Might 30, 2022 – Olds School and Saskatchewan Polytechnic have signed an official memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in joint actions on the Olds School Saskatchewan Sensible Farm together with scholar work-integrated studying, expertise demonstration and validation, and utilized analysis actions.
Olds School lately expanded its Sensible Farm operations into Saskatchewan for the 2022 rising season because of a pledge of 800 acres of land west of Craik, SK, from Margery Steckler and her late husband, George Steckler. The growth of the Olds School Sensible Farm into Saskatchewan supplies a platform for Olds School to associate with post-secondary establishments, trade and native producers — together with Sask Polytech — by offering ag-tech coaching and analysis alternatives that align and assist the wants of Saskatchewan learners, producers and agriculture trade.
“By our partnership with Sask Polytech, we’re creating dynamic studying alternatives for college kids whereas working with trade and neighborhood companions to create progressive options by utilized analysis,” feedback Stuart Cullum, Olds School president. “Our Sensible Farm ecosystem is a basic asset for trade, researchers, school and college students to develop and combine expertise and greatest observe. The Olds School Saskatchewan Sensible Farm provides us the chance to work intently with Sask Polytech to proceed to supply technical options and coaching alternatives for the agriculture and agri-food trade — and develop options to real-world, on a regular basis agricultural challenges.”
President and CEO of Sask Polytech, Dr. Larry Rosia, sees the collaboration with Olds School as a key alternative to reinforce the training experiences and utilized analysis setting for college kids and trade companions.
“With this MOU in place and the Olds School Saskatchewan Sensible Farm situated only a quick drive from our campus, the rising partnership with Olds School continues to profit our college students, utilized analysis actions, and the agriculture trade,” says Dr. Larry Rosia, Sask Polytech president and CEO. “Sask Polytech’s Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE) supplies the experience and services required to maneuver good farm expertise ahead. Our utilized analysis expertise and trade connections within the tech and agriculture sectors makes for a collaborative working relationship with Olds School — and supplies our college students with enhanced work-integrated studying experiences.”
The MOU was signed by Stuart Cullum and Dr. Larry Rosia on the Agriculture Gear Technician Store at Sask Polytech Saskatoon campus. Olds School and Sask Polytech have a pre-existing MOU signed in 2017 centered on exploring the demand for brand new collaborative programming and utilized analysis into good agriculture. The settlement right now additional advantages college students and native producers with expanded collaboration and shared utilized analysis actions on the Olds School Saskatchewan Sensible Farm to advance agricultural coaching, utilized analysis and commercialization in Western Canada.
The MOU initially covers a five-year interval and shall be ruled by a joint committee of representatives from each establishments.
