Somerset Agriculture College

Somerset Agriculture College was a higher education institution based in Taunton, Somerset, England. Originally founded in the nineteenth century as a school for dairy production, it later generalised to other agricultural education. It has now been assimilated into Cannington College, a constituent of University Centre Somerset (UCS).

Foundation

The college's origin was in the proposal of cheesemaker Joseph Harding, of Marksbury, who, having insisted on new standards of food hygiene in Cheddar cheese production,[1] desired a place where dairy workers could be trained in advanced techniques for the safer production of his cheese. There was not enough demand at that time for such a college, so Somerset Agriculture College was founded as its realisation instead.

Assimilation and continuation

In the twentieth century, Somerset Agriculture College became a constituent of UCS, which now offers Agricultural Management as a BSc honours degree.[2]

References

  1. ^ Henzell, Ted, ed. (2007). Australian agriculture: its history and challenges. Collingwood, Vic: CSIRO Pub. ISBN 978-0-643-99342-6.
  2. ^ Somerset, University Centre. "UCS". www.somerset.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2026-01-15. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
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