Recorded Workshops

Wrap your head around electricity and learn general skills for testing and troubleshooting electrical tools and circuits on your farm.

We'll talk to seasoned farmers, new interns, and farm employees about everything from hiring tips and time tracking to communication styles, burnout, career paths, and employee retention. Come learn from your community about how to build healthy, strong farms!

Learn the basics of maintaining farm machines like tillers and two-wheeled tractors, weed-eaters, mowers, and more. Keep your machines running as long as possible by taking good care of them!

Farmer and chef Andy Nowak of Community Table Farm and Slow Food Boulder County has written many grants during his career. In this webinar, Andy will share a list of grant opportunities for farmers/ranchers, tips on how you can prepare for the next grant season (hint: next year’s application starts with this year’s data), and tips for writing strong applications.

Take a peek into the barn of a small-scale goat dairy. You'll learn about different breeds, how to care for goats (shelter, kidding, & milking), and options for what to do with the milk.

Join us to learn how to hire your first employees, from job descriptions and interviews to payroll taxes, worker's compensation, and unemployment insurance. We'll also be discussing the new rules under the Colorado Agricultural Workers Rights Bill. Find all the slides and resources in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Afv3QEe9tnaz8afO6SC1wSlfG-05x8kT?usp=sharing We have also created a fun quiz to help you work through your obligations as a farm employer: A Small Farmer's Road Map to Hiring Employees https://www.jotform.com/form/220524357916053 - try it out!!

Discover creative ways to use pigs to improve pasture, along with what it takes to get started, scale up, and be profitable with Craig Scariot of SkyPilot Farm.

Learn to take soil samples, analyze results, and use them in your cropping or pasture operation with Kat Caswell from CSU Extension and NRCS Small Acreage Management.

Learn the benefits of regenerative grazing with a small cattle herd, how to get started, and gather new ideas to improve your management practices from Andy Breiter of Grama Grass and Livestock, Eric Knutson of Caribou Ranch, and Karel Starek of The Golden Hoof Farm.