Regenerative Agriculture

The Certificate in Regenerative Agriculture is designed to prepare students to work in the field of regenerative agriculture. It demonstrates the benefits of increasing carbon sequestration in the land through regenerative techniques. Grazing and farming occur on these lands and there is an opportunity now to change human behavior and beliefs towards farming and foster the idea of entrepreneurship and reduce the need for farm subsidies. This program takes a multi-disciplinary approach to effect positive change to Planet Earth. This program will include courses from four different disciplines to include Park Management, Biology, Nutrition, and Business. Possible career options are Regenerative Ag Consultant, Field Organizer, Farm Worker, Soil Advocate, Farm Manager, Conservation Specialist, and Soil Scientist.

Course	Course	2019	2019	2020	2020
Course Department Number	Course Title	Annual Sections	Annual Enrollment Totals	Annual Sections	Annual Enrollment Totals
PMGT 026	Regenerative Agriculture in Parks	New	New	New	New
BUSN 015	The Entrepreneurial Mindset	2	44	2	49
PMGT 014	Conservation of Our Natural Resources	2	38	2	37
BIOL 012	Introduction to Ecology and Wildlife	1	17	1	10
BIOL 059	Climate Change			1	13
PMGT 017	Basic Horticulture for Parks	1	16	1	8
NUTR 020	World Food Customs and Nutrition	1	12	1	10

Projection of Completions: 10

These enrollments represent each individual class that will become part of this certificate in Regenerative Agriculture.

PMGT 26 Regenerative Agriculture in Parks will be taught for the first time in the Fall of 2021.

The Certificate in Regenerative Agriculture on Public and Private Lands is designed to prepare students to work in the field of regenerative agriculture. It demonstrates the benefits of increasing carbon sequestration in the land through regenerative techniques. Grazing and farming occurs on these lands and there is an opportunity now to change human behavior and beliefs towards farming and foster the idea of entrepreneurship and reduce the need for farm subsidies. This program takes a multi-disciplinary approach to affect positive change to Planet Earth. This program will include courses from four different disciplines to include Park Management, Biology, Nutrition, and Business.

Total Certificate Units: 22 units

Recommended Course Sequence:

Year 1, Fall

BUSN 015, PMGT 026, PMGT 014

Year 1, Spring

BIOL 012, PMGT 017, NUTR 020, BIOL 059

Required Courses	Course Number	Units	Term
	PMGT 026 Regenerative Agriculture in                     Parks	3	Year 1, Fall
	BUSN 015 The Entrepreneurial Mindset	3	Year 1, Fall
	PMGT 14 Conservation of Our Natural                     Resources	3	Year 1, Fall
	BIOL 012 Introduction to Ecology and                     Wildlife	4	Year 1, Spring
	BIOL 059 Climate Change	3	Year 1, Spring
	PMGT 017 Basic Horticulture for Parks	3	Year 1, Spring
	NUTR 020 - World Food Customs and                         Nutrition	3	Year 1, Spring

This program would be very complementary to our current programs. We have met with the Director of Santa Clara County Parks Don Rocha who sits on our industry Advisory Board and he sees this as a great addition to our program. In terms of the West Valley College ILO's, it meets the following; Critical Thinking and Information Literacy, Personal Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Global Awareness, and Diversity and Creative Problem Solving. This also meets the college Sustainability Strategic Plan Goal 1 Educate and Inspire; Objective 1-Engage West Valley College campus community; involve all divisions, departments, faculty, and staff. Goal 2 Embrace and Implement Objective V- Carbon counting campus-wide. The development of this program would lead the way on campus.

There are no other like programs like ours based on conversations with Fred Sconberg | Regional Director of Employer Engagement Agriculture, Water & Environmental Technologies California Community Colleges, Bay Area. Recently, Brad Weisberg and I met with him via Zoom and he told us he would support the development of this program and that he had been trying to get with other institutions behind this idea and there were no interested parties furthermore he said based on the current administrations both federal and state that there will be significant funding available in the future for such programs. The meeting was held on February 9, 2021, via Zoom.