Story: Agricultural education

More links and websites

• Agriculture Industry Training Organisation

  The Agriculture ITO provides training for the farming industry, including modern apprenticeships.

• Demonstration farms

  Lincoln University owns six farms, five of which are run as commercial demonstration farms.

More suggestions and sources

• Blair, I. D. The seed they sowed: centennial story of Lincoln College. Lincoln: Lincoln College, 1978.
• Brooking, T. W. H. Massey, its early years: a history of the development of Massey Agricultural College to 1943. Palmerston North: Massey Alumni Association, 1977.
• Fitzsimons, Michael, and Michael Beckford. Our story: the growth of farm training in New Zealand. Wellington: Agriculture Industry Training Organisation, 2004.
• Moore, Ken. Learning on the farm: the educational background and needs of New Zealand farmers.Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1990.
• Woodford, Keith. ‘Agricultural education in New Zealand universities.’ Primary Industry Management 6, no. 4 (December 2003): 14–16.