Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems • Sweet Briar College

Students in the greenhouse

Students use the hydroponic system in the greenhouse to grow lettuce.

Student works in the greenhouse

Liza Dareing '26 works in the row she tends as part of the Agricultural Operations class in fall 2022.

students with apiary frames

Students explore the apiary during the spring 2024 Agricultural Operations course.

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Sometimes leaders have to get their hands dirty. Students in our agriculture-related programs are leading from the ground up.

Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems

Are you passionate about plants? Do you dream of running your own farm or food business? Are you eager to lobby for policies supporting climate-smart agriculture? Do you want to be equipped, regardless of what career path you pursue, to contribute to a more sustainable and just food future? If so, Sweet Briar’s Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems certificate program is perfect for you!

Key features of this for-credit certificate:

  • Available as an additional credential to students pursuing any major at Sweet Briar
  • Courses across the curriculum, including agriculture, business, environmental science, economics and more
  • Both on- and off-campus experiential learning components

The Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems certificate is a program of the Sweet Briar College Center for Human & Environmental Sustainability.

For more information, email program director Dr. Lisa Powell.

Four students in front of a building Students from Sweet Briar College's Class of 2024 who earned the Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Certificate include Lena Witt, Vicky Harder, Kass Carpenter and Taryn Leoncavallo.