Vermont Applied Agriculture and Food System Institute at Vermont Technical College

The Vermont Applied Agriculture and Food Systems Institute at Vermont Technical College will serve the education and training needs of the Vermont industries that support agriculture, food production, waste disposal and energy production. The Institute will utilize a cooperative education learning model to provide certificate and degree programs that lead to high wage/high skill employment specifically for workers who are eligible for training under TAA. Institute partners include the Community College of Vermont, state government, and businesses within Vermont's agriculture, waste management and energy sectors. Key to the innovative delivery of programs will be work- integrated learning, embedded remediation, assessment of experiential learning for college credit, Summer Institutes and technology-based asynchronous learning opportunities.