PROGRESSIVE FOODS PRODUCER ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCUBATOR

HOSCO offers several extensive training courses to prepare you for a number of careers. Whether you've just graduated highschool or recently been laid off we can help you with your career path. Our job training program will help get you on the right track. We've forged partnerships with universities, businesses and organizations in order to offer you a wide variety of choices.

A 12 week intensive agricultural and culinary business incubator. Individuals learn how to grow and make local products while learning entrepreneurship through direct hands on food business operations. Students learn how to operate one of several local business in agriculture or culinary and contract food service. Once students graduate, HOSCO and it's partners will provide resources and support for graduates to operate a community owned local food business with HOSCO and cooperative partners.

Learn from university cooperative extension specialists as well as professionals and experts allowing a real hands on opportunity to acquire the skills needed to be employed or perhaps even starting your own business. Each student that completes the course will receive a Sustainable Agriculture Certificate of Completion. Agri-Culinary students will receive ServSafe Certification. Select students will also have placement opportunities at local fine dining or catering companies. Agriculture students will have the opportunity to receive placement within one of HOSCO agriculture cooperatives making value added products,.

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We now offer a Personal Investment Strategies course featuring an introduction to Blockchain and trading and investments in digital currencies. This program will teach you the basics of blockchain followed by instruction on investing in digital currencies, how to analyze digital currencies  for investments, strategies for investments, creating your own digital currency, ICO investing, setting up digital wallets, safekeeping of digital assets, digital asset management building a diverse portfolio of liquid digital assets.