2014 Ag Study Abroad Opportunities - Purdue Agriculture

COSTA RICAAgricultural, Environmental & Community SustainabilityCost estimate: $2,800Students will spend eight days, seven nightsin Costa Rica and will earn one Purdue credit.This course will focus on agricultural,community and environmental sustainabilityand will be co-led by our colleagues at EARTH University. Students willlearn about efforts on renewable energies and waste management.Students will visit the NationalBiodiversity Institute, EARTH’sBanana Plantation & PackingPlant, Natural Reserve, andworkshop on Peri-UrbanAgriculture & RecyclingProgram. They will tourEARTH’s EthnobotanicalGardens, and the IntegratedDairy Farm.IRELANDAgriculture in IrelandCost estimate: $2,700This course is offered in cooperation with University CollegeDublin, Ireland. Students will arrive in Shannon and depart fromDublin. While in Ireland, students will tour Irish farms, woolenmills, and research stations. Visits to the Cliffs of Moher, the Ringof Kerry, and the castles of Ireland are also planned. You will alsoget to spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland.Learn about Irish culture and history, food processing, food policyin the European Union, and Irish agribusiness, while visiting thesights of Ireland. Students will earn one credit hour for this course.Led by Purdue faculty, the course has limited enrollment.For more information contact:Dr. Marcos Fernandez, OAP, mfernandez@purdue.edu“I enjoyed the excitement of visiting anew country where everything iscompletely new and how it is anexperience that you cannot find outsideyour backdoor. On the trip I saw manynew things and it interested me to learnand see first-hand how the native peoplelived completely different then how Iwould on a daily basis back at home.”-Dillon Zumwalt-SPRING BREAK 20