ExploreAg

ExploreAg introduces high school students to various careers in science, engineering, and technology in the food and fiber industry and engages them in actively pursuing career paths that can help them become a part of the sustainable future of agriculture. ExploreAg is open to students from varied backgrounds, with diverse skills and interests, and provides them with an opportunity to explore and understand available career paths in the agriculture and food industries. Our goal is that student’s time at ExploreAg will lead them to discover a passion they may not have considered yet.

Applications for 2025 ExploreAg Fall One-Day Sessions will be open through Sept. 30.

Ohio State Fair Interns and Ambassadors

Be a part of the Ohio Farm Bureau Land and Living exhibit at the Ohio State Fair while gaining leadership experience and making life-long friends. Connect fairgoers to Ohio agriculture through highly interactive exhibits and messaging, provide agricultural education activities the whole family can enjoy, educate how to care for animals on the farm, inform fairgoers how science and technology are helping farmers produce safe food while enhancing our environmental resources, provide information on how scientists are researching solutions to the biggest food and farming challenges and illustrate how young people can have careers in agriculture.

Ohio State Fair interns assist in hiring and providing direction to State Fair ambassadors. Interns are responsible for planning, executing, and staffing the exhibit. This program provides the opportunity to interact with many leaders in Ohio agriculture and Ohio government.

This is a paid internship for college sophomores or above, and is part-time March through mid-May and full-time late May through mid-August in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State Fair ambassadors assist Ohio Farm Bureau in staffing interactive exhibits and educating fairgoers. The program provides the opportunity to interact with many leaders in Ohio agriculture and Ohio government.  This is a paid position, mid-July through mid-August at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

Applications for both positions open annually in early spring and are posted in the Careers section.

Ohio State Jr. Fair Board

The Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Board is made up of the state’s best and brightest young leaders, hand-picked to contribute to the success of the Ohio State Fair each year. Students are able to share their experiences and emphasize the value of the Junior Fair with patrons throughout the 12 days of the fair.

Beginning in 2026, Junior Fair Board members will no longer represent specific organizations (Farm Bureau, 4-H, Girl Scouts, FFA, etc.) but will serve as representatives of the Junior Fair Board as a whole. This change acknowledges that many members participate in multiple youth organizations and allows them to draw from their diverse experiences.

The 2026 Ohio State Fair takes place July 29-Aug. 9.

Visit the Jr. Fair Board website and follow the board on Facebook and Instagram. Applications open annually Feb. 1.