California Polytechnic State University

Student-run ranches and farms for sustainable agriculture education

Institution

California Polytechnic State University

Region

North America

COuntry

USA

founding year

1901

student body

22000

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Institutional Approach

California Polytechnic has embedded sustainability across all colleges, supported by the university-wide program "Teaching Sustainability Across the Curriculum". All graduating students must define and apply sustainability principles within their academic program. Cal Poly uses a living lab approach in sustainable agricultural education. A student-run experimental organic sustainable farm, an additional university-run organic farm, a ranch, and an agro-ecology learning garden, are all sites of integrated action-research and teaching.

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