Winter Online Classes – Sustainable Food and Farming

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Taylor in Beginning Farmers, Education, Farming, Training Programs // 0 Comments

Winter ONLINE classes in Sustainable Food and Farming

The University of Massachusetts Sustainable Food and Farming Program presents their online course offerings for winter, 2019…

Our course lineup for the winter session (December 26-January 19) is below. These are credit bearing classes that transfer to other colleges and universities or may count toward our 15-credit Certificate, 60-credit A.S. degree, or 120 credit Bachelor of Sciences (fully online) degree in Sustainable Food and Farming from UMass Amherst. To learn more see: https://onlinesustfoodfarm.com/annual-class-schedule/

Winter Term Online Classes: December 26 – January 19, 2019

STOCKSCH 100 – Botany for Gardeners (GenEd-BS – 4cr)
STOCKSCH 117 – Agricultural Chemistry (3cr)
STOCKSCH 297 FL – Intro to Food and Agricultural Law (3cr)
STOCKSCH 354 – Non-profit Management for Community Food Programs (3cr)
STOCKSCH 397 PB – Pollinator Biology and Habitat (1 cr)

Courses are offered through the Sustainable Food and Farming Online Certificate Program. In addition to this 15-credit Sustainable Food and Farming Certificate, UMass also offers a fully online 60-credit Associate of Science degree and a new B.S. degree in Sustainable Food and Farming. Credits earned for the Certificate may also count toward the A.S. degree.

Our 15-credit Certificate in Sustainable Food and Farming is designed for:

adults looking to make a career change,
returning Veterans,
high school grads not yet ready to go to college fulltime, and
those of you pursuing a lifelong interest related to food, farming, homesteading or gardening.

The online program has been particularly attractive to the fastest growing farm demographic in New England, farms managed by women. UMass knows how busy your lives can be, so their online classes may be taken on your own schedule. You don’t have to compromise your personal health to learn how to make the world around you a healthier place!.

Classes are taken through UMass Online and cost $482 per credit. To see the classes being offered throughout the year, go to SCHEDULE.

The Certificate may be completed entirely ONLINE, but many of our courses are also available on campus. Courses may be taken individually or toward fulfillment of the Certificate and credits earned may be applied to our Bachelor of Science degree.

Meet the instructors!

Learn more about all beginning farmer training programs at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/beginning-farmer-training-programs/

Find more great farming resources at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/additional-farming-resources/