Are you passionate about agriculture, gardens, and other land stewardship work grounded in social justice, decolonization, and equity? Do you want to learn climate-resilient farming skills with a firm grounding in their wider cultural, environmental, economic, and political context? The Critical Agriculture Studies & Agroecology (CASA) program is a cutting-edge, hands-on major, with a transdisciplinary approach that moves across and beyond the borders between the arts, humanities, and sciences. Students find a passionate, innovative, and caring program community. This community is centered around the program farm, an emerging demonstration site where students practice and experiment with agroecological methodologies. The Critical Agriculture Studies & Agroecology major is training the new generation of climate-just farmers and agricultural professionals who will lead their communities in remaking relationships between people and the more-than-human world (animals, plants, water, soil…). The program emphasizes breadth and depth. The innovative slate of core courses provides a solid grounding in agroecological methodologies, the history and politics of agriculture, and the leadership skills needed to build a climate-just and equitable future. The 4 emphasis areas allow students to develop depth, a specialization tailored to their unique career aspirations. Students choose between 1) Arts, Environmental Justice & Politics; 2) Food, Wellbeing & Culture; 3) Ecologies & Practice; and 4) Leadership & Sustainable Economies. The major is designed to give students the space to complete a minor to add additional breadth tailored to their interests. CASA students graduate able to lead in transforming agriculture, communicate with diverse groups and build community. Cal Poly Humboldt’s critical farmers gain the practical and theoretical tools to enact a climate-just vision, transforming communities as we transform how our food, medicine, fiber, flowers and seeds are cultivated.
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