Entrepreneurial Agriculture AAS

Growing food and starting a business both require creativity, specific skills, and an understanding of how interrelated systems work. In the Entrepreneurial Agriculture program, you'll receive foundational business and horticulture training – as well as gain hands-on experience growing food crops. You'll better understand the way food is grown and distributed so that you can make the supply chain work to your advantage.

After completing this degree, you'll be trained in the fundamentals of food production and business, including:

• Analyzing and designing food production systems for growing vegetable, fruit, and nut species for the Upper Midwest
• Propagating, growing, and maintaining plants in agricultural food production systems
• Applying ecologically sustainable principles in agriculture while maintaining productivity and economic viability
• Working with hydroponic and aquaponics systems
• Creating and implementing a business plan, starting a farm business, and scaling operations
• Foundational concepts in marketing, finance, and sales, including the use of effective communication strategies with suppliers and customers

This degree program is offered in collaboration with the Center for Agrarian Learning.