Educating young people about the farming industry remains a key aim of the RHASS, which, through its Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET), is an integral part of the show. 
This year, the education trust will be providing fun and educational activities for up to 300 school groups and 30,000 children during the four days of the show.
The 2016 programme will feature a range of bookable and drop-in activities available to school groups in the Education Centre, on Avenue Q, as well as across the showground.
In the Education Centre, the ever-popular Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Scotch beef cookery theatre will give pupils the chance to cook with fresh, seasonal and Scottish produce as well as exploring healthy eating habits.
Seafood in Schools will also be on hand with a fantastic display to demonstrate where seafood comes from, explore sustainable seafood species and discuss various careers and processes in the seafood industry.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s Natural Larder will run a workshop connecting people with Scottish, seasonal and wild food that has been sustainably harvested or hunted and Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), SP Energy Networks and RHET will also deliver additional sessions.
More in-depth stories behind the science that goes in to producing Scotland’s food is being championed by The James Hutton Institute, where exports will answer questions pupils may have about courses and future careers.
The RHET Education Centre is open to the general public all four days of the show, with school groups also booked into some of the activities on the Thursday and Friday.
After the success of last year’s event, RHET will again be running another careers networking event for secondary school pupils with the help of Lantra, SRUC and the Scottish Food and Drink Federation.
More than 200 pupils are expected to learn about careers in the food, farming and countryside industries at the event, which will run on Thursday and Friday of the show.
Scottish Beekeepers will be running a bee, candle making and honey session and animal lovers can stop by the Scottish SPCA’s stand to learn more about their work as a welfare charity.
To encourage further learning, RHET will be running its first show-based teacher training session during the show. Its ‘Food chain careers’ session will take place on Saturday, June 25 and aims to explore interdisciplinary learning and demonstrate skills and research in the agriculture sector. 
This will consist of a number of hands on micro-sessions to rotate around. As well as providing information, each session will provide ideas and activities to utilise in teacher’s curriculums.
RHET’s education manager, Katrina Barclay, said: “The RHET team is supported by more than 100 volunteers and staff to run all of our activities during the show and we look forward to welcoming new visitors and seeing some familiar faces.”