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Posted on October 7, 2025
How to Start Farming is a four-week program packed full of information and activities that guide you through the basics of farming and brings together people who want to dip their toes into the world of growing food. Registration in the course includes access to 20 instructional videos, a curated list of more than 30 of our favourite farming resources, and 8 hours of virtual support and instruction, all broken down into easily digestible weekly modules. Each week will include pre-recorded videos, a discussion forum, and a 2-hour online session.
Course Dates: November 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th, 2025
Live sessions will be held on Thursday evenings from 5–7 pm Pacific Time, 6–8 pm Mountain Time, 7–9 pm Central Time, 8–10 pm Eastern Time, 9–11 pm Atlantic Time.
“It was an exciting and inspiring experience. It was a welcoming and inclusive environment. It was well organized. Since doing the course, I feel confident I can apply for jobs on farms and start working.”
How to Start Farming is structured to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, which means it’s different from a standard online course. Each week participants are encouraged to watch a few short videos and answer a discussion question before attending the online, live session (via Zoom)
How to Start Farming will run for four consecutive weeks with one topic per week, with live sessions on Thursday evenings at 5 pm PT, 6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET, 9 pm AT. The dates will be November 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th. If you require any accommodations to make this program accessible, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at elearning@youngagrarians.org.
For more details, please visit the How to Start Farming course page.
The suggested sliding scale cost is $100–$200, which is $25–$50 per session. If you are not able to pay on the suggested sliding scale, you are welcome to contribute an amount that works for you. No one will be turned away from our programs for lack of funds.
If you’d like to learn more, please go to “What is sliding scale payment? Why do we use it?”.
If you have any questions, would like to pay without using a credit card, and/or want to arrange a payment plan, then please contact us at elearning@youngagrarians.org. Teams that join the program together can register as one entity.
For more details, please visit the How to Start Farming course page.
“I got a lot out of it. My favourite was the week that we had the breakout rooms with the farmers and were able to ask any questions…[YA] courses are making me feel more confident that I can do this and do it in a way that is exciting for me.”
