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Hands-on Education

While you can learn a great deal in the classroom, there's no replacement for real world experience. In the Food Systems major experiential learning is available in a variety of ways, and even built into your experience through a required internship and a service learning capstone course.

Community Engagement

Students working on low tunnel strawberries

Undergraduate Research

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Internships

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International Opportunities

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Directed Studies

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Food Systems Program
305 Alderman Hall | 1970 Folwell Ave | St. Paul, MN 55108
612-624-4742 | matushin@umn.edu

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