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Overview

Feeding the world is one of the biggest challenges we face today. Sustainable agricultural and food production systems are essential for meeting the growing global demand for food, fuel and fibre. Since food production also affects the environment, food systems must be designed with the protection of water, soil, and biodiversity in mind. 

In this program, you can be part of this growing, interdisciplinary, solution-oriented field. This major provides training in the science, biology and management of cultivated plants and animals. It will teach you how to produce food while protecting the environment. 

Practical experience is key: We have unique facilities where you can practice what you learn. Our on-campus farm includes crop fields, orchards, greenhouses, and dairy, swine and poultry facilities for hands-on experiences. Much of what we grow on the farm is used by º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ Food and Dining Services, so as you learn, you can help feed your fellow º£ÍâÖ±²¥bÕ¾ students!  

This major must be taken with at least one specialization. The recommended specializations are:

• Animal Production
• Ecological Agriculture
• Plant Production
• Professional Agrology

Student experience

You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn off-campus in this program. Field studies and internships are encouraged, with many students choosing to spend a summer applying what they have learned and gaining new, specialized knowledge and work experience either at home or abroad. 

Students have spent summers interning on a local dairy or vegetable farm, analyzing insect populations in India, researching the genetic improvement of crops in Quebec, giving conferences to youth and women in rural Senegal, working in our own student-run ecological gardens, and much more.