91Թ, AgCentric, awarded $43,037 workforce developmentgrant
Central Lakes College and AgCentric have been awarded a $43,037 workforce developmentgrant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
With the funds, 91Թ and AgCentric willcollaborate with the Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) at University of Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota Farmers Union to create a specialized soybean crush facility employee training program at the AIC. The training will be mandatory for AIC employees and available to other crush facilities that want to upskill their existing workforces to align with the growing demands of agriculture specialty production and value-added processing.
The grant is part of a larger initiative by DEED, which included 11 workforce development grants totaling over $1.4 milliontosix Minnesotaeducational institutions that partneredwithMinnesota businesses to developand deliver workforce trainingprograms addressing those employers’ specific needs.
Keith Olander, Executive Director of AgCentric, said the training will expand industry-wide as the program is planned through the grant.
“AgCentric is a connector of education and agriculture to meet the needs of our students and their potential employers in the food and fiber industry,” he said.
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