The Community College Alliance for Agriculture Advancement (C2A3) is excited to announce a $9 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS).

C2A3 is a nine-school, eight-state collaboration that began eight years ago as a 501c3 organization. Member schools in addition to Northeast are Central Lakes College, Staples, Minn.; Clark State College, Springfield, Ohio; Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Ill.; Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, Ind.; Lake Area Technical College, Watertown, S.D.; Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, Wis.; Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar, Iowa; and Richland Community College, Decatur, Ill.

This partnership provides the resources to expand this consortium nationwide and to become a hub for two-year ag education, developing expertise and regionally specific programming and curriculum that can be replicated across the country. Through this alliance, member colleges can access these resources and gain assistance in building partnerships with their local and state USDA-NRCS offices.

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