Experiential Training and Social Learning for Farmers

Explore beginning farmer training models that integrate apprenticeships, mentorship, and farmer-to-farmer exchange. The speakers will share experiences and best practices and will evaluate various educational tools for experiential training, classroom learning and online curriculum. Topics will cover mentorship tools; legal considerations; balancing production and education demands in on-farm training; and learning resources that interweave ecological, socio-political and economic dimensions. The workshop will also look at program strategies and pedagogies that advance food justice, agroecology, and citizen science in combination with beginning farmer training.

View Powerpoint Presentation: Bay Area Farming Training Program 

View Powerpoint Presentation: Rogue Farm Corps