Learn to Grow, Harvest, Store, Preserve and Use Your Own Food
All too often we tend to buy most of our food readymade from supermarkets. This attitude has evolved over several generations but if you've ever eaten fresh produce and homemade foodstuffs you'll notice quite a difference in taste.
If you would like to learn about how to make the most of different types of food from grains to cheese, and vegetables to eggs, then read on. Study this course to nurture your skills in growing your own kitchen, harvesting strategies, pickling and preserving, and enjoying a healthier diet.
What this Course Covers
- Diet and Nutrition
- Establishing a Kitchen Garden
- Vegetables
- Fruit
- Bottling
- Freezing and Drying
- Producing Milk and Eggs
- Growing & Cooking with Herbs
- Egg and Cheese Cookery
- Grain
Workload
Study when, where and however much you want. For most students, the course can be completed with a total of around 100 hours of study; and a commitment close to that may be needed to achieve desired learning outcomes.
Extra Reading
The following books, available through this web site are relevant supplementary reading for this course
- Poultry
- Organic Gardening
- Profitable Farming
- Food Preserving
Assessment
Self Assessment Tests are presented throughout the course. These are essentially an automated quiz. When you undertake a "SAT" or "Self Assessment Test", you will be able to see what you got correct, and what was incorrect; and in that way, you can identify your weaknesses.
Assignments are given at the end of each lesson. You should complete this assignment, paying careful attention to follow what is asked of you. It can be just as important to learn to work to specification, as it is to learn about the topic you are studying. Graduates who develop a habit of working to specification with vegetable growing, will impress others, and will be more efficient when self employed.
A Final Exam is offered upon satisfactory completion of all assignments. This is optional. If you choose to apply for and do this exam, you will have the possibility of obtaining a "formal credit" or "Pass Certification" for this course. A fee applies. The exam may be sat under prearranged conditions anywhere in the world. This college will award you a formal transcript, upon successful completion of the exam, as proof of your results.
Recognition and Ethics
This college is a member of the ACS Affiliates Network; a group of colleges from several countries, affiliated with each other through ACS Distance Education.. Courses are developed with input from all of these colleges, aspiring to reflect internationally accepted standards and needs.
A strict "No Plagiarism" and "No fraud" policy exists. Assignments are checked for plagiarism, and assignments will not be deemed to have been completed, if work is not your own original creation, and is found to have been copied from elsewhere. If the person doing the course is discovered to be different to the name enrolled, the enrolment and any results will be recorded as invalid and any fees paid will be forfeited.
Refund Policy
A full refund less expenses (up to 15% of fees applied) is provided to anyone wishing to withdraw from a course, within 2 weeks of enrolment. This does not apply after the first assignment has been submitted and marked; or after the two weeks has expired.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS INSTITUTION?
We believe that we have an ethical responsibility to make good use of the fees you pay and the time you invest into an education through our college. To this end, our first priority is always your learning. This comes before issues such as formal accreditations, speculative marketing and bureaucratic processes which all too often add considerable costs to the running of colleges, and take resources away from the provision of more valuable services to the student.
This college focuses on facilitating your learning and support to optimise that learning. We recognise that learning is all about improving knowledge and skills in your long term memory. While some colleges may focus on getting you to pass exams, by committing knowledge to short term memory; we understand that such an approach is not true education, and does little to improve your long term career or business prospects.
How This Course Could Help You
This course is an ideal supplement to our Self-sufficiency I course, but it may be studied in its own right. The typical student is someone who wants to limit their reliance on processed food and enhance their own or their family's wellbeing.
Use this course to hone your self-sufficiency skills. Study it as part of a certificate or higher level qualification. Anyone with an interest in working in the self-sufficiency and permaculture industries would benefit from what this course has to offer.