{"id":3052,"date":"2021-06-17T09:23:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/?page_id=3052"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:32:16","slug":"university-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/mission\/university-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"University Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='columngrid'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-7118-65b0c8f9625691c1c31f2f41d9d0ea81 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells av-break-at-tablet  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first  av-cell-min-height av-cell-min-height-25  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_pc='25'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4v9s-ec515640d27586b0bbaa9b2f7bc23d10\">\n.flex_cell.av-4v9s-ec515640d27586b0bbaa9b2f7bc23d10{\nvertical-align:middle;\npadding:100px 50px 100px 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div 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Providing a degreed curriculum in Brewing, Distilling and Fermentation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fermentation.appstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appalachian State University.<\/a> Providing training to prospective brewers, leading to a Bachelors Degree in Fermentation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueridge.edu\/programs-courses\/brewing\/brewing-distillation-and-fermentation-brewing-equipment-packaging-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Ridge Community College.<\/a> Providing education to brewers and industry participants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartwick.edu\/about-us\/centers-institutes\/center-for-craft-food-and-beverage\/malt-quality-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hartwick College.<\/a> Providing testing services and process advice to maltsters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/research\/research-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina State University.<\/a> Performing leading edge agricultural research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaes.vt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.<\/a> Performing leading edge agricultural research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3052'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/mission\/university-partners\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: University Partners &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3052\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}