Washington State University is offering the first organic farming major at an American university. Given the importance of ag schools in sculpting North American farming practices, this is a watershed moment:
Julie Sullivan loves to eat especially organic food. Growing up in Olympia, though, she never thought much about where that food came from. Now she's a pioneer in a Washington State University effort to train students about organic agriculture. She's the assistant manager of WSU's community-supported organic farm just outside Pullman, where she along with a small class of WSU students spends about 40 hours each week tending vegetables. Sullivan has had her eye on WSU's developing organic agriculture major for the last several semesters. This December she expects to graduate with the nation's first undergraduate degree in the subject.
