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BF 101: Starting at Square One
General Course Resources
Instructor Contact
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 $10,000
Farm Start-up Plan Template
Week One: Resource Inventory and Skills Assessment
Week 1 Webinar Slides, Join Link, and Recording
FORUM: Introduce Yourself; Meet Your Peers
FORUM: Readings and Reflections on the Challenges of Profitable Farming
FORUM: Vegetable Farm Decision Case
Skills Checklist for Beginning Farmers
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Plan Your Farm Hub - Getting Started, pt I
Week Two: Values, Mission, Goals
Week 2 Webinar Join Link, Slides and Recording
Holistic Goal Activities - please download before Second Webinar!
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Plan Your Farm Hub - Getting Started, pt. II
Holistic Management: Decision-making Tools and Further Training
FORUM: What Does "Quality of Life" Mean to You?
Week Three: Accessing and Evaluating Land
Week 3 Webinar Join Link, Slides, and Recording
Resources for Preparing for and Finding Land
ASSIGNMENT 1 and FORUM: Plan Your Farm Hub - Accessing & Evaluating Land
ASSIGNMENT 2 and FORUM: Scale of Permanence
More on Soils and Soil Testing
Week Four: Choosing What to Produce
Week 4 Webinar Join Link, Recording, and Slides
Farm Financing Quick Survey - please complete this week!
ASSIGNMENT: Plan Your Farm Hub - Choosing What to Produce
Resources on Various Farm Enterprises
Checking in on the Farm Start-up Template
ACTIVITY and FORUM: Testing Your Decisions
FORUM: Sharing Your Emails with Each Other; Connecting Outside of Class
Week Five: Production Skills and Financing Your Farm
Week 5 Webinar Recording, Slides, and Other Resources from Letterbox Farm
ASSIGNMENT 1: Plan Your Farm Hub - Learning How to Farm and Financing a Farm
FORUM: Farm Financing Options
How-to Videos from the Small Farms Program
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT 2: Support Network and Further Training
Your Responses from the Farm Financing Survey
Week 6: Wrapping it All Up
Week 6 Webinar Link, Slides, 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
Skills Checklist for Beginning Farmers
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