1. UVM Catamount Educational Farm Summer ProgramsLW

2. Catamount Educational Farm UVM Horticulture Research & Education Center
(Highlight FTP) The mission of Cat Farm is to model sustainable farming practices through a working vegetable and fruit farm that provides educational and research opportunities for the UVM community.

3. Catamount Educational Farm Summer Experience
UVM Farmer Training Program
(Non-credit)
PSS Summer and Fall Farm Practicum
PSS Undergraduate Summer courses

4. Farmer Training Program
6 month, full-time, hands-on, non-credit Certificate in Sustainable Farming
May 8 – October 27
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5. Summer Farm Practicum Formerly PSS 209
Intensive, 12-week hands-on summer course
Monday & Wednesdays, 8:30-4:00
SIX credits
Hands-on vegetable production
Soil, crop, pest, weed, management
Farm systems
Initial crop planning
REQUIRED pre-requisite for fall farm practicum

6. FALL Farm Practicum New for Fall 2017 Monday & Wednesdays, 8:30-4:00
SIX credits
Continue & expand concepts learned ion summer practicum
Crop plan development
CSA operation
Season extension
MUST take summer practicum to enroll

7. Cold Climate Viticulture
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00-3:00
June 20-July 13
Basic horticultural, pest management and post harvest (winemaking!) concepts of cold climate grape production

8. Catamount Farm Summer Class Schedule
2017 Experiential Summer Courses at UVM Catamount Educational Farm (credits)
Day
5/22
5/29
6/5
6/12
6/19
6/26
7/3
7/10
7/17
7/24
7/31
8/7 MW
PSS 195: Sustainable Farm Practicum (6) F
PSS 195: Field-based Integrated Pest Management (4) TR
PSS 137: Landscape Design Fundamentals (3)
PSS 266: Soil Water Movement (3)
PSS 195: Cold Climate Viticulture (3)
PSS 154: Compost Ecology & Management (3) OL
PSS 096: Herb Growing, Design, & Use (3, online)
MTRWF
PSS 295 International Agroecology (4, hybrid) 7/31-8/11, standalone course

9. Questions?