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THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT YOU NEED TO THRIVE AT FARMING
THE ROADMAP TO MOVE FROM OVERWHELMED TO THRIVING
TRAINING
RESOURCES
SUPPORT
COMMUNITY
Everyone Deserves Access to High-Quality Farm and Business Education
But There's A Problem...
- All Farms are not created equal
- What you tried so far isn't working
- You're leaving growth up to chance
- There's information overload
- No one has given you a plan
- There is never enough time
Small Farm University has everything you need to develop yourself and your farm all in one place.
And for a fraction of the cost of other trainings.
Small Farm University is built on 4 key areas...
Core Farm Curriculum
Your subscription includes instant access to our RIPEN Roadmap Training System, a proven process for optimizing every area of your small farm in a sequential, step-by-step method that cuts the overwhelm, gives you back your quality of life, and gets you to maximum profitability FAST.
Rapid-Action Mini Courses
We have 30+ trainings on all sorts of topics to help you grow more efficiently and stay profitable all year round.
Learn from Michael and other mentor farmers from around the world on everything from winter growing, wash & pack, and farm tech.
Coaching and Mentor Support
Our Q&A calls allow you to submit any question for us to answer in a live video call where we can give you feedback, and point out specific resources that will help you find clarity.
Once a month we sit down one-on-one and help our members achieve breakthroughs for their most important questions in mini-consulting sessions.
Manuals, SOP’s and Processes
Need an employee manual? Or a detailed, crop by crop harvest manual? What about a Food Safety plan?
Farm SOP’s? We share over 20 completed manuals that we’ve used or created for clients that you can easily use as a template and adapt to help train your team!
NEW APRIL CLASS!!!
Foodscaping with Matt Lebon
Recently we had Matt Lebon develop a comprehensive, 5 year foodscaping or profitscaping plan for our farm, He'll be teaching a 2 hour class this April all about his craft!
Matt will be Teaching...
Starting a Foodscaping Business
- What is foodscaping and why he became so passionate about it
- How he started his foodscaping business and found his first customers
- An overview of his business model- designs, installs, annual care
- Key points to consider if a farm wants to add it to their business on the side
Foodscaping or Profitscaping your own farm
- Design principles for foodscaping
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layering plants for maximizing your profitability
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Walkthrough of our design and talk about the 6 specific components and 30 species utilized.
Resources included in this class...
- Detailed Foodscaping plant list
- Perennial Strip Details (8 variations )
- Plant Sourcing Guide
- No-Spray Fruit Variety Guide
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Detailed Implementation Report
Your Small Farm University Membership also includes instant and unlimited access to our growing library of courses:
When you join Small Farm University, you’ll gain access to our curated selection of game-changing courses — ready for you to use and implement whenever you need them, as long as your subscription is active.
INCLUDING…
More Time, More Money
In our years of working with farmers, we've identified the "quick wins" that help farmers take control of their operations again.
In this course, we take the top ten and help you implement them quickly with the workbook!
Harvest, Wash and Pack Course
Improve harvest efficiency, design or update your ideal wash/pack area and increase produce quality and shelf-life with the Your Efficient Harvest, Wash/Pack, and Storage Course!
This course contains 5 core modules that walk you through exactly how to build or streamline your systems to be super efficient.
It includes bonus modules with Paul Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm as well as Erich Schultz of Steadfast Farm
Farming is changing rapidly, learn from experts on how to increase business and thrive in the coming years
In this FREE Online Conference farmers will discover...
> How farmers, who are in the trenches trying new things, and rapidly going full-time with their farming dreams
> Deep dives into easy to grow, new, and specialty crops that attract new customers and provide opportunity in untapped markets
> An honest look at where the regenerative farming movement is headed, giving a clear picture of what customers are looking for so farmers can produce what they want and grow in 2021.
> How to hire and train a team to ease the daily farm stresses.
And SO MUCH MORE!
The Thriving Farmer Summit
The Thriving Mushroom Summit
27+ experts have come together to help you learn about all aspects of Fungi!
Join the largest virtual Mushroom Conference in the world and get three days of free training on all things fungi! Mushrooms are packed full of value- from medicinal properties, to business opportunities, to so much more!
Things like....
How fungi impact virtually every aspect of our lives, and are needed now more than ever
How you can grow your own nutrient-rich mushrooms on your countertop in just a few days
How to start your very own mushroom business in a spare room, garage, or even your basement!
The Start Your Farm Intensive
In the Start Your Farm Intensive, you will flesh out your farm idea, craft your one page business plan, and discover the right funding options for your business.
Some of the Problems Farmers Face are:
You don’t know where to start
Examples are scarce
A 40 page business plan is overwhelming
Funding is confusing and scary
You have no clue if your idea is viable
There is information overload
The Start Your Farm Intensive will solve your most pressing questions and prepare you for your best path to success!
The Start Your Farm Intensive will solve your most pressing questions and prepare you for your best path to success!
The Farmer's Market Success System
Grow Your Farmers' Market Sales and Cultivate more Customers with a Proven, 4-part system
The Farmers' Market Success System is the ONLY COURSE that teaches you how to attract the right customers, design a stand that increases sales, build your systems to take more time off, and nurture raving fans!
Farmers' markets can be profitable, wildly so in many cases, with some vendors doing well over 4-figures each week.
To achieve this, you need a proven system that breaks down the “best practices” from markets to make sure that you’re claiming your part of the pie.
Greenhouse Construction tutorial
I went out and filmed an entire build of a 30x72 greenhouse- from laying out the site to installing the rollup sides and polycarbonate sheeting. Guaranteed to save you literally hours of time and costly mistakes!
Find your perfect farm
Your farm property is the most expensive purchase you will probably ever make... and has the ability to help you thrive or bankrupt you. This course walks you through identifying, vetting, and purchasing your first farm property
In this course you will learn:
In this course you will learn:
> The different climate aspects of where you want to locate your farm, and how to avoid wild weather and challenging scenarios
> the 6 different web resources we use to find and vet the right property- all of them are FREE!
> The exact checklist we use when looking at a new property, and everything that we are taking into account so there are no expensive "surprises" later on.
> Renting or leasing is frequently viable option to get started.. use our sample agreements and copious resource list to make sure you sign a strong contract and don't lose your land!
Shopify Quickstart Course
Start selling your products in
Shopify the easy way
Shopify is a world-class, powerful platform, but you can struggle for many hours to set up the different features and plugins to make it work for farm delivery. Let us walk you step-by-step through the process.
Start Selling Microgreen Kits
In Just 7 Days!
In this mini-course, we'll walk you through everything from sourcing the materials, building the kits, and how to sell them to your customers!
Templates and Instructions included!
Start Your CSA
In this 6 lesson course, we walk through if CSA is for you, how to pick a share type and size, best practices to keep high retention, and a boatload of resources to get you started fast!
Fund Your Farm
In this 7 lesson course we walk you through the different options for funding your farm, from startup to thriving farm that needs capital improvements.
You'll leave with a clear understanding of the funding opportunities for your farm.
What's In The Course?
First we give an overview of the different types of seeders out there and how the current seeders on the market compare.
Then we move you through your seeding system and building your process.
We then deepdive into 4 of the most common walking seeders out there giving tips for usage and calibration.
Finally, we wrap up with calibration math and understanding the true advantages of multi-row seeders.
Dozens of other trainings we couldn't fit here! More courses and trainings being added monthly!
Take a quick tour of the membership site
Hear what SFU Members have to say...
"SFU is the best decision we made for our farm..."
"The SFU is an immeasurable benefit..."
"I am now farming less land and 4X'd my revenue"
Your SFU subscription Includes
- Access to all courses
- Workbooks
- Resources, SOP's and cheat sheets
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farmer community
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- Library of Rapid-Action Mini-Courses ($3997)
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- Ripen Roadmap Core Training ($1997 Value)
- Farmers Market Success Training ($997 Value)
- Start Your Farm Intensive ($497 Value)
- Weekly Q+A with Michael
- SOP’s, Manuals, Cheatsheets ($197)
- Library of Rapid-Action Mini-Courses ($3997)
- One-on-one Strategy Calls ($297)
- The SFU Resource Library
- New Content Each Month!
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A message from Michael
Michael is a farmer, presenter, inventor and leader who lives to help farmers apply business principles and practical, proven solutions to grow their businesses and simplify their lives. He has managed large certified organic farms and businesses, consulted for industry experts, and spoken at dozens of conferences. He is host of the Thriving Farmer Podcast and Thriving Farmer Summit Series.
Dear Farmer,
Michael Kilpatrick here — Growing Farmers lead and fellow farmer geek.
When we first started way back in 2003…
We were probably a lot like you…
To say we were OVERWHELMED would be the UNDERSTATEMENT of the century.
But through much research, trial and error, and mentorship by some of the best farmers in the US, we achieved our Farm Freedom.
And we want that for you. We created SFU out of the need of our farmers for a continuous support system at an affordable price point. And with the success of hundreds of members, we're excited to be helping to change our food system and impact our communities!
To your small farm freedom,
Your Plan to Succeed
1.
Join Small Farm University
As soon as you join, you'll go through our more time, more money course which will help you identify quick wins for your farm
2.
Watch the courses and engage in the community
Go through the trainings for the stage of farming you are at. This will help you focus on exactly what will move your farm forward
3.
Start Thriving on your farm!
The trainings, resources and community will provide feedback to help you implement what you need to THRIVE!
"Since joining, we’ve been able to expand our market and our farm simultaneously"
"The course contents include and go beyond the focus of crop production and into the why and how of running a successful farm business from all angles.
Having access to all this information and other specialists, covering such a vast range of topics from operations & employees through to sales, marketing, and appropriate ICT has been invaluable as we rapidly scale our enterprises."
Rachel Yeats
Director, Handcrafted Produce
"Since joining SFU, we’ve more than doubled our gross income this year over last, and the farm is now contributing to our living expenses."
"I’m a newer small-scale farmer and knew I had a lot to learn. The content taught inside SFU is relevant to what I do every day, with a focus on production, processing, and marketing. I like that everything is recorded for later viewing if I get busy.
Michael and the team present information well, and while the experts they bring in aren’t the conventional big names, they bring in a wealth of knowledge and expertise."
Larry Heidkamp
We’ve advised some of the best in the industry — on how to streamline their operations, optimize their farming systems, and get more from their hard work.
The actionable training you need to experience healthy growth and greater revenue
I know you’re tired of thinking about your farm 24/7...
So let us help you simplify and streamline your way towards small farm success:
It’s about time you got a battle-tested ROADMAP for getting your small farm to maximum profitability… without the long hours and lost time.
The one thing that separates the successful farmers from the ones who flounder? A System. And SFU gives you that system.
Listen to SFU members tell us what it means to be a part of the community.
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