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Dig Deeper: Small Farm Education
2009 Living on the Land:
Stewardship for Small Acreages
Planning is
underway for courses in Parma, Meridian and Emmett.
Email our Program Coordinator
Diane Johnson at
dsjohnson@uidaho.edu or call the Canyon County office at
208-459-6003 for more information or to get on the list for an
upcoming class!
This
course is designed to help small acreage landowners care for their
land sustainably. Course topics include:
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What Do You Have and What Do You Want?
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What Can You Do?
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Selecting Farm Equipment
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Enterprise Budgets
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What to do About Weeds
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Water Quality,
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Market & Organic Gardening
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Feeds and Feeding
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Pasture Establishment and Renovation
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Your Living Soil
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Caring for Your Animals
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Grazing Management and much more!
Instructors: University of Idaho Extension educators, specialists,
class alumni and guests.
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What is Cultivating Success™?
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The Cultivating Success™ Program offers a series of
courses that
provide beginning and
existing farmers with the planning and decision-making tools,
production skills and support necessary to develop a sustainable
small acreage farm.
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Cultivating Success™
connects the student with the farmers and exposes them to real
world situations through a community-based, experiential
approach.
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Whether you are an academic student or community member -
Cultivating Success™ provides educational opportunities for
anyone interested in the knowledge and skills you need to be a
successful small acreage farmer or rancher.
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Courses are offered in various locations Washington and Idaho,
to audiences that include academic students, new and experienced
farmers, immigrant farmers, and agricultural professionals.
View complete course schedules for Idaho here
Cultivating Success is a
collaboration between:
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Soil Stewards:
University of Idaho Student Organic Farm
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