Courses by Start Date


Live Courses Starting Week of February 24, 2025


BF 103: Taking Care of Business

Understanding the Business, Tax, and Regulatory Implications of Your Farm

Steve Hadcock + Lynn Bliven

Steve Hadcock + Lynn Bliven

$299

BF 110: Soil Health

Investing in the Vitality of Your Farm

Aleah Butler-Jones

Aleah Butler-Jones

$299

BF 123: Growing Uncommon Fruit

Expand Your Knowledge of and Connection to Underutilized Fruit

Anya Stansell, Natasha Field + Laura McDermott

Anya Stansell, Natasha Field + Laura McDermott

$299

BF 202: Writing a Business Plan

Planning for Long-term Success

Myron Thurston + Michelle Proscia

Myron Thurston + Michelle Proscia

$299

BF 205: Social Media & Online Marketing

Attract More Customers with a Strategic Farm Presence Online

Kacey Deamer

Kacey Deamer

$299

BF 220: Season Extension with High Tunnels

Know Before You Grow

Rich Woodbridge

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 223: Introduction to Tree Fruit Production

Planning and Managing Orchards

Mike Basedow + Janet van Zoeren

Mike Basedow + Janet van Zoeren

$399

BF 224: Tree Fruit Scouting

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Orchards

Anna Wallis + Hannah Tolz

Anna Wallis + Hannah Tolz

$250

BF 231: Grazing Management

Improve Your Triple Bottom Line Through Better Grazing

Betsy Hicks + Rich Taber

Betsy Hicks + Rich Taber

$299

Courses Currently on a Self-Paced Schedule



Plan Your Farm

Free Tutorials to Get Started Planning a Small Farm Business

Erica Frenay

Erica Frenay

FREE

Planifique su Negocio Agrícola

Tutoriales Gratuitos para comenzar a Planificar un Pequeño Negocio Agrícola

Mildred Alvarado

Mildred Alvarado

FREE

BF 101: Starting at Square One

Farm Start-up Considerations for New and Aspiring Farmers

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 101: Cómo Iniciar su Negocio Agrícola

Consideraciones para agricultores aspirantes y principiantes

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 102: Exploring Markets and Profits

Testing the Feasibility of Your Farming Ideas

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 102: Mercados y Rentabilidad

Poner a Prueba la Factibilidad de sus Ideas para un Negocio Agrícola

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 104: Access to Capital

Funding Your Farm Plans

Myron Thurston + Lynn Bliven

Myron Thurston + Lynn Bliven

$299

BF 112: Reading the Land

Simple and Effective Biological Monitoring Practices

Phil Metzger

Phil Metzger

$199

BF 120: Vegetable Production I

From Planning to Planting

Rich Woodbridge

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 121: Vegetable Production II

From Season-Long Care to Market

Rich Woodbridge

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 122: Berry Production

Getting Started with Growing and Marketing Berries

Jim O'Connell + Anya Stansell

Jim O'Connell + Anya Stansell

$299

BF 130: Poultry Production

Profiting from Layers, Broilers, Turkeys, and Ducks

Michelle Proscia + Rachel Moody

Michelle Proscia + Rachel Moody

$299

BF 138: Getting Started with Pastured Pigs

Developing a Successful Farm Business with Pigs

Jenn Bassman

Jenn Bassman

$299

BF 149: Identifying and Partnering with Mushrooms in Farms, Gardens and Forests

Fungi for Food, Medicine, Materials, and Remediation

Sneha Ganguly, Cecilia De La Fuente, Connie Walker

Sneha Ganguly, Cecilia De La Fuente, Connie Walker

$299

BF 150: Farm Woodlot Management

Assessing the Economic Potential of a Managed Forest

Sylvan Pritchett

Sylvan Pritchett

$299

BF 151: Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation

Growing Mushrooms on Logs, Stumps, and Woodchips

Aysha Venjara + Amanda Heidel + Connor Youngerman

Aysha Venjara + Amanda Heidel + Connor Youngerman

$299

BF 152: Intro to Maple Syrup Production

Sugaring for Profit

Adam Wild

Adam Wild

$299

BF 153: Indoor Specialty Mushroom Production

Cultivating in Spare Rooms, Basements, and Buildings

Cecilia De La Fuente + Marina Delgado

Cecilia De La Fuente + Marina Delgado

$299

BF 160: Introduction to Beekeeping (Self-Paced)

Getting your Hive Operation Off the Ground

Cornell Small Farms Program Instructor

Cornell Small Farms Program Instructor

$299

BF 170: Cut Flower Production

Introduction to the Business of Flower Farming

Betsy Lamb + Hannah Volpi

Betsy Lamb + Hannah Volpi

$299

BF 203: Holistic Financial Planning

Building Farm Profit into the Picture

Phil Metzger + Allyson Angelini

Phil Metzger + Allyson Angelini

$299

BF 204: QuickBooks for Farmers

Building Farm Financial Records to Measure Success

Steve Hadcock + Nicole Tommell

Steve Hadcock + Nicole Tommell

$299

BF 210: Stress Reduction for Farmers

Strategies for Streamlining Your Farm

Allyson Angelini

Allyson Angelini

$299

BF 232: Sheep Production

Managing Your Flock for Business Success

Rachel Moody + Jess Waltemyer

Rachel Moody + Jess Waltemyer

$299

BF 233: Beef Cattle Management

Learn to Raise Beef Profitably

Betsy Hicks + Abbey Jantzi

Betsy Hicks + Abbey Jantzi

$299

BF 234: Goat Production

Dairy, Meat, and Fiber for Profit

Jenn Bassman

Jenn Bassman

$299

On-Farm Poultry Processing

Self-paced course in the safe and sanitary slaughter and butchering of poultry, from set-up to packaging

Lynn Bliven

Lynn Bliven

$49

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Promise of Urban Agriculture
Self-Paced Courses



Our work on Realizing the Promise of Urban Agriculture (RPUA), started in October 2020, to create trainings and educational resources for multiple audiences engaged in urban agriculture and, specifically, commercial urban agriculture. Based on the 2019 report, “The Promise of Urban Agriculture,” RPUA draws on the evolution of 14 urban farms, and insights from over 150 policy-makers, urban planners, funders, and nonprofit and community organizers engaged in local food systems and urban farming to uncover the policies, resources, and future research and development needed to support the successful development of commercial urban farms. Gain the critical knowledge needed for creating or supporting successful commercial urban farms. We use the term 'commercial' to include any farm that sells products to support some or all of the farm's activities.


PUA 101: Deciding Where to Farm in the City

PUA 101 Team

PUA 101 Team

$100

PUA 102: Urban Farm Planning and Management

PUA 102 Team

PUA 102 Team

$100

Bundle: PUA 101 + PUA 102

Enroll in both PUA 101 and PUA 102 at 15% off!

Courses: 2

$170

PUA 103: Urban Farming by Community Nonprofits

PUA 103 Team

PUA 103 Team

$100

PUA 201: Urban Agriculture Skills for Planners

PUA 201 Team

PUA 201 Team

$100