
In assistant professor Monty Vacura’s course, students grow, harvest, dry, cure and even sell cannabis plants. This may sound like textbook drug dealing, but it’s actually a three-credit course in SUNY Orange’s biology department. “The class is a balance between workforce development and then the academic education side,” Vacura said. “I mean, basically, it feels like I’ve built a business.” SUNY Orange, in Middletown, launched the Horticultural Cannabis class last year. Students must take general horticulture as a prerequisite, but the… Read more.