Plan and pilot an organic agriculturecourse for university students that will prepare them for immediateemployment with an organic certifier upon graduation

Activities willinclude creating new course content, teaching the course incollaboration with organic industry representatives, revising coursecontent based on the pilot year, and training students to createresources for their local organic farming community. The recipient ofthis award will develop a report, including newly developed coursecontent, that will explain how to implement a university program thatprepares students for employment in the organic agriculture sector. Thisreport and associated resources will be made publicly available so thatother educational institutions across the united states may developsimilar programs. In addition to the recipient, students, organicfarmers in the local project area, and other institutions of highereducation will benefit. The intent of the project is to supportworkforce development for the organic industry. This award may result insubawards to organic industry partners who will contribute theirexpertise to course development.