Ecole Supérieure d’Agricultures – Angers (ESA) Summer School

Angers (ESA) is a multidisciplinary private Institute of Higher Education and research founded in 1898 specialized in the fields of Agriculture, Agronomy, Food Science, Viticulture, Environment, Supply chain and Marketing.

Every year in June, ESA offers a unique four-week program to international undergraduate and graduate students.

Far beyond the cultural exposure and the opportunity to discover facets of French, and more broadly speaking Western European agriculture, students will learn how the “Terroir” approach represents a sustainable agricultural and food system alternative.

Summer program: Value chains of a terroir-driven food system 

This program is designed on the principle that agricultural and food system value chains need to be considered more broadly than through the classical marketing approach and its competitive advantage seeking. It will teach students that a terror-driven food system creates resources and wealth at economic, ecological, social and cultural levels, resulting in positive impacts for a region, its inhabitants and local stakeholders.

Students will also have the opportunity to experience the French way of living, sharing the daily life of a host family for 4 weeks.