Crop Production Course
This 8-week online course covers essential topics related to sustainable crop production, enabling participants to grow food while caring for the soil at the farm or in the garden.
In this course you will learn how to:
- Grow a diversity of fruits and vegetables for your home and/or business
- Care for your soil
- Create a crop plan
- Manage a greenhouse
- Buy and maintain farm equipment and machinery
- Set up irrigation systems
- Manage soil nutrients
- Manage weeds and use cover crops
- Identify pests and implement pest management strategies
- Learn how to prepare crops for market and comply with food safety regulations
- Connect with agencies that provide services for new farmers
2023 Course Details:
Participants and instructors meet online every Wednesday evening from 5:30pm to 7:00pm EST for 8 weeks, starting July 12th. In addition to meeting together online once a week, participants will be given access to a healthy amount of additional educational material in a variety of media to be enjoyed at one's leisure. Also, students will have access to one-on-one technical assistance from New Entry staff.
Online Session (July 12th – August 30th, 2023)
Meeting place and time: Online via Zoom, each Wednesday, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for 8 weeks
Course cost: $395. Scholarships for a half-off discount are available. See below for more details.
Optional Supplemental Hands-on Day Training: Saturday (July 29th)
Meeting place and time: Moraine Farm in Beverly, MA. Saturday, July 29th, from 10am-2pm (picnic lunch at 12:30).
Topics will include: Equipment and hand tools demonstrations, Irrigation systems, Farm and Greenhouse tour, and more.
Cost: $20
Steps to enroll:
1. Register via this Crop Production Course Registration Form
2. Pay here to finalize enrollment for the stand-alone online course
Scholarships: We are able to offer scholarships to individuals that meet certain criteria.
Those eligible for a scholarship will received a 50% discount code to be applied during the payment process. Scholarship eligibility determinations will be made within a week of application. You may apply for a scholarship using the registration form.