02/15/2025
Dr. Ruben Alarcón at CSUCI is working to create an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Agriculture.
Students will not only have a strong foundation in STEM-based soil and plant science courses but will also learn about agrobusiness and the struggles of farmworkers and labor rights.
In addition, students will gain real-world experience through a required internship with local agricultural companies/organizations.
In collaboration with the University of California’s Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center (UC HAREC), located on a 114-acre farm property on the west side of Camarillo, CSUCI students will be able to raise crops each semester in their farming practices course and tend bees in a new apiary capable of maintaining up to 80 colonies.
Driving to and from CSUCI’s campus, you’ll notice that Ventura County’s landscape is occupied by fields, orchards and nurseries, encompassing about 150 square miles of irrigated lands. If you include open range where livestock can forage (303 square miles), nearly 24.6% of Ventura County is in...
