Trent’s forward-thinking Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (SAFS) program* helps to meet the growing demand for experts to address the global need for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food production. As a student in this program, you will develop a solid understanding of food systems: how food is produced, distributed, and consumed, locally and around the world.
Through either the BA or BSc pathways, you’ll have opportunities to get hands-on exposure to sustainable farming and ethical practices, particularly in the Trent Research Farm, while learning how to influence a future of food systems that are responsible, justice-oriented, efficient, effective, and viable.
*Accredited by ECO Canada
Digging Deeper into Regenerative Farming Practices
"Students will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty and work alongside expert faculty as we plan the operations and logistics of moving to and setting up the new Trent farm." - Dr Karen Thompson, Assistant Professor and SAFS Program Coordinator
Why small-scale farming is inspiring a new crop of sustainable farmers
The Experience
The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Program challenges students to think critically about contemporary global food and agricultural systems while providing tools to effect change
Program
Agriculture is an essential feature of the southern Ontario landscape, and continues to attract the attention of those interested in a viable rural economy or in the practice of food production.
