A new course at the University of Guelph is helping students connect with employers in the ag sector.
The Internship in Agriculture, Environment, Food, and Communities, run out of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), is open to master’s level students in food, ag and resource economics, and plant agriculture and animal biosciences fields.
This internship builds on a recent trend, said Dr. Emmanuelle Arnaud, a professor and assistant OAC dean (graduate programs).
“We’ve been seeing a desire from students to seek higher credentials but not necessarily interested in committing to doing a full-blown thesis project,” she told Farms.com