HORT 261A Adv Practice Local Food Production Lab
This course represents the lab section of the course, Advanced Practice in Local Food Production. Students work in groups and learn how to grow crops, develop crop rotations, and integrate livestock into a complex market garden farming system, irrigation, cover crops and post-harvest crop management are practiced as is marketing of college farm products.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite:
HORT 260 Organic Farming & Gardening with a C or better. Corequisite:
HORT 261 Advanced Practice in Local Food Production. Recommended: Farm management skills and completion of courses in sustainable agriculture (e.g.
HORT 230); pest management (e.g.
CSS 240); irrigation systems (e.g.
AG 250); small livestock production; sustainable small farm management
Notes
Career Technical Education (CTE) Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Select crops appropriate to the location and season and develop complex crop rotations. Make accurate decisions on production related to farm operations, such as irrigation, pest and crop management. Use hand and power equipment competently.