Agribusiness - Urban Agriculture Concentration 5304, A.S. Transfer

A Two-Year Program Leading to the A.S. Degree

Urban agriculture can be defined as the growing of plants and the raising of animals within and around cities. The most striking feature of urban agriculture, which distinguishes it from rural agriculture, is that it is integrated into the urban economic and ecological system: urban agriculture is embedded in -and interacting with- the urban ecosystem.  This program will teach students about agriculture which takes the form of backyard, roof-top, and balcony gardening, community gardening in vacant lots and parks, roadside urban fringe agriculture, and livestock grazing in open space.