OFRF’s free beginning farmer training program for organic specialty crop farmers in California is for beginning farmers, existing organic farmers, and farmers in transition to organic production. While it was developed for California specialty crop farmers, the content is based on foundational principles that are relevant to all organic farmers and our hope is that growers across the U.S. find it to be a useful resource. The self-guided nature of the training program allows you to move through the readings and resources, visual and written content, and demonstration videos at your own pace.

This open educational resource is a joint effort between OFRF, the University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP), and California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo

Fill out the form to begin this free training program.

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We apologize for the inconvenience — our online courses are currently unavailable due to a security incident affecting Canvas, the third-party platform we use to host course content. This is outside of our control, and we are monitoring the situation closely.

We will update this page as soon as access is restored and courses are available again. Thank you for your patience.