Study in US: Starbucks and ASU Come Together for a Sustainability Learning: Know More!

Starbucks has recently announced its plans to develop a new sustainability learning and innovation lab which is situated at Hacienda Alsacia. It plans to provide jobs to students from Arizona State University. 

The company’s global agronomy headquarters is built for the purpose of research and development. The lab is situated in Costa Rica. 

This, Starbucks lab will provide people with hands-on and virtual learning experiences. This will happen for Starbucks partners (employees), students, researchers and industry leaders,

It will help them to innovate as well as scale sustainable solutions for some huge problems. These problems include some of the most challenging environmental and social issues. It will also include climate adoption and agricultural economics. 

Starting this fall, the lab will be offering the first wave of educational programming to select Arizona State University (ASU) students and Starbucks partners. Apart from this, the first wave will also leverage ASU’s leading educational technology as well as world-class faculty to enhance the student experience.

This will also include study abroad opportunities which are binding with pre-existing ASU degree programs. These programs include Sustainability, Sustainable Food Systems, Global Agribusiness, Environmental and Resource Management and others. 

It is looking forward that the Starbucks lab will physically be opening within the next three years. 

Here is a screen grab from the official website of Starbucks confirming the same.

About Hacienda Alsacia

Hacienda Alsacia has been operating its one and only company-owned and operated coffee farm. It has focussed on the sustainability of coffee. Their farm is for research and development. 

On this farm, the Starbucks team is creating new coffee flavours, disease-resistant coffee trees and developing agricultural practices so as to produce a higher yield and protect the future of coffee.

Starbucks and Arizona State University have a well-established partnership of working together. Together they plan to build educational and several innovative plans which will help the students.

Recently, Starbucks and ASU reached a milestone where they graduated more than 10,000 partners through the Starbucks College Achievement Program.

If you are planning to go abroad and pursue your higher education, then Arizona State University is the best option. 

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