Farming Courses

Growing Specialty Crops at High Elevation

This course offers an overview of the basics of crop culture in small-scale diversified vegetable production. It will focus on seed and site sections for harvesting, post-harvest handling, and marketing.

Date: Starts the second week of July and runs for six weeks
Time: Thursdays, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Farmer Training Yurt Classroom
Registration: Open year-round and due a week before classes begin

• $400; sliding scale available

Seed to Seed: Plant Basics for Farmers

This course covers everything from plant propagation to seed saving and introduces the basics of botany and seed saving from multiple perspectives.

Date: Starts the second week of July and runs for six weeks
Time: Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Farmer Training Yurt Classroom
Registration: Open year-round and due a week before classes begin

• $400; sliding scale available

Intro to Market Farming

Working with Livestock