Nova Scotia Agricultural College
The Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University is a Canadian agricultural college located in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. The Faculty of Agriculture was officially founded on 14 February 1905 as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC). On the 1 September 2012, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College was merged with Dalhousie University to become Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture.
In the early years, NSAC focused on educating farmers in aspects of field and animal husbandry. NSAC entered a new era in 1980 after the Nova Scotia government passed legislation authorizing the institution to grant undergraduate B.Sc. (Agr.) degrees. The Faculty of Agriculture offers the only university level program in agriculture in Atlantic Canada.
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