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BF 101: Starting at Square One
General Course Resources
Instructor Contact
FORUM: Introduce Yourself; Meet Your Peers
Webinar Schedule and Participant Guide
Pre-Course Survey
Navigating in Teachable; Getting a Course Completion Certificate; and More
Kiva US - 0% interest loans up to $15,000
Weekly Resources - Discussion and Webinar Connection Info
Weekly Webinar Link
Farm Start-up Plan Template
Skills Checklist for Beginning Farmers
FORUM: Open Discussion on Topics of Your Choice
Week 1: Resource Inventory and Skills Assessment
**Intro to the course: Please watch before our first webinar!**
First Webinar: Link, Slides, and Recording
FORUM: Readings and Reflections on the Challenges of Profitable Farming
FORUM: Vegetable Farm Decision Case
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Plan Your Farm Hub - Getting Started, pt I
Week 2: Values, Mission, Goals
Second Webinar: Link, Slides and Recording
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Plan Your Farm Hub - Getting Started, pt. II
If you want to go deeper: Holistic Goal Activities
Holistic Management: Decision-making Tools and Further Training
FORUM: What Does "Quality of Life" Mean to You?
Week 3: Accessing and Evaluating Land
Third Webinar Link and Recording
ASSIGNMENT 1 and FORUM: Plan Your Farm - Accessing & Evaluating Land
Resources for Preparing for and Finding Land
Recommended Reading: Why Do White People Own 98% of Farmland? And Why Should We All Care?
ASSIGNMENT 2 and FORUM: Scale of Permanence
More on Soils and Soil Testing
FORUM: Sharing Your Emails with Each Other; Connecting Outside of Class
Week 4: Choosing What to Produce
Fourth Webinar Link and Recording
Farm Financing Quick Survey - please complete this week!
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Plan Your Farm - Choosing What to Produce
Resources on Various Farm Enterprises
Checking in on the Farm Start-up Template
ACTIVITY and FORUM: Testing Your Decisions
Week 5: Production Skills and Financing Your Farm
Fifth Webinar Link and Recording
ASSIGNMENT 1: Plan Your Farm Hub - Learning How to Farm and Financing a Farm
Your Responses to the Farm Financing Survey
When Am I a Farm?
FORUM: Farm Financing Options
One More Creative Strategy to Finance Farm Operations!
How-to Videos from the Small Farms Program
Building a Mentor Team for Success
ASSIGNMENT 2 and FORUM: Support Network and Further Training
Week 6: Wrapping it All Up
Final Webinar Link and Recording
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: What's Next?
Top Lessons Learned and Mistakes Made by New Farmers
Post-Course Survey: Complete for a Chance to Win!
Staying Connected After This Course Ends + a Special Offer!
Archived Webinars
Farming without Land! Electra Jarvis, Green Food Solutions
Community Farms and Social Justice with Rafa Aponte of Rocky Acres Farm
Scaling Up and the Power of Planning with Faith Gilbert of Letterbox Farm
Herb Farming, Value-Adding and Multiple Income Streams with Amanda David of Rootwork Herbals
Lavender & Flower Farming with Susan Orellana-Clark of Bristol Hills Farm
Veggie Farming with a Mission to Feed LGBTQ+ Folks with D. Rooney of Rock Steady Farm
Successful Diversified Business with Dairy Goats with Joyce of Acorn Hill Farm
Urban Farming with a Mission with Brendan of Red Hook Farm
Second Webinar: Link, Slides and Recording
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