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Cornell Small Farms program to present online programs for beginning farmers

Posted 11/15/10

The Cornell Small Farms Program is presenting two online courses, “Starting a Small-Scale Vegetable Farm” and “Markets & Profits: Making Money Selling What You Grow.” The vegetable farm …

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Cornell Small Farms program to present online programs for beginning farmers

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The Cornell Small Farms Program is presenting two online courses, “Starting a Small-Scale Vegetable Farm” and “Markets & Profits: Making Money Selling What You Grow.”

The vegetable farm course will help with site selection, enterprise budgets, cultivation, equipment, cover crops and more. It runs Jan. 5 – Feb. 23 and incorporates optional face-to-face meetings at the Northeast Organic Farming Association conference Jan. 22-23 in Saratoga Springs. Beginning farmer scholarships for the conference are available until Dec. 6, but you must register separately for the conference.

The course on selling what you grow will run Jan. 20 through Mar 2. Explore market opportunities and profit potential for your product to take your planning to the next level.

Join experienced CCE and farmer instructors and 25 of your farmer peers in a dynamic learning experience that incorporates both self-paced readings and real-time virtual meetings with discussion forums, homework activities, guest presenters, and developing a customized plan for your next steps in farming.

Cost is $150 per course. To register or for more details, visit www.nybeginningfarmers.org/index.php?page=onlinecourse .