Courses by Start Date

Live Courses Starting Week of February 24, 2025

BF 103: Taking Care of Business

Understanding the Business, Tax, and Regulatory Implications of Your Farm

Steve Hadcock + Lynn Bliven

$299

BF 110: Soil Health

Investing in the Vitality of Your Farm

Aleah Butler-Jones

$299

BF 123: Growing Uncommon Fruit

Expand Your Knowledge of and Connection to Underutilized Fruit

Anya Stansell, Natasha Field + Laura McDermott

$299

BF 202: Writing a Business Plan

Planning for Long-term Success

Myron Thurston + Michelle Proscia

$299

BF 205: Social Media & Online Marketing

Attract More Customers with a Strategic Farm Presence Online

Kacey Deamer

$299

BF 220: Season Extension with High Tunnels

Know Before You Grow

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 223: Introduction to Tree Fruit Production

Planning and Managing Orchards

Mike Basedow + Janet van Zoeren

$399

BF 224: Tree Fruit Scouting

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Orchards

Anna Wallis + Hannah Tolz

$250

BF 231: Grazing Management

Improve Your Triple Bottom Line Through Better Grazing

Betsy Hicks + Rich Taber

$299

Courses Currently on a Self-Paced Schedule

Plan Your Farm

Free Tutorials to Get Started Planning a Small Farm Business

Erica Frenay

FREE

Planifique su Negocio Agrícola

Tutoriales Gratuitos para comenzar a Planificar un Pequeño Negocio Agrícola

Mildred Alvarado

FREE

BF 101: Starting at Square One

Farm Start-up Considerations for New and Aspiring Farmers

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 101: Cómo Iniciar su Negocio Agrícola

Consideraciones para agricultores aspirantes y principiantes

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 102: Exploring Markets and Profits

Testing the Feasibility of Your Farming Ideas

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 102: Mercados y Rentabilidad

Poner a Prueba la Factibilidad de sus Ideas para un Negocio Agrícola

1 Course Bundle

$299

BF 104: Access to Capital

Funding Your Farm Plans

Myron Thurston + Lynn Bliven

$299

BF 112: Reading the Land

Simple and Effective Biological Monitoring Practices

Phil Metzger

$199

BF 120: Vegetable Production I

From Planning to Planting

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 121: Vegetable Production II

From Season-Long Care to Market

Rich Woodbridge

$299

BF 122: Berry Production

Getting Started with Growing and Marketing Berries

Jim O'Connell + Anya Stansell

$299

BF 130: Poultry Production

Profiting from Layers, Broilers, Turkeys, and Ducks

Michelle Proscia + Rachel Moody

$299

BF 138: Getting Started with Pastured Pigs

Developing a Successful Farm Business with Pigs

Jenn Bassman

$299

BF 149: Identifying and Partnering with Mushrooms in Farms, Gardens and Forests

Fungi for Food, Medicine, Materials, and Remediation

Sneha Ganguly, Cecilia De La Fuente, Connie Walker

$299

BF 150: Farm Woodlot Management

Assessing the Economic Potential of a Managed Forest

Sylvan Pritchett

$299

BF 151: Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation

Growing Mushrooms on Logs, Stumps, and Woodchips

Aysha Venjara + Amanda Heidel + Connor Youngerman

$299

BF 152: Intro to Maple Syrup Production

Sugaring for Profit

Adam Wild

$299

BF 153: Indoor Specialty Mushroom Production

Cultivating in Spare Rooms, Basements, and Buildings

Cecilia De La Fuente + Marina Delgado

$299

BF 160: Introduction to Beekeeping (Self-Paced)

Getting your Hive Operation Off the Ground

Cornell Small Farms Program Instructor

$299

BF 170: Cut Flower Production

Introduction to the Business of Flower Farming

Betsy Lamb + Hannah Volpi

$299

BF 203: Holistic Financial Planning

Building Farm Profit into the Picture

Phil Metzger + Allyson Angelini

$299

BF 204: QuickBooks for Farmers

Building Farm Financial Records to Measure Success

Steve Hadcock + Nicole Tommell

$299

BF 210: Stress Reduction for Farmers

Strategies for Streamlining Your Farm

Allyson Angelini

$299

BF 232: Sheep Production

Managing Your Flock for Business Success

Rachel Moody + Jess Waltemyer

$299

BF 233: Beef Cattle Management

Learn to Raise Beef Profitably

Betsy Hicks + Abbey Jantzi

$299

BF 234: Goat Production

Dairy, Meat, and Fiber for Profit

Jenn Bassman

$299

On-Farm Poultry Processing

Self-paced course in the safe and sanitary slaughter and butchering of poultry, from set-up to packaging

Lynn Bliven

$49