The online Graduate Certificate in Organic Agriculture prepares students to work in organic food production, processing, distribution, policy-making, education, or other organic-related businesses.
The certificate offers students the flexibility to specialize in particular aspects of organic agriculture. Students can learn the social and cultural impacts of organic agriculture by choosing classes in anthropology, food systems, food culture and social justice, and health and human sciences. Courses offered by the Departments of Horticulture, Crop and Soil Science, and Animal Science allow students to understand organic production with the option to focus on whole farms systems management, organic livestock and organic crop management.