Fall Farming 101

Farming 101 classes work around most work schedules:

Weekly online video lectures

Saturday 9AM-4PM labs at Wild Willow Farm

2020 Sessions

Spring 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19

Summer 2020: August 1st - September 19

Fall 2020: September 26th - November 14th

Total Cost

$700 (covers materials, lectures, and labs)

Early bird special: pay your deposit 2 weeks in advance to receive $100 off!

This registration secures your spot in Orientation for the indicated Farming 101 session and is a deposit on the total tuition.

About this Class

This 60-hour introductory course teaches the fundamentals of regenerative sustainable farming and is appropriate for those of all experience levels, whether you already grow your own food and want to improve your practices, or just want to spend more time with the soil and are curious as to how food grows. Farming 101 is fully scalable and can be applied to container gardening (pots, hanging baskets, vertical gardens), backyards, building community gardens, all the way up to a small-scale working farm.

After completing this 8-week course, you will understand the ecology of cultivation, the food web, generating strong healthy living soil for strong healthy harvests, agricultural sustainability, and much more! Students are actively learning and practicing farming skills while participating as vital members of the Wild Willow Farm community and meeting like-minded people. This system provides you with the framework to develop a well-rounded set of farming skills and the freedom to explore and specialize in your interest areas.

Each week will focus on a specific topic that begins with an online lecture followed by hands-on knowledge application on Saturday (lab days) at the farm. Farming 101 covers: making living soil, bed building, propagation, irrigation, integrated pest management (IPM), and holistic care.