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Sustainable Agriculture
At Johnson County Community College
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Collaborative start
2007 USDA Grant application “to link local food growers, chefs and the entrepreneurship program.”
K-State Horticulture Research and Extension
JCCC Horticulture
Entrepreneurship
Hospitality Management (Chefs)
“Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship Certificate (Market Farming)”
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First year2008: Practicum at K-State
Horticulture Research Station
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Shifting Partnership2010, K-State partner
moved on, needed new site for student farm
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JCCC Campus FarmFall 2010, cover crop only
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2011: First full growing season
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Sustainability
Emphasize organic practices (most sustainable ecological methods)
Recognize and teach options for carefully managed synthetic inputs (financial sustainability)
Some discussion of social sustainability (cooperative marketing, CSA, equitable labor practices)
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Future directions
Expanding beyond entrepreneurship (other elective emphases)
Becoming our own program (out from “under” Horticulture)
Further grant opportunities
Additional partnerships
Organic certification component
Associates degree
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Challenges
Enrollment roller coaster
Tight budgets
Suburban, commuter campus
No transfer program to K-State
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Questions?
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Contacts:Stu Shafer, Professor, Chair:
Mike Ryan, Campus Farm Manager: