Nonfarm employment in thirty-four selected food processing firms in Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee

The Knoxville and Knox County area is undergoing many changes as far as the economic structure is concerned. One needs to travel only a small number of the main highways and secondary roads in order to see farms and farming land being diverted into factory sites, highways, suburban home sites, and other uses called “progress”. As the use of land changes, there must be changes in education and preparation for earning a living for those workers who are being diverted from the land itseIf. The purpose of this study was to determine the number of nonfarm agricultural jobs that exist in the food processing industry in Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee. The study was designed to answer to a degree the following questions: 1. What job family or job cluster occurred most frequently in Knoxville and Knox County food processing firms? 2. What minimum education did the employer desire of the employee before job entry? 3. What job families did the employer consider best suited for a work study vocational experience program? 4. What is the general attitude among Knoxville and Knox County food processors toward a work-study vocational program or perceived by the writer?