Description:
Title: Urban Agriculture Certificate
Dates: 6-8:30pm; November 13, 2017 – October 31, 2018
Location: Indiana State Fairgrounds; Discovery Hall, Suite 201; 38th Street; Indianapolis, IN 46205
Registration fee: $350
Estimated attendance: 25 people
Course Description:
The Urban Agriculture Certificate is a yearlong experience that combines classroom learning with field trips to prepare urban agriculture leaders for success with their project. Urban Agriculture Certificate participants will:
• Receive in-depth instruction for urban organic crop production—from farm design through harvest techniques
• Clarify their project vision and strengthen their community impact
• Learn to think like an enterprise to achieve economic sustainability
This certificate follows a curriculum designed by Purdue Extension and is tailored to the dynamics of urban agriculture which occurs at a very small scale (usually an acre or less), at close proximity to non-agriculture land uses, and often in partnership with other individuals or organizations. The audience for this curriculum includes for-profit and non-profit market farmers and gardeners, community garden organizers, school garden leaders, urban homesteaders, and other urban agriculture project leaders.
Participants in this certificate course will experience the flipped classroom model, where some learning occurs first via an online class platform on their own time and then class time is spent digging into concepts and applying the concepts to the participant’s own project. This classroom-based learning occurs on Monday and Wednesday evenings during the colder months in November and January through March. Then, during the growing season, participants will take a monthly field trip to visit urban agriculture sites together and hear from experienced project leaders.
The 2017-2018 Urban Agriculture Certificate course begins on Monday, November 13, 2017 will be offered by Purdue Extension – Marion County in Indianapolis.
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