U of A Division of Agriculture Trains New Generation of Farmers

KUAF | By Daniel Caruth

Published September 24, 2020 at 1:54 PM CDT

The 10-month "Farm School" gives students practical tools operating and managing a specialty crop farm.

A new certificate program from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is offering training for aspiring farmers in an effort to reinvigorate the state's small farms and develop local foodways.

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