Farm-Based Education Program
MIFMA’s Farm-based Education Program includes on-farm field days, webinars, farming-focused videos and educational field guides.
Each year, we work with partners and sponsors to host events and to increase the number of farm-based educational materials available to our members. See our events tab for a full listing of upcoming events. Please become a MIFMA member to receive full access.
Our 2020 Virtual Farm Field Days season has concluded. To see recordings of these events, please see the information below.
MIFMA Farm-Based Education Field Guides
These two-page Field Guides accompany each of the educational videos.
- Hoophouse Internal Winter Cover Field Guide
- Soil Blocking for Transplants Field Guide
- Direct Seeding with a Tractor-Mounted Seeder Field Guide
- Hoophouse Soil Preparation Field Guide
- Stringing Peppers Field Guide
- Drip Irrigation Basics for Hoophouse Production Field Guide
- SharKar Farm’s Family Farm Labor Resource Guide
- Birch Point Farm’s Labor Considerations for CSA Models Resource Guide
- Faivor Fresh Produce’s Balancing Farm and Off-Farm Work Resource Guide
- Faivor Fresh Produce Virtual Farm Field Day: Balancing on Farm and Off-Farm Work
- Tantré Farm’s Students and Internships on the Farm Resource Guide
- Tantré Farm Virtual Field Day: Students and Internships on the Farm
- Seeds & Spores Family Farm’s Diversifying Labor: Production Skills vs. Marketing Skills Resource Guide
- Oakland Avenue Urban Farm’s Tools and Investments to Reduce Labor Resource Guide
- Oakland Avenue Urban Farm Virtual Field Day: Tools and Investments to Reduce Labor