Registration is now live for Cultivating Success courses: Explore Your Farm Dreams and Whole Farm Planning. These are both excellent opportunities to find guidance on your farm planning, wherever you are in the process. Read on for details.
Interested in starting a small farm? Wonder what it would take, and if you’re ready? Whether you’re in the planning stages or have just begun, this 3hr self-paced online class is designed to help you explore the development of a small farm enterprise and create a plan of action for achieving your small farm goals.
Spanish course available this fall! ¡Curso de español disponible este otoño!
- Online Self-paced Course Launch: August 17, 2026
- Live Course Date: Zoom Farmer Panel August 17 from 6-7pm PDT
- Cost: $15
Learn more and register for Explore Your Farm Dreams
WHOLE FARM PLANNING
Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning will walk you through a step-by-step process, to help you prepare a well thought out plan for your land, life, and farm business. Learn how to use a whole system lens to create a living plan for your small farm future. Classes will meet weekly through Zoom, in an online classroom environment and you will be able to connect with a statewide community of other aspiring farm planners. Leave with tools for decision making and a road map to plan for your farming endeavors. Includes many opportunities for networking and community building in smaller breakout groups too!
- Course dates: Mondays 6-8pm Sept. 21st – Nov. 2nd, 2026
- Online course classroom through Zoom with regional in person opportunities
- Cost: $200 per farm (up to 3 participants)
- Offered with Spanish interpretation. Servicio de interpretación al español
- Scholarships are available for anyone for whom the course fee is a barrier
Learn more and register for Whole Farm Planning
Support for these 2026 courses comes from the Extension Foundation Agriprospects Workforce Development Network Grant and the USDA American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program.