Employment and Training

• All five of the 4-year universities in the Region

  include agricultural principles in their biology,

  chemistry and biotechnology courses.

• Five of the community colleges in the region offer

   two-year degrees in certain agricultural principles.

   > Bladen Community College—Agribusiness

      Technology

   > Brunswick Community College—Aquaculture

      Technology; Horticulture Technology

   > Sampson Community College—Horticulture

      Technology; Livestock / Poultry Technology

   > Southeastern Community College—Forest

      Management Technology

   > Robeson Community College integrates

      agriculture heavily in their biotechnology program

      offerings.

• The NC Agriculture Extension Services

   www.ces.ncsu.edu) has seminars and field days

   centered on specific topics for producers.

• NC State University (www.ncsu.edu) has 19 different

  departments that focus on various specialties within

  the agricultural fields.

FOOD PROCESSING

In NC’s Southeast Region over 15,000 food production

workers are employed in approximately 100

companies.

Employment and Training

•  Six of the Region’s community colleges offer

    programs that support the food processing sector.

    > Southeastern Community College—Air

       conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration (ACHR)

    > Robeson Community College—ACHR; Culinary

       Technology

    > Cape Fear Community College—ACHR;

       Culinary Technology

    > Bladen Community College—Applied Animal

       science Technology (Swine)

    > Sampson Community College—Horticulture

       Technology; Livestock & Poultry Technology

    > Fayetteville Technical Community College —

       ACHR; Horticulture Technology / Management