AgriBusiness Development Program
The Agribusiness Development Program (ABDP) is a hands-on workforce and entrepreneurship training program
powered by The Prolific Achievers Academy. We teach participants how to understand agriculture beyond simply growing food - showing them how agriculture can become a pathway to business ownership, employment, food production, community development, and economic opportunity.
Participants learn by doing - working directly with the land, crops, farmers, entrepreneurs, products, markets, and
businesses that make up Cleveland's local food system.
More Than Farming.
Agriculture is a business.
• Urban Agriculture
• Agribusiness Development
• Regenerative Farming
• Black Agricultural History
• Farm & Crop Management
• Garden Development
• Financial Literacy
• Business Development
• Value-Added Product Creation
• Farmers Market Experience
• Beekeeping & Pollinator Education
• Community Engagement
From Soil To Success
Learn It
Understand Black agricultural history, plant anatomy, soil, crop management, regenerative agriculture, and food production.
Create It
Discover how raw agricultural products can become value-added businesses through juices, prepared
foods, honey products, herbs, and other farm-based goods.
Grow It
Work directly on farms and gardens. Plant, transplant, harvest, manage crops, identify pests, and
experience a productive growing space.
Sell It
Experience farmers markets firsthand, from harvesting and product preparation to setup, customer
engagement, sales, and community education.
Build It
Learn entrepreneurship, financial literacy, business structures, farm management, budgeting, and planning.
Explore It
Learn beekeeping, hive management, bee behavior, pollination, honey production, and business
opportunities connected to apiculture.
Why AgriBusiness?
Growing food is only one part of agriculture. The industry also needs business owners, growers, market operators,
product developers, educators, beekeepers, farm managers, food entrepreneurs, and community leaders.
ABDP helps participants see those possibilities while developing practical skills they can continue building on after
graduation.
We aren't just teaching people how to grow food. We're teaching them how to grow opportunity.
Learning Beyond The Classroom
Hands-On Training
Touch the soil. Plant the seed. Work the farm. Open the hive. Create the product. Operate the market.
Entrepreneurship
Understand how agricultural knowledge can be transformed into products, services, employment, and businesses.
Community Engagement
Learn alongside farmers, growers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations working throughout Cleveland's food system.
Reflection & Leadership
Build confidence, relationships, communication skills, and a deeper understanding of your role within your community.
What Success Looks Like
By the end of the program, participants have been exposed to the complete journey from:
SEED → FARM → PRODUCT → BUSINESS → MARKET → COMMUNITY
Participants complete the experience with hands-on agricultural training, practical agribusiness knowledge, community
connections, and a Certificate of Completion. Most importantly, they leave understanding that agriculture can be more than something they participate in. It can be something they own, build, and grow.
Are You Ready To Grow?
Whether you want to become a farmer, start a business, learn where your food comes from, explore agriculture as a
career, or simply develop a new skill - the Agribusiness Development Program gives you a place to start.
LEARN THE LAND. LEARN THE BUSINESS. BUILD SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN.