51. The Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute

Author: Panos Kanellis, Evangelos Vergos

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The Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute, best known as the American Farm Sclhool (AFS) is an independent, non-profit educational institute. It was founded by the American missionary Dr. John H. House in 1904. The institute is located in Thessaloniki, and provides formal and non-formal agricultural and environmental education to people from Greece and abroad at all levels. Production, innovative research and information dissemination comprise a strong component of its main activities regarding rural development.