1270 Strathmore St. Nanaimo BC, Canada
8 courses
Vancouver Island has a dense concentration of small mixed farms, market gardens and greenhouse operations. These programs run on our teaching plot and in commercial greenhouses, so you learn by working a growing season rather than reading about one.
Courses in this area
All 8 courses run for 12 weeks and are delivered in-person training at our Nanaimo campus.
Soil, planting, irrigation, pest management and harvest on a working plot.
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Animal husbandry, housing, feed, health and welfare for small mixed farms.
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Protected growing, propagation and selling produce direct to customers.
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A broad grounding across crops, livestock, soil and running a farm.
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Sensors, drones, data and precision techniques applied to real plots.
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Operating and maintaining tractors, implements and harvest machinery.
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Fish husbandry, water quality, pond and tank systems and harvest.
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Turning raw produce into safe, packaged, shelf-stable food products.
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Other subject areas
Twelve weeks, in person, on the tools. Submit your application in about fifteen minutes — no documents to upload.
12 weeks · In-person training · Study permit not required — attend on a visitor visa