Sustainable Agriculture
Course Description
Sustainable Agriculture is a one-year lab course designed to integrate biological science practices and knowledge into the practice of sustainable agriculture.
The course is organized into four major sections, or units, each with a guiding question -
- Unit one addresses the question - "What is sustainable agriculture?"
- Unit two - "How does sustainable agriculture fit into our environment?"
- Unit three - "What molecular biology principles guide sustainable agriculture?"
- Unit four - "How do we make decisions to maximize sustainable agricultural practices within a functioning ecosystem?"
Within each unit specific life science principles will be identified with agricultural principles and practices guiding the acquisition of this knowledge, culminating in the development of a sustainable farm model and portfolio of supporting student research.
Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA or above, concurrently enrolled or completion of Algebra I
Graduation Requirement Satisfied: Life Science