Growing Future Famers Charitable Trust

Growing Future Famers (GFF) - (Te Ara Mahi)

The Growing Future Farmers initiative is to establish and implement a scalable on-farm training scheme that will offer young people (under 24 years), the opportunity to obtain NZQA Agriculture qualifications Level 3 – 5 alongside practical, on farm certification. The programme involves students/cadets being placed on-farm with Growing Future Framers approved farmer-trainers for two years. They will learn in a real environment and mix practical workplace-based skills with classroom group learning facilitated by a training provider. Upon completion of the programme they will be supported into employment in the industry and continue their learning pathway.The programme will be delivered on a small scale in the first year (up to 10 students) to refine the delivery model before increasing the numbers significantly in the second year (up to 60 students).

Growing Future Famers (GFF) - (Human & Social Capital - Work Readiness)

The Growing Future Farmers initiative is to establish and implement a scalable on-farm training scheme that will offer young people (under 24 years), the opportunity to obtain NZQA Agriculture qualifications Level 3 – 5 alongside practical, on farm certification. The programme involves students/cadets being placed on-farm with Growing Future Framers approved farmer-trainers for two years. They will learn in a real environment and mix practical workplace-based skills with classroom group learning facilitated by a training provider. Upon completion of the programme they will be supported into employment in the industry and continue their learning pathway.The programme will be delivered on a small scale in the first year (up to 10 students) to refine the delivery model before increasing the numbers significantly in the second year (up to 60 students).