Overview
Consumers have become increasingly more concerned about the quality, safety, and environmental-friendliness of food. Consequently, organic farming has become one the fastest growing segments of agriculture.
However, lack of technical know-how on how to start and run an organic farm profitably hinders many from taking advantage of the opportunities within the organic food industry.
This Organic Farming Masterclass will walk you through proven guidelines to effectively start and manage organic farm business that makes profit. You will be guided, step by step, in developing soil fertility plan, pest management protocols, assessing customer needs, and setting marketing objectives.
By the end this masterclass, you will know how to integrate core organic farming principles into an effective farm business plan that optimizes profit and sustainability goals.
In this module, you will learn the basic principles that guide organic farming systems from brilliant experts with 40+ years of combined experience in this field.
In this module, you will learn the practical principles that improve soil fertility and develop overall nutrient balance in your organic farm.
In this module, you will learn how to recognize, identify, manage and prevent crop stressors like pests, insects, and weeds that are likely to attack your organic crop and livestock.
In this module, you will learn organic farm record-keeping tactics, requirements, and legal process to complete an organic certification application and become a certified organic farm.
In this module, you will learn how to interpret, develop and track a realistic, yet profitable plan for organic farm operations such as cultivation, food production, packaging, storage and marketing of organic products.
In this module, you will learn organic market diversification and how to carve your niche. You will develop effective business strategies to identify, produce, package, brand and distribute sellable organic products to your target audience at a global scale.
How the Masterclass Works
COURSE LENGTH
Self-paced
EFFORT
3-5 hours per week
CLASS SIZE
Under 30 people
HANDS-ON PROJECT
1 Capstone Project
FORMAT
100% online
MODEL
Instructor led
Experts and Coaches
Dr. Cornelius Adewale
Research Associate, Washington State University
David Granatstein
Retired Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, WSU
Olusola Sowemimo
Founder and Organic Farmer, Ope Farms
Andy Horgan
Director of Science & Data Management at Farmwella
Prof. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs
Professor, Washington State University
Daniel Adeniyi
Co-founder, GidiCakes and GidiEggs
Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi
Founder and CEO, JR Farms Africa
April Thatcher
Founder and Farmer of April Joy Farms, USA
Dr. Gbenga Adeoluwa
Associate Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Femi Aiki
CEO, Foodlocker
Brad Bailie
CEO, Lenwood Farms, Washington State
Saheed Adams
Project Manager, Eweko Concept
Sneak Peek Into Organic Farming Masterclass
Module 2
Organic Farm Certification
- Record-keeping in organic farm
- Organic farm legal certification process
- Certification application requirements and review
- Certifying organic farm for international market
Module 4
Organic Pest Management
- Fundamentals of ecological pest control
- Developing an IPM plan
- Stages of IPM implementation
- Scouting and managing insect pest
Module 6
Organic Farm Marketing
- Entrepreneurship of organic farming
- Creating market differentiation
- Marketing and crop rotation needs
- Fundamentals of customer-oriented marketing
Module 8
Organic Soil Management
- Measuring and monitoring soil health
- Interpreting soil test result
- Seed quality: What to look for
- Use of fertilizers to improve soil fertility
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Agribusiness Masterclass provides an effective and viable means of rapidly regenerating health and fertility in agricultural soils, enabling farmers to operate more productively and profitability without the use of chemical inputs, thus protecting the world’s waterways, insects, and animal populations. Restoring the Soil Food Web in agricultural soils also promotes the capture and sequestration of substantial levels of carbon from the atmosphere by returning it to our soils, providing the potential, if implemented on a global scale, to reduce atmospheric carbon to safe levels as identified by the IPCC.
Prof. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs
Professor of Soil Science, Washington State University
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Not ready to enroll but want to learn more? Download the Organic Farming Masterclaass brochure to review program details.
Benefits Of The Masterclass
- Exclusive mastermind group of organic farmers
- One-on-one mentorship from agribusiness experts
- Globally recognized lifetime certificate from WSU
- Organic pest management guide
- Access to agricultural employment opportunities
- Access to local and global markets and network
- Organic farm certification guide
Goals And Objectives
The goals of the agribusiness masterclass are to provide information and experience for the participants in the following areas:
- Organic Farming Principles and Certification
- Farm Management and Leadership Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Budgeting and Financial Stewardship
- Organic Farm Marketing
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