Free Online Gardening/Agriculture Classes

With shelter-in-place mandates across the nation, we have all had to adapt to the new normal and find activities we can do at a safe distance from others. One of those is gardening - a great source of exercise and, of course, food. Urban Harvest STL is working to create our own library of virtual resources, and in the meantime we wanted to highlight other organizations who are offering free gardening/agriculture classes.

Free online permaculture course (Permaculture Women’s Guild): learn the basics about whole-systems design and organic living, and regenerative agriculture, for FREE!

Victory Garden Challenge 2020 (Urban Farm U): free online classes on gardening, growing food, and self-reliance.

Cornell Small Farms Program (Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Science): use the code “Covid19” to sign up for free farming classes!

Great Market Farming Courses (Neversink Farm): growing techniques, business strategies, organizational systems, employee management

Conservation at Home: Citizen Science (Great Rivers Greenway): participate in tracking projects, from birds to pollinators to invasive species and many more!