Development of a year-round student organic farm and organic farming curriculum at Michigan State University

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-436

  Biernbaum, John A ^a   Thorp, Laurie ^b   Ngouajio, Mathieu ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community supported agriculture; Experiential undergraduate education; Organic curricula

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745442412     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.3.0432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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