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  • Sustainable Agriculture Production I

    This course focuses on the increasingly complex world of producing enough food and fiber to meet the growing world demand and at the same time maintain ecological balance and conserve our natural resources.  Students will explore implementing environmentally sound practices in agricultural production to satisfy the needs of a growing population for today and tomorrow. A breadth of topics including: crop and animal production, natural resource management, agroforestry, food safety, and the farm to fork continuum will set the educational stage for this course. 

    English language arts, mathematics, and science are reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course are apprenticeship, cooperative education, mentorship, school-based enterprise, service learning, job shadowing, and supervised agricultural experience. FFA competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.

    Units: 

    • Leadersip
      • Leadership organizations including FFA
      • Context of Sustainable Agriculture - Three E's
      • Public Speaking and Parliamentary Procedure
    • Career Building
      • Career Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture
      • Supervised Agricultural Experience
    • Soil Conservation
      • Properties and functions of soils
      • Management Techniques
    • Water Conservation
      • Methods and practices
      • Irrigation
    • Sustainable Crop Production
      • Horticultural and Agronomic Crop Systems NC
      • Tools and techniques
      • Methods 
    • Agroforestry
      • Fundamentals of Agroforestry
      • Management Plan 
    • Animal Husbandry
      • Selection and breeding for Sustainable production
      • Nutrition and Digestion
      • Animal Welfare and humane slaughter
    • Integrated Pest Management
      • Identification
      • Techniques and technologies for pest management

  • Sustainable Agriculture Production II 

    This course further investigates food production through practice and application of principles and knowledge established in Sustainable Agriculture Production I. An emphasis on proven methods employed to sustain a growing population are woven into all facets of the course. Students gain knowledge of 21st century agriculture through further exploration of renewable energy, precision agriculture, biotechnology, and breeding programs. Students discover cultivation of bees, aquaponics, mushrooms, vermicomposting and commodities of their choice while applying food safety and industry standards for sustainable production. Students also acquire foundations of leadership, business and marketing principles necessary for competitive sustainable agricultural companies and individuals in the workforce.

    English language arts, mathematics, and science are reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course are apprenticeship, cooperative education, mentorship, school-based enterprise, service learning, job shadowing, and supervised agricultural experience. FFA competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.

    Units

    • Leadership and Employability
      • Career Management Skills
      • Public Speaking
      • Parliamentary Procedure
    • SAE
      • Work-Based Learning
      • Financial Statements and Bookkeeping
      • SAE Imursion
    • Marketing and business plans for sustainable growers
      • Marketing
      • Business Plans
    • Sustainable Communities
      • Local and Regional food systems
      • Global Sustainable Agriculture, population growth, and feeding the world
    • Energy Resources
      • Renewable Energy
      • Energy efficiency and conservation
      • Applying energy efficiency and conservation to Sustainable Agriculture
    • Emerging technologies and 21st century Agriculture
      • Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) - food safety for production, harvest, processing, and distribution
    • Sustainable Agriculture in Commodity Production
      • Apiculture 
      • Aquaponic and hydroponic production
      • Mushroom production
      • Vermicomposting 
      • Application of sustainable production on commodities