Production Skills
2.25.25 // 2:00pm to 4:00pm
High Tunnel Tour at Farmer Dave’s
Join us for a hands-on farm tour with Farmer Dave, showcasing his extensive experience in covered production to manage risks and extend his growing season. Explore his unique high tunnel setups, including buried radiant heat and diverse crop rotations, and learn firsthand how Dave harvests year-round, including winter crops like radishes, baby greens, and herbs. This tour offers valuable insights for farmers looking to enhance their own undercover growing practices.
1.14.25 // 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Strategic Crop Planning and Variety Selection For High Tunnels
Ready to elevate your high tunnel production? This workshop is perfect for growers looking to enhance their planning strategies and maximize success. Learn to select the best crop varieties, optimize planting schedules for year-round harvests, and utilize essential tools like Johnny’s Selected Seeds resources.
1.22.25 // 5:30pm to 6:00pm
Self-Paced Crop Production Course Orientation
This 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.
11.12.24 // 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Enhancing Soil Health in High Tunnels
Join us for a webinar led by Judson Reid from Cornell University, where we’ll explore the unique challenges of managing soil in covered production systems. Learn how enclosed spaces impact moisture, temperature, and microbial activity, and discover strategies for maintaining soil health, fertility, and preventing soil-borne diseases. Sustainable practices for long-term soil vitality will be emphasized, with insights from invited farmers on their soil management techniques in covered structures.
10.17.24 // 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Gaining Ground Farm Tour: Maximize your Production with High Tunnels
Farm tour designed to show farmers how Gaining Ground is using their high tunnels to extend their season, reduce production risks and increase the efficiency of their farming operations!
10.8.24 // 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Under Cover and Securing NRCS Funds for High Tunnels
This workshop is ideal for farmers looking to grow more under high tunnels (and other covered structures) and receive financial support for infrastructure.
6.11.24 // 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Know-Till: A Farmers Learning Circle on Reducing Tillage by Inter-Seeding Cover Crops!
This collaborative learning environment provides an ideal opportunity to exchange experiences and insights on saving time in crop cultivation, building healthier soil, reducing tillage, and enhancing your farm's climate resilience—all at once.
7.16.24 // 5:30pm to 9.10.24 // 7:00pm
Online Crop Production Course
This 9-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. Participants and instructors meet online every Tuesday evening from 5:30pm to 7:00pm EST for 9 weeks, starting July 16th. 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. All class sessions will be recorded and made available to participants. Also, students will have access to one-on-one technical assistance from New Entry staff.
4.30.24 // 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Crop Production Course
This 9-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.
4.8.25 // 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Crop Production Course - Live (Synchronous) Online
Are you interested in starting your own farm business but need to learn technical skills to get started, the Crop Production Course is for you! This 9-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.
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