Agri-Entrepreneur

The Agri-Entrepreneur Professional Training is designed to provide students with skills that will enhance employment and small business opportunities in the food and fiber industry, namely management of: food production, manufacturing, processing, marketing, distribution, finance, and value chain. This experience is valuable for startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. Learners interested in developing and commercializing their own ideas into a product or service-based startup can do so in this Professional Training. For learners interested in acquiring the knowledge, competencies, and relationships to solve innovation challenges within established companies and organizations, this Professional Training is equally valuable.

This course distills vast amounts of research in psychology, sociology, marketing, strategy, and finance into a practical how-to guide for aspiring and active startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. Our world-class, award-winning faculty present a whole new understanding of entrepreneurial ideas and actions in relation to agriculture. By harnessing these insights within our curriculum, we share how to create and transform your business ideas into new ventures that are lasting successes.

The approximate time required to complete this program is 12 months.

Upon successful completion of the program, the student will receive a Professional Training Award of Completion in Agri-Entrepreneurship.