UF
TO OFFER ORGANIC AG MAJOR The
University of Florida will launch a science-based organic agriculture undergraduate
degree program this fall, making it one of the first three U.S. institutions to
offer this major. UF
has offered a minor in organic agriculture for the past year. Both the major and
minor programs are administered by the horticultural sciences department, part
of UFs Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The undergraduate degree
program will focus on training students to manage an organic farming unit. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) | |