Entrepreneurial Agriculture Production Certificate
If you've owned your own business or you have strong marketing skills, and you'd like to learn the how-to of food production in this region, then earning your Entrepreneurial Agriculture Production Certificate is the perfect next step.
After completing this certificate, you'll be able to:
- Explain the science behind plant growth and soil health, and how to improve both through ecologically sustainable methods.
- Start fruit and vegetable plants from seed and cuttings, in preparation for small- and mid-scale farm production.
- Take advantage of season extension methods like hoop houses or high tunnels.
- Recognize pest and disease pressure in plant crops.
- Harvest, wash, and pack vegetables for the best shelf life and delivery to grocers/chefs.
This certificate program is offered in collaboration with the Center for Agrarian Learning.
Contact (815) 455-8750 with specific questions about this program.
(in-district) Total Amount: $3,702.25
Credit Hours to Complete: 25
Weeks to Complete: 32
Center for Agrarian Learning Events
- Plant Sale - MAY 08 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: Greenhouse
- Plant Sale - MAY 09 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: Greenhouse
- Setting the Table for a Better Food and Farm Future - MAY 13 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Location: Duke's Inferno, 11671 Catalpa Lane, Woodstock
- Insects: A Farmer’s Friend or Foe? | Experts and Insights - MAY 16 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Location: Luecht Auditorium, B170
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