Short Courses

The Center for Agroecology's intensive short courses provide intermediate and experienced gardeners and farmers hands-on, land-based professional development and skill-building opportunities focused on specialized agricultural topics including seed propagation, soils and cultivation, food preservation, agricultural business management, best practices in agricultural education, and more. Spanish interpretation is available for many of our short courses

Upcoming Short Courses

Organic Seedling Production and Greenhouse Management

Saturday March 8th, 9:00am - 1:00pm at the UCSC Farm Greenhouses

Christof Bernau, Farm Garden Manager, UCSC Center for Agroecology

This half day course will cover how to manage greenhouse and small scale production facilities, with an emphasis on how to optimize environmental conditions to meet crop needs, design systems and production efficiencies that can strengthen crop quality, while reducing time spent growing seedlings. We will also discuss soils and fertility inputs for seedling production and how to approach pest and disease management in the greenhouse setting to grow resilient seedlings.

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