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  • Cornell Small Farms’ Growing Online Course Offerings Begin Live Webinars this Fall

    Your mind is one of the most important tools on your farm. Just like upgrading your equipment, continuing your education can make all the difference in the growth and success of your farm operation. If you want to enhance your business and technical skills to progress toward your farming goals, consider joining one of our…

  • Upcoming Small Farms Online Course Season Features New Courses

    Are you looking to improve your technical or business skills to benefit your farming operation? Consider joining one of our more than 30 online courses during live instruction this upcoming online course season. The Cornell Small Farms Program is excited to announce that our upcoming online course season will begin live webinars this fall, and…

  • Farmer Veterans: Starting at Square One

    Military service generates multiple transitions points for veterans, and these experiences can support a veteran’s transition into agriculture.   The life transition into the military begins the day individuals raise their right hand. On that day, a person becomes one of a small percentage of Americans, who enter military service. Not to sound dramatic but just…

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  • Discover New Ways to Grow Your Farm Business with Our Final Block of Online Courses

    The current season of online courses is well underway, and our fourth and final block of courses will start live instruction at the end of February. With courses on farm business, grazing management, woodlots and more, this is a great opportunity to learn before the growing season begins. Our suite of online courses is offered…

  • Give the Gift of Learning with Our New Online Course Gift Certificate

    Looking for a last-minute gift, or even a gift for yourself? Consider our newly available Gift Certificate option, which saves $49 off the full price of an online course. Your gift recipient will participate in one Cornell Small Farms Program online course and connect with essential resources to grow their farm pursuits, including: Unlimited access to online course…

  • Farm Ops Offering Veteran Learning Cohort Workshops

    The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop farmers from farming, nor did it halt the work of the Farm Ops project in supporting veterans interested in agriculture. In response to the challenges of the time, Farm Ops began offering virtual workshops in 2020 and continued these offerings through 2021. The Farm Ops project’s “Veteran Learning Cohorts”…

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  • Urban Ag Project Developing Curriculum to Support Producers, Planners and Policymakers

    Our Urban Ag project has partnered with USDA-AMS Marketing Services Division and Rooted, the Madison, WI-based center for urban agriculture enterprise and education, to collaborate and develop classes for commercial urban agriculturists, city planners, and policymakers. The project is informed by our publication, The Promise of Urban Agriculture, a national study of commercial farming in…

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  • Offering You Free Online Course Access Until March 27

    Update: This offer has now closed. We have had an overwhelming response to our solidarity offer for free access to our online courses. We are so glad that many of you have been able to sign-up for some active learning before the season starts. Many shared our offer through their networks, which was terrific! Unfortunately,…

  • Grow Your Farm Business by Learning to Grow New Products with Our Online Courses

    Our new season of online courses is underway, and now’s the time to register for upcoming block two courses. Did you know that the we moved our suite of online courses to a new, more user-friendly platform? Now registrants have permanent, year-round access to their course content. Courses are offered with tiered pricing from $199…

  • Learn About Ecological Design in Online Permaculture Course

    Are you ready to build your knowledge about permaculture and ecological design? Permaculture gardens, farms, and backyards balance the provision of human needs with improvement of local ecosystem health. The School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University has opened registration to the online course Permaculture: Fundamentals of Ecological Design, from Nov. 5 to Dec.…

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