Story: Agricultural education
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
The Agriculture ITO provides training for the farming industry, including modern apprenticeships.
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Flock House history
Flock House was a farm training school from 1924 to 1988, and now there are efforts underway to revive it.
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Lincoln University farms
Lincoln University owns six farms, five of which are run as commercial demonstration farms.
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Rural Source
This website, developed by the agriculture and horticulture industry training organisations, lists books, DVDs and websites to support agricultural and horticultural education at secondary school.
More suggestions and sources
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Blair, I. D. The seed they sowed: centennial story of Lincoln College. Lincoln: Lincoln College, 1978.
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Brooking, T. W. H. Massey, its early years: a history of the development of Massey Agricultural College to 1943. Palmerston North: Massey Alumni Association, 1977.
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Fitzsimons, Michael, and Michael Beckford. Our story: the growth of farm training in New Zealand. Wellington: Agriculture Industry Training Organisation, 2004.
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Moore, Ken. Learning on the farm: the educational background and needs of New Zealand farmers.Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1990.
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Woodford, Keith. ‘Agricultural education in New Zealand universities.’ Primary Industry Management 6, no. 4 (December 2003): 14–16.
