Sustainable Agriculture
Permaculture Landscape Management and Installation
Offers students hands-on permaculture skills for productive landscapes. Students gain applied skills through direct observation of and interaction with permaculture systems, including an edible forest garden, stormwater irrigation system, greenhouse, constructed pond, earth-bermed root cellar, and living roof. This course …
Applies permaculture principles to the cultivation of wild fungi. Students learn to identify edible mushrooms using field guides and acquire cultivation skills for common mushrooms. Students understand how to integrate mushroom cultivation techniques into homescale gardens. Field activities explore various …
Provides strategies and techniques for the beginner beekeeper. Topics include: hive construction, life cycle of the honey bee, hive management through the seasons, threats to the health and wellness of bees, diverse approaches and the joys of beekeeping. Special Requirement: …
Mushroom Foraging & Cultivation
Applies permaculture principles in the foraging and cultivation of wild fungi. Field activities include collection, identification, and cultivation of fungi for culinary purposes. Students learn to identify, cook, and preserve safe-to-eat mushrooms using field guides. Students acquire cultivation skills for …
Explores strategies for extending growing seasons into the fall and winter. Includes such topics as: hoophouses, coldframes, raised beds, mulch, managing seasonal crops, frost proofing, cold hardy crops, early spring greenhouse management, winter snow removal and seed germination under unheated …
