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HARVESTING INNOVATION: TRANSFORMING HORTICULTURE EDUCATION THROUGH CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE CERTIFICATION

Objective

The project's objectives are to: (1) design a shared multidisciplinary certificate program offered by four campuses in Kansas and Missouri with the long-term goal to scale the certificate program to be offered nationally, and (2) prepare the future workforce required to operate and/or own CEA farms for Kansas and Missouri.

Investigators
Cottrell, A.; Williams, KI, A.; Finke, DE, .; Rivard, CA, .; Pliakoni, EL, D..; Yang, TE, .; Domenghini, CY, .; Jenkins, TR, .
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Start date
2024
End date
2028
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
MO.W-2024-04631
Accession number
1033130
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1033130.html