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Garden Location

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green pantherpaw FIU is Going Green!
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What's New?

NEW Scholarships for students Hispanic and non-hispanic: Here about it on Hispanic Business

Click here for brochure and here for scholarship application packet

Prospective Masters Students: Click here for NNF Scholarship

Extra, Extra, Front page news: Read (and watch)the media release on our Third annual Thanksgiving lunch!

Fall Garden Work Days:Fridays at 1pm. Come out and grow your own food!

FIU Farmer's Market:Stop by every Wednesday from 11-3pm in the GL breezewzay for some delicious local, organic produce, breads, smoothies, fruit tarts, wraps, and environmental empowerment

 

The 2011 Most ExtremeOn Friday, 11/11/11, thirty Agroecology students embarked on an Extreme farm hop tour in Homestead. Students explored their local resources: they visited three organic farms, two fruit tree farms that practice IPM, a fish farm, honey extracting facility, and an organic egg production farm. Only 15 students made it until the end.

 

The Agroecology Program joins the Fairchild Challenge in Environmental Imersion Day

Honduras students vist Agroecology Program and meet with the vice consul of Honduras in Miami

Older News: On Friday, September 16th, 50 students from Miami North Western Senior high visited FIU's organic People's Garden. Students took a "Speed Learning Tour" of the different areas of the garden and were provoked to use critical thinking skills for each location.Click here to read and watch the story

The Peoples Garden from Doug Garland on Vimeo

Agroecology
at Florida International University

  The FIU Agroecology Program is a comprehensive program that integrates education, research and training of university and high school students and teachers on agricultural issues at the farm level and at the regional landscape level. The program focuses on the interface between agriculture, natural ecosystems and urban development and consists of specialized undergraduate agroecology courses, field trips, summer internships, graduate fellowships, and training workshops for university students and high school teachers.  
  Current USDA funded education programs:  
Hispanic Serving Institution Program MSP
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