Farmer Molly and Farmer Bee will hold two Info Sessions on our Urban Farming Training Program: If you have a network you already communicate with regularly, please spread the word about these 2 sessions, especially to anyone interested in a farming immersion program!
May Info Sessions on the Youth Farm's Urban Farm Training Program:
Friday May 10th, 7-eight:30 pm at sixty one Local, sixty one Bergen St. BK, NY
Saturday May eleventh, 11 - 12:30pm at The Youth Farm, 600 Kingston Ave. BK, NY
Brief Description of the Urban Farm Training Program:
This is an intensive, 20-hr. per week training program designed to immerse working/urban participants in farming as much as possible given life constraints.
The UFTP is taught through Co-Farm Managers Molly Culver and Bee Ayer, Farm School NYC founders/teachers, every with 10 years' enjoy farming organically. The program blends palms-on farm work in addition to formalized instruction to cover the range of essential seasonal skill sets, from soil science to direct advertising. Open to adults 19 and up. Sliding scale.
Apprenticeship Components:
* Hands-on farm work on a 1 acre different, in-ground farm
* Technical Workshops on Seasonal topics
* Instructional farm walks
* Training Rotations in Propagation, Irrigation, Farm Management and greater
* Direct advertising and marketing thru CSA, Farmers Market, and Restaurants
* Working with adolescents
* NYC C.R.A.F.T. Membership
* Round desk dialogue with food structures experts
Join Farmer Molly on Friday, May tenth or Farmer Bee on Saturday May 11th to find out about the history of the Youth Farm, our growing practices, instructional programming and direct marketing, and to pay attention greater specifics on our Apprenticeship.
For extra facts on our Apprenticeship visit:http://hspsfarm.Blogspot.Com/p/urban-farm-training-application.Html.
Accepting on-line packages through May 15!
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