By Arielle Gerstein
The fall 2015 session of the Sustainable Urban Agriculture
certificate begins August 31, 2015! First offered in 2014, this program runs twice
per year and teaches residents in the DC metro area how to farm using organic
methods and how to start their own urban agricultural businesses. This will be the program’s third session and
will run from late August to mid-November. Learn how to register!
The certificate offers two tracks: Urban Agriculture
Techniques and Business Principles in Urban Agriculture along with a
prerequisite course that participants are required to take - Principles of
Sustainable Urban Agriculture - so everyone has the same starting point for the
two tracks.
The Urban Agriculture Techniques classes are taught by
CAUSES’ staff who have expertise in agricultural economics, agronomy and plant
biology. Business Principles in Urban
Agriculture classes are taught by staff who are experts in business
development, non-profit management and site design. Instructor bios can be found here.
Since the program’s inception, community members have
participated in the program, learning how to farm in small spaces, how to start
an urban agriculture business, how to ‘add value’ to produce grown in an urban
environment, how to market their produce and/or products (i.e. salsa, pickles,
smoked fish, etc).
For more information
or to register for the program, please visit our website.
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