December 9, 2019
Online
This online training from AgriSafe is intended primarily for health and safety professionals including but not limited to owner/operators, safety officers or specialists, managers, supervisors, safety coordinators, health, safety and environmental interns, and any person or persons who serve as safety personnel in an agricultural setting. Education will focus on all women including farmworker women and their employers on reporting violent incidents to authorities, making employees aware of their legal rights, safe work practices, medical referrals, treatment, and options including counseling if needed.
In: Online

December 10, 2019
Online
Join the CCOF Foundation and the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) for a free webinar that provides a practical introduction to Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP), a crop insurance option for diversified organic farms and ranches. In this webinar you will learn what information you need to apply for WFRP, assess if this crop insurance product is right for your farming operation, and learn how the documentation you keep for organic certification can support your application.
In: Online

December 10, 2019
Online
Join Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) for a free, online information session on its Humane Farming Mentorship Program. Hear from several current mentors and mentees about their experience, some of the program perks, and how you can get involved.
In: Online

December 10, 2019
Online
This free, one-hour webinar is presented by the USDA NRCS Soil Health Division. Join to learn how modern agriculture practices can contribute to water quality issues and how soil health management systems can help alleviate water quality concerns.
In: Online

December 11, 2019
Online
Mid-Atlantic Women in Agriculture's Weekly Webinar series continues with this session on convenience in food marketing. How do the new models for marketing work? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of marketing outlets? Are any of these marketing models really profitable? This free, one-hour webinar looks at examples of the options to help you discover possible variations that might work with your marketing.
In: Online

December 11, 2019
Online
In this webinar from Rodale Institute, Dr. Gladis Zinati, Director of Rodale Institute's Vegetable Systems Trial (VST), will share information on which organic management options are most successful for managing the allium leafminer, a pest that attacks onion and other allium crops including garlic, leeks and chives.
In: Online

December 12, 2019
Online
In this free webinar, Jeff Schahczenski, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), will give an introduction to insuring hemp in 2020 with a federally subsidized Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy.
In: Online

December 12, 2019
Online
In this free, one-hour webinar, USDA Economic Research Service Economist Christine Whitt presents findings from America's Diverse Family Farms, 2019 Edition, a brochure that describes in detail the different types of farms in the United States.
In: Online

December 16, 2019
Online
This free webinar from AgriSafe highlights NY FarmNet, a Cornell University program that helps farmers in New York state navigate the waters of growth, change, and crisis. Since 1986, NY FarmNet has provided free, confidential on farm consulting to thousands of farmers and their families. This webinar will discuss the impact of NY FarmNet's work, as well as some best practices for working with and engaging farmers.
In: Online

December 17, 2019
Online
In this free Rodale Institute webinar, Dr. Gladis Zinati, director of Rodale Institute's Vegetable Systems Trial, will join the IPM Institute of North America's Organic & IPM Working group to present on the use of flowering insectary plants as a biological control for the striped cucumber beetle pest. The webinar will discuss topics such as the pest life cycle, important beneficial insects, planting insectary plants, and research results.
In: Online

December 17, 2019
Online
This free Introduction to Beekeeping webinar is part of the Small Farm and Ranch Webinar Series offered by Cultivating Success. In this introductory webinar catered towards backyard beekeepers and small farmers, participants will learn about bee anatomy and biology, how to choose bees, set up a hive, and choose appropriate gear and equipment.
In: Online

December 17, 2019
Online
The Savanna Institute's series of online, evening Nutshell discussions continues with a session featuring Greg Judy, of Green Pastures Farm.
In: Online

December 18, 2019
Online
The Agroforestry in Action Webinar Series continues with a session titled "The Appalachian Harvest Herb Hub: Empowering Plant Conservation through Profitable Cultivation," with Katie Commender.
In: Online

January 6, 2020
Davis, California, and Online
University of California Cooperative Extension and partners including NCAT present a weekly series of five Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Pastured/Free Range Poultry Workshops. The topic for this first workshop is "Husbandry, Pasture Management, and Rotational Systems."
In: Western SARE Region, Online

January 14, 2020
Davis, California, and Online
University of California Cooperative Extension and partners including NCAT present a weekly series of five Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Pastured/Free Range Poultry Workshops. The topic for this second workshop is "Pastured Poultry Farm Economics and Marketing."
In: Western SARE Region, Online

January 15, 2020
Gainesville, Florida and livestreamed
The Future of Food Forum will be an intensive and exciting one-day event at the University of Florida. It will bring together leading experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to take a look at the future of food with an eye toward 2050. At the forum you will hear some of the world's changemakers give their perspective on the future of food systems and what we should be doing now to embrace the innovations and challenges of the future of food.
In: Southern SARE Region, Online

January 22, 2020
Davis, California, and Online
University of California Cooperative Extension and partners including NCAT present a series of five Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Pastured/Free Range Poultry Workshops. The topic for this third workshop is "Alternative Poultry Species and Animal Welfare Considerations."
In: Western SARE Region, Online

January 27, 2020
Davis, California, and Online
University of California Cooperative Extension and partners including NCAT present a series of five Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Pastured/Free Range Poultry Workshops. The topic for this fourth workshop is "Feed and Nutrition for Pastured Poultry."
In: Western SARE Region, Online

January 30, 2020
Davis, California, and Online
University of California Cooperative Extension and partners including NCAT present a series of five Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Pastured/Free Range Poultry Workshops. The topic for this final workshop is "Egg Quality and Review of Useful Poultry Production Resources & Regulations."
In: Western SARE Region, Online