A partnership between WITT and the Bashford-Nicholls Trust enables scholarships to be offered for the Level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production.
Ten scholarships, valued at $1500 each, are available for people interested in learning about organic primary production and the deadline to apply is the end of May each year. For more information contact: c.freeman@witt.ac.nz
The financial support for organics training is a welcome boost on the path to transforming Taranaki into a future food bowl, says the course tutor Carl Freeman. Carl says WITT is proud to be a leader in teaching knowledge and skills that “contribute to more diverse food production, and that will help to position Taranaki as a sustainable food producer.”
The Level 4 programme is one day a week on Fridays at WITT for 34 weeks. “It’s ideal for anyone seeking a new direction and lifestyle, whether to fulfil personal goals with their own garden, or with business aspirations in the science of organic growing for community or commercial gardening,” says Carl.
The course covers soil management and how crop requirements can be satisfied organically, whilst actively producing vegetables, fruit, and herbs over a full growing year.
The Bashford-Nicholls Trust, managed by The Bishop’s Action Foundation, funds the scholarships as part of its focus on the future of agriculture, food, land use and environmental sustainability for the region.