agreement between Farmworkers Institute of Education & Leadership Development (FIELD) and Cadiz will strengthen FIELD’s people development programs and train students in sustainable water stewardship amidst worsening climate change, while advancing FIELD’s mission to advance prosperity California’s underserved communities.
TEHACHAPI, California. and CADIZ, California., September 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Farmworkers Institute of Education & Leadership Development (FIELD) and Cadiz Inc. CDZI today announced an agreement to create a state-of-the-art technology innovation and learning center to provide education, work-based training and business opportunities in poor minority communities.
“…excited to be working with Cadiz to create work-based training programs and business opportunities for our students”
FIELD’s innovation campus will be located at Cadiz Ranch, the company’s 45,000-acre property in the Mojave Desert, and will provide hands-on, intensive training and work-based training in water conservation, groundwater management and sustainable agriculture – areas of critical need California adapts to the effects of climate change on water supply and food production.
The new initiative is part of FIELD’s Workforce Development Division and works under the Career Technical Education (CTE) program, which is part of FIELD’s EPIC de Cesar Chavez High School, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. FIELD is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 by a renowned farmworker leader Cesar Chavez whose vision was to improve the economic prospects of underserved populations in poor and minority communities. FIELD’s CTE program prepares students for the changing world of work by developing academic knowledge and technical skills in a variety of career paths, including early childhood education, solar photovoltaic, firefighting, agriculture, construction, recycling, and natural resources. FIELD’s CTE program at Cadiz Ranch focuses on water conservation, water quality,…
