1	Cultivating Success:
2	Goals of presentation Inform / update about SSAFR educational program New courses Proposed academic and continuing education (CEU) certificate programs Some history & rationale Discuss connections, challenges and next steps
3	Cultivating Success: A New Collaborative Educational Program for Sustainable Small Acreage F & R Program Goal: Education to foster long-term success of small acreage sustainable farmers and ranchers in WA and ID
4	Approach Develop curricula and support system in SSAFR at UI and WSU to meet the needs of three types of students: 1. Campus undergraduates pursuing a degree 2. Community residents wishing to farm sustainably, but are not interested in degree 3. Non-farmer community and university with professional ties to food & farming systems
5	What it looks like Overview Five module areas (4 classroom + apprenticeship) comprise the proposed certificate Core courses cross-listed between WSU and UI Offered two ways (simultaneous): Academic (matriculated students) Continuing Ed (for non-matriculated community members) Total 15-18 credits for academic certificate; equivalent CEU credits for CEU certificate Planned expansion beyond Moscow/Pullman
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7	Rationale: From the academic side Need for holistic views of food and farming systems Desire to connect students & practitioners Need for experiential education Lack of educational opportunities in sustainable small farming at our land grant institutions (But the DEMAND IS THERE)
8	Rationale: From the small farm perspective - Many of the above plus: Grassroots interest in starting new farms or diversifying enterprises Want to increase the success rate of small farms and related businesses Want mechanism to demonstrate knowledge and experience for enhanced success at small farming or ranching.
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19	Culitivating Success Curricula
20	What it looks like Overview Five module areas (4 classroom + apprenticeship) comprise the proposed certificate Core courses cross-listed between WSU and UI Offered two ways (simultaneous): Academic (matriculated students) Continuing Ed (for non-matriculated community members) Total 15-18 credits for academic certificate; equivalent CEU credits for CEU certificate Planned expansion beyond Moscow/Pullman
21	Module areas (one course (3 cr) in each required)
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24	Status/History of Curricular Offerings SSAFR Overview Course Piloted Fall 2001 UI (also taught 2002 at UI and at WSU-Puyallup) Students: 39 (UI, 2 yrs) & 20 (Puyallup) Paperwork in progress to cross-list with WSU Rural Soc Expansion to College of So. Idaho and Bonner County Fall 2003
25	Status/History of Curricular Offerings Agricultural Entrepreneurship Piloted Spring 2002 UI & Puyallup (also taught 2003 at both) Students: 32 (UI), 20 (Puyallup) Paperwork in progress to cross-list with WSU Rural Sociology
26	Status/History of Curricular Offerings Introductory Sust. Food Systems Piloted Fall 2002 as Science, Society, and Sustainable Food Systems (Soils 150) Placed as part of Gen Ed curriculum to attract non-ag majors as well ([Q science]) Food production plus economic, social and environmental aspects of our food systems Student evaluation of their roles Science for non-science majors approach. Field trips, investigative activities, greenhouse and food tasting experiments.
27	Status/History of Curricular Offerings Senior-level Sust. Food Systems Piloting Fall 2003 as Special Topics (paperwork in progress for permanent course) Designed following an in-the-field, immersion approach. 8 days in SE and Central WA - Aug 6-13; followup session in Fall. Cooperating instruction from: WSU, UI, College of S. Idaho Extension Educators (SARE grant)
28	Status/History of Curricular Offerings Sustainable Production module - a new addition (not in original plan) - are evaluating courses for inclusion
29	Mentored On-Farm Apprenticeship Farmers as teachers “not just weeding” Farmers receive educ. training Develop curricula for their farm/enterprises Paid stipend Students gain some proficiency before apprenticing
30	What we hope you leave with... Increased awareness of these new classes and their coordination Ideas for further collaboration and/or synergy Excitement that the two land-grant U’s are connecting with a “new crowd”