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Database research record2006·United States

Student and New Farmer Education to Support the Growth of Organic Farming

John A. Biernbaum

Crop Management

Urban Farm DB summary

This presentation was part of a USDA conference session exploring the expansion of education infrastructure in organic agriculture. The student-oriented presentation described target student audiences, outlined example curricular content for organic farming, identified K-12 education programs benefiting from organic farming content, listed sources of organic farming information, and detailed university student farming programs, specifically the Michigan State University Student Organic Farm (MSU-SOF) CSA program.