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Aug 14, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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AGS 157 - Community Supported Agriculture Description: Production methods for scheduling crops for available space, seasonality, and customer need. Creation and implementation of plans for distribution and marketing sustainable, organic, and pesticide-free agriculture products.
Credits: 3 Lecture: 2 Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Marketable crop identification
- Facility benefits and limitations
- Production scheduling
- Harvest
- Storage
- Marketing
- Pricing
- Distribution
- Packaging
- Profit and loss
- Growing methods
Learning Outcomes:
- Formulate a growing, producing, marketing and distribution plan based on the resources available. (1-7)
- Determine crops that have potential for sale in the region. (1,3,4,6)
- Choose the best production system for a chosen crop promoting organic, pesticide-free, and sustainable crops. (11)
- Experiment with different products, price, packaging and seasonality to break norms of conventional agriculture. (1, 3, 5-7)
- Recommend production techniques to improve quality and marketability of agricultural products. (4)
- Set prices on items as determined by industry. (5)
- Track and report production goals. (3)
- Track labor, supplies and facility costs. (10)
- Develop a profit and loss statement for the season. (7, 10)
- Amend production plans to meet the changing need of customer base. (3,4)
- Classify crops by warm season or cool season. (1)
- Utilize and develop unique packaging materials for ready-for-market products. (7)
- Critique, customize and recommend growing methods for the production classes. (9)
- Harvest crops at optimum times to ensure freshness and flavor. (4)
- Store products to extend the distribution potential without reducing quality. (5)
- Analyze and reflect on the season's production and make recommendations for the next. (2-11)
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