Curriculum
Catalog No. Description Credits
10-090-108 Organic Applied On Farm Manage
1
10-090-102 Organic Soils, Nutrients, Comp
1
10-090-106 Organic Specialty Animals
1
10-090-109 Managed Grazing
1
10-090-104 Org Ruminant Livestock
1
10-090-113 Organic Poultry Mgmt
1
10-090-110 Organic Agriculture Independen
1
10-090-111 Organic Ag Intro
2
10-090-107 Organic Ag and Food Marketing
1
10-090-103 Organic Agronomic Crops
1
10-090-112 Organic Backyard Ag
1
10-090-105 Organic Produce
1
Course Descriptions
10-090-108 Org Applied On Farm Mgmt...individualized instruction delivered at your farm/land. Examine profitability. Focus on improvements. Create an organic farm or transition plan. Evaluate resources including time, land, money, skills, and alternative enterprises.
10-090-102 Org Soils, Nutrients, Comp...functional soil is the foundation of organic systems. Builds robust healthy soil through organic matter, micro-organisms, and nutrient cycling. Explore composting techniques, organic fertilizer sources, soil fertility testing, balancing.
10-090-106 Org Specialty Animals...explore alternative agricultural production methods for specialty animals like sheep, goats, hogs, poultry or unique crops. This course facilitates individual research and helps evaluate production practices and ideas.
10-090-109 Managed Grazing...manage pasture plants and livestock in a rotational grazing system, devise a fencing plan, evaluate watering systems, and meet experienced graziers. Compare costs/benefits of grazing, organic and conventional farm management.
10-090-104 Org Ruminant Livestock...topics include: illness prevention, reproduction, feeding (grazing & rations), rumen function, housing, young stock, newborns, stress reduction, and the organic health care toolbox. Also covered: rules, organic certification and marketing products.
10-090-113 Organic Poultry Mgmt...explore poultry for backyards or commercial enterprises. Create feed rations, housing plans, processing plans and budgets. Compare organic and conventional management.
10-090-110 Organic Ag Independent Study...student develops a project with faculty to explore a topic in-depth related to organic food or agricultural production.
10-090-111 Organic Ag Intro...explore practices used in organic farming and gardening. Debate current issues including Genetically Modified Organisms, herbicides, pesticides, hormones, and animal stewardship. Compare organic and conventional production methods. Outline certification paperwork.
10-090-107 Organic Ag and Food Marketing...create a business plan to analyze market need, sell your organic products. Whether unique value-added products, direct local services or commodity-based dairy, crops, discover best options, avenues for success.
10-090-103 Organic Agronomic Crops...create a transition cropping plan. Evaluate alternative crops. Learn organic practices for seedbed preparation, fertilizing, planting, weed and pest control. Evaluate yields, market crops, plan your rotation for next year.
10-090-112 Organic Backyard Ag...create a permaculture and edible landscape design for your home's backyard or other property. Benefits will be food, beauty, and sustainability.
10-090-105 Organic Produce...whether gardening on a small scale or using commercial greenhouses and fields, plan plantings, control pests, diseases and weeds all using best organic practices. Create a harvest and marketing plan.
For more information, please contact: The Trades & Engineering Technologies Department at (920) 498-5461 or contact Enrollment Services at 888-385-NWTC.