Calling all Southern Farmers! If you're farming produce in the South, this Boot Camp is for you! It's designed to boost understanding of best practices for ecological vegetable production, and foster valuable connections with other producers from the Southeastern United States. Tickets for the entire series are $15 for CNG producers, and $25 general admission.…
Monday, November 28 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central / 6 pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific In this film, Robert White of Crickhollow Farm (VA) shares all you need to know about beginning a pastured chicken operation. Covering bird care and health, infrastructure, and honest cost breakdowns, you'll learn how you can make your market stand…
Monday, December 5 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific Nothing draws customers into your market booth quite like a bright bouquet of fresh, local flowers. This film follows Andy and Vanessa Borak of Red Fern Farm (VA), who added a plot of cut flowers to their vegetable operation and haven't…
Monday, December 12 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific These small plants pack a mighty punch-- both in nutritional value and potential income for your farm. In this film, farmer Michael Torbett at Terra Vita Farms (NC) demonstrates his seed-to-sales process for growing microgreens, which account for 50% of his…
Soil is the basis of everything we do as farmers. In this session, we’ll learn from the perspectives of both a farmer and a soil scientist, about how to monitor, improve, and sustain the soil we rely on so much. To till or not to till, how to read a soil test, manure vs. compost,…
The first few weeks in the life of a plant are critical. Should you direct seed or transplant? How do you prepare the soil? Our farmer instructors will answer these questions and many more in this extensive, practical class. We’ll also dive into scale-appropriate equipment and methods for both direct seeding and transplanting, so you…
Dealing with pest and disease outbreaks can be a real head-scratcher, especially for farmers relying on natural methods. In this session, we will learn the science behind pest and disease cycles and share some diagnostic tips along with illustrative farm case studies from real farmers. We’ll break down how to take this knowledge and apply…
Join CNG certification Specialist Keegan Athey as she shares about the benefits of being Certified Naturally Grown. Learn who we are, how we operate, and if CNG might be the right fit for your farm's certification or your company's partnership.Registration is free but required to attend. Please RSVP below to let us know you're coming!
Weeds can be the bane of any farmer’s existence, large or small. This method-centric session will outline weed management tools on various farm scales. Students will hear from a panel of farmers about their particular on-farm approaches, then have the opportunity to troubleshoot weed issues in regionally-based breakouts to get you equipped for the coming…
Farmers market competition getting you down? Interested in mechanizing or focusing on just a few crops? Wholesale production can be a great option for many farms, but requires consideration in some key areas. This FREE orientation will help you decide if wholesale’s right for you and what you need to get started. Meet The Instructor…
Cranking out the produce, but struggling to sell all the bounty? Social media have you scratching your head? Join our panel of experienced farmers as they share their secrets for building an effective brand. We'll cover the heavy hitters: social media, email newsletters, and local networks, as well as teach you best practices for aesthetic,…
The backbone of every business, good records help us apply the things we learn each season to make our future seasons even better. Experienced farmer, Liz Visser, along with CNG certification specialist and farmer Keegan Athey, will share their myriad strategies, systems, and tools for in-the-moment notetaking, number crunching, and enterprise tracking. This class will…
What if everything you needed to make the best decisions for your business was right in front of you? Often the trickiest part of any recordkeeping system isn’t the taking of the records, but knowing what to do with them. In this unique course, we’ll help you take your records and turn them into action.…
Join CNG member service coordinator, Cathy Joly, as she shares about the benefits of being Certified Naturally Grown. Learn who we are, how we operate, and if CNG might be the right fit for your farm's certification or your company's partnership.Registration is free but required to attend. Please RSVP below to let us know you're…
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Sponsored By Farmers have indigenous agriculturalists to thank for the original interplanting technique: the three sisters, where corn, beans, and squash collaborate and share resources. Modern growers are expanding on this wisdom and developing interplanting practices for a myriad of other crops—basil under tomatoes, lettuce with radishes, calendula with snapdragons, and many more. Better yield…
Sponsored by Is composting an art or a science? It’s both! Learn how to develop an effective composting system for your scale and get the tricks of the trade from compost pros. Compost can be a farm’s most valuable resource—ensure you’re making the best compost you can, as efficiently as possible. We'll compare in-vessel, aerated…
Sponsored by There’s so much more to cover cropping than simply building organic matter. Weed suppression, erosion prevention, nitrogen fixation, salt uptake, forage production, water retention, pollinator and predatory habitat, decontamination--the list goes on--can all be made better with the right cover crop mix and strategy. We’ll not only talk about cover crop species and…
