<p>What kind of minor would someone add if they wanted to have a farm in the future? Specifically a vineyard?</p>
<p>Probably horticulture or crop science, although courses in viticulture are available at some schools. I doubt that you’re going to find this at Penn, though. Penn State, yes; Penn, no. You don’t say whether you’ve actually matriculated at Penn or whether you are just considering it. If the latter, I would encourage you to take a hard look at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). It’s the best college of agriculture in the world and they will have everything that you’re looking for and then some.</p>
<p>yeah you’re looking for Cornell, not Upenn.</p>
<p>I can’t think of any private school that has a legit Ag program. You want to look at large state schools. Cornell CALS is the only one at a top 15 college, but schools like Penn State and Maryland probably have decent programs. If you want a vineyard look at schools in California.</p>
<p>The closest thing Penn has is a proseminar in wine tasting.</p>
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<p>LOL. 10char.</p>
<p>you want to attend an Ivy League just to own a farm in the future?..are you nuts?</p>
<p>^That’s an amazingly dumb comment. Ever been to a grocery store? Where do you think all of that food comes from? Like to wear clothing? Where do you think that the raw materials – wool, cotton, etc. come from? Like to be indoors when it’s rainy and cold? Where do you think the wood to build the house comes from? Farming is very sophisticated big business these days. Ever hear of genetically engineered crops? How about aquaculture? Did you know that veterinarians are usually the first line of defense for zoonotic diseases like swine flu? Cornell has the best college of agriculture in the world – and you don’t get admitted unless you are wicked smart.</p>
<p>cornell and wicked smart in one sentence? My school’s ED acceptance rate to Cornell was 100%. That’s with about 10 people applying.</p>
<p>Sustainable agriculture is a hot hot hot area of study – I meet many kids who are interested in it. In addition to Cornell, Yale has an interdisciplinary program, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find that there are a bunch of others salted around. My nephew just finished up at Hamilton, where he was a “College Scholar” (self-designed major, lots of independent study) focusing on philosophy, economics, and agriculture. He got incredible support from the college – not only research funding, but they went out and paid a top professor at another university to assist in his supervision. Among other things, he started up a CSA project in Clinton with the college as a major customer.</p>
<p>famer = menial. period.</p>
<p>actually, u can do a lot w/ agriculture and sustainable development. penn’s super environmentally friendly, so it might be interesting 4 u to be in an urban environment with such a passion for the environment. I mean even the dining website talks about the farmers’ market etc. [Farmers</a>’ Market at Penn](<a href=“Penn –”>Penn –)
also, since u only want to minor in it, u don’t necessarily need a program structured completely around agriculture…instead, it could be more of a hobby and u could perhaps apply it to engineering.</p>
<p>I hadn’t actually focused on your idea that you wanted to own a vineyard. Owning a vineyard is sort of a specialty area of agriculture. To best prepare yourself to do that, you should probably major in finance and minor in math (or vice versa). Then go out and make at least $50-$100 million. Then you can afford to own a vineyard, and to hire someone from UC Davis to run it for you.</p>
<p>Short of that, it’s damn tough to make a go of it. The last time I was in the Napa Valley, my waiter at a great restaurant was a former vineyard owner.</p>
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<p>A friend I knew didn’t go to middle school, highschool, or college; he’s a farmer now. So why waste time getting lectures on how to plant vegetables in an Ivy League when you can start farming earlier.</p>
<p>Why don’t you just apply to Penn and put the vineyard idea on hold? You can work at the Farmers’ Market or something.</p>
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<p>^Run along now.</p>
<p>Back to the main topic: really UPenn is not a good place to learn agriculture at all. Cornell and Texas A&M is really the place to go.</p>
<p>Why would you pay someone to teach you how to plant vegetables? Why not start NOW!?</p>