Sustainable Agriculture Microcredentials

You'll gain:

• skills - practical knowledge and skills applicable to advancing your own knowledge to help clients
• showcase –microcredentials immediately and visually demonstrate your capabilities to existing clients and employers
• flexible schedule - online and self-directed format means you can learn at your own pace during a time that works around your schedule
• short - each credential takes approximately 10 hours, and most are completed in less than a month.

1. A deeper understanding of how to support clients with BMP plans, BMP recommendations and approvals.
2. Up-to-date and industry-demanded knowledge in nitrogen management, cover cropping and rotational grazing.
3. Expanded knowledge in the areas of cover cropping, livestock and soil health
4. New practices to implement on-farm practices

When you complete BMP microcredential, you'll be awarded a digital badge.

Digital Badges can be shared with clients and future employers to immediately show the climate change competencies you earned.

As climate change intensifies, so do the challenges it brings with it. The On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) is an initiative Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund to help farmers tackle climate change.

The 3 microcredential courses are aligned with the OFCAF mandate to support farmers to adopt beneficial management practices (BMPs) that store carbon and reduce greenhouse gases, while increasing the sustainability, efficiency, and resiliency of their farming operations

Through funding available in three key BMP areas — nitrogen management, cover cropping, and rotational grazing — farmers are becoming even more equipped to handle environmental changes.

While OFCAF provides funding to farmers, recommendations from field experts — Professional Agrologists (PAgs) and Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) — are necessary to ensure that the changes they’re making are suitable to their farm operation.

As a delivery partner for OFCAF, Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is supporting Lakeland College and Olds College of Agriculture & Technology to offer three new microcredential courses that allow industry experts to gain certification for each BMP area.

These courses are designed to be an optional learning opportunity for PAgs and CCAs and aren't mandatory to make BMP action plan recommendations.