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May 20, 2026
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PBIO 2060 - Sustainable Agriculture
The course investigates global and local agriculture with an emphasis on small-scale highly diversified sustainable agriculture, and local food systems. Agriculture topics include the production of food from seed, harvesting and selling of crops, with a focus on vegetable row crops and other common grains. Students learn about the use of plants for cover crops, fiber, fuel, building materials, medicines and seed saving. Students gain direct experience with agriculture by growing an organic garden by using sustainable approaches without the use of synthetic fertilizers or toxic herbicides. Students visit local farms and / or hear guest lectures from local farmers about their approach and experiences in local food systems, and implement their insights in their projects.
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2AS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Term(s) Typically Offered:
- Athens: Every fall and spring
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to competently prepare soils, plant and transplant crops, maintain healthy plants, and identify appropriate harvesting and storage requirements.
- Students will be able transfer their knowledge of plant biology to the identification and management of weeds, pests, and plant diseases commonly found in Ohio.
- Students will be able to connect the history of agriculture and domestication and to the developments they observe in agriculture and gardening.
- Students will be able to evaluate the unique challenges of small scale, diversified agriculture, and local marketing.
- Students will be able to complete a garden project using a format, language, or visual representation in ways that reflect their experience and enhance meaning.
- Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as a learner in sustainable agriculture and gardening, and build on prior experience to respond to new and challenging agricultural and environmental contexts.
- Students will be able to connect their knowledge of plant biology and sustainability to the experience in the field and to the practice of growing a garden.
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