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Keen to become a farmer? There's a school for that

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM CDT

A program in Michigan wants to help solve the problem of an aging farmer population by providing aspiring farmers with hands-on learning.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Vivian La, the Michigan regional reporter for Grist and Interlochen Public Radio, about what students can learn in this seven-month course.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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