Berry Production-Online Course
- Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:00 PM - Tuesday, December 10@ 8:30 PM
This is an online course through the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Your instructors will be Jim O'Connell from CCE Ulster and Amy Ivy.
Getting Started with Production and Marketing
If you’re exploring the idea of adding berries and bramble fruits to your farm, this course will help you consider all the aspects of this decision, from varieties and site selection all the way through profit potential and marketing.
Target Audience
Beginners - This course will be especially useful if you are exploring the possibilities of growing berries for income. The material presented will assume little past knowledge of farming, but a background in gardening or farming will be very helpful.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will know:
- Primary considerations when choosing a site for successful berry farming
- Basic cultural demands of the 3 major berry crops (strawberry, blueberry and brambles)
- Cultural requirements of an array of lesser known berry crops
- Pest complexes of the major berry crops
- Post-harvest requirements of berries
- Considerations for successful marketing of berry crops
- How to analyze costs and income and be able to incorporate them into a business plan
Webinars
The bulk of the course happens on your own time, with discussions, readings, and assignments in Teachable, our virtual classroom. To add to the experience, webinars will be woven into the online interface of the course to allow you to meet on a weekly basis to learn from outside presenters and ask questions to address your farm issues in real time. If you miss a webinar, they are always recorded and posted for later viewing.
Last updated September 24, 2019