AYAA is a youth-centered organization that educates on the abundant regional career opportunities in agriculture, conservation, and other related fields. In the long term, AYAA will create a pipeline of youth into agricultural and ag-adjacent sectors by encouraging and assisting with applications for the USDA 1890 Scholar Program. The USDA 1890 Scholar Program assists students with attending one of the 19 participating land grant universities, following with job placement into one of the 29 USDA agencies and offices–who need as many as 4,000 more employees to maintain their agency mission. 

In partnership with T & T Organics and EDGE, AYAA will foster workforce development opportunities at the DRT Environment for youth who are more focused on entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Through on site workshops and other educational opportunities, opportunities at the DRT Environment will give hands-on lessons in agri-preneurship.