AGRICULTURE IS ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT INDUSTRIES AS A RESULT OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF INNOVATION. THE ALABAMA (AL) AG INDUSTRY IS DIVERSE, STRONG IN ANIMAL AG, CROPS, AND CATFISH IN ADDITION TO AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND FORESTS, ACCOUTING FOR $54.9 BILLION IN SALES AND 20% OF THE STATE'S WORKFORCE IN 2016. YET, THE DEMANDS FOR FOOD, FIBER AND FUEL PERSISTS DESPITE THE MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING DATA-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES ROOTED IN A STRONG COMPUTER SCIENCE (CS) FOUNDATION. WHILE AL HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARDS ADVANCING DIGITAL LITERACY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE STATE IS IN ITS INFANCY WITH REGARD TO OFFERING COMPUTER SCIENCE, HAVING A STATE TASK FORCE ON THE MATTER ONLY ESTABLISHED IN 2017 AND ONLY 46% OF ALL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS TEACHING A FOUNDATIONAL CS COURSE. MUCH K-12 EDUCATOR TRAINING HAS BEEN THROUGH INFORMAL CHANNELS, AS ONLY ONE UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COURSE SPECIFIC CS ENDORSEMENT. IN AL (2020), 2196 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPLETED AP CS EXAMS OF WHICH ONLY 23% WERE UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES. THUS, THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO 1) ESTABLISH PATHWAY FOR A COURSE SPECIFIC CS ENDORSEMENT FOR PRE-SERVICE AND IN SERVICE K-12 EDUCATORS AND 2) PROMOTE THE APPLICATION OF CS TO ADDRESS AG ISSUES THROUGH A DIGITAL AGRICULTURE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. COLLECTIVELY, THESE EFFORTS MAY LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FULL CS ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSE, WELL-TRAINED AGRICULTURE WORKFORCE.