even, a cell from, a piece of meat from a cow and trace that back, depending on the tracing technology that's used.

That's high science.

And we want our students to know they can be part of that science.

It really teaches me something about agriculture that I didn't really know.

It's not, advertised as much, like degree wise comments under degrees, like.

Like for instance, exercise science.

And there's really, you know, learning about something else in college is always great.

And this is a great opportunity.

Experience allows parents to band we all the different cultures, the different things we study.

And here at, Kentucky State University, there's a lot of opportunities here out there with egg that people don't know, but you don't necessarily always have to work on a farm.

You can also work an office in a lab.

So this is just opening up the door and, you know, broadening those children's perspective.

And also our K-State students.

We want to show students how great it is to be in agriculture, agriculture, education, agriculture is life.

There are almost 3500 participants at this year's AG roundup.

The event has expanded each year.

Last year it was held for two days.

This year, three.