Educational programs conducted by the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Past Workshop & Webinar Topics:

Note: some of these programs are two hours, some are full day programs. Many of the topics are repeated over the years but never with the same agenda or speakers.

Pollinator Conservation and Habitat Design (garden tours and workshops conducted annually)

Piedmont Forest Landowners Summit

8 week Beekeeping School (conducted every other year)

Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstration (repeated program)

Blueberry Pruning Demonstration (repeated program)

Native Plants for Wildlife (repeated program)

Using REAP Grants to Fund On-farm Energy Improvements

Climate Webinar for Farmers and Gardeners

ForestHer: The History and Role of Prescribed Fire in North Carolina

How to Create a Free Online Store for Your Farm

Using Community Science to Conserve Bumble Bees

BEES Academy (repeated program)

Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training

Sustainable Forest, Carbon, and Ecosystem Service Management

Forestry Insect Pests

Organic Certification

Forestry Weed Management

Industrial Hemp Production Conference (repeated program)

FSMA Produce Safety

Sustainable/Profitable Forestry: Forestry Taxes and Estate Planning

On-farm Postharvest Handling of Produce

Nuisance Wildlife, Wildlife Damage Control, and Coexisting with Wildlife

Growing Heirloom Tomatoes

Conserving Working Lands

Alternatives to Pine Plantations 

Growing Cut Flowers for Market (repeated program)

Protecting and Enhancing Bat Populations to Help with Pest Control on the Farm

Introduction to Managing your Land for Wildlife: What Landowners Need to Know

Managing Varroa Mites & Small Hive Beetles in Honey Bee Hives

Tax Issues for Diversified Farmers (repeated program)

High Tunnel Production Workshop (repeated program)

Principles of Fresh Produce Safety and Navigating the USDA GAP Audit

Minimizing Taxation for Forest Landowners (repeated program)

On-farm Pepper Production Workshop: Ripe Peppers in the Market Garden – Methods and Varieties

Selling Timber in Today's Markets

Selecting and Managing Cover Crops to Maximize Benefits to Soil and Cash Crops (repeated program)

Connecting Farmers and Landowners with Hunters to Reduce Deer Depredation and Provide Hunger Relief

Hands-on Queen Rearing Workshop for Beekeepers

Know your Forest Resources: What Landowners Need to Know

Piedmont Medicinal Herb Production Workshop

Food Safety Audit Training for Small Diversified Farmers

Fiber Animal Production

Honey Bee Nutrition

Using Smart Phones and Tablets in Direct Marketing

Galangal and Turmeric Production Workshop

Ginger Production Workshop (repeated program)

Natural Beekeeping Workshop

Organic Pest Management for Vegetables and Cut Flowers (repeated program)

Beneficial Insect Identification (repeated program)

Managing Cover Crops and Organic Inputs to Improve Cash Crop Quality and Yield

Organic Disease Management of Vegetables (repeated program)

Vegetable & Cut Flower Insect Pest Identification (repeated program)

Heirloom Apple Seminar and Book Signing

Cultivating Connections: Web Marketing and Social Media for the Small Farm

Principles of Web Marketing for Farms

Facebook for Farmers: a Great Marketing and Educational Tool (repeated program)

Farm Show and Tell at Piedmont Biofarm

Farm Show and Tell at Perry-winkle Farm

Taking Your CSA to the Next Level

Heirloom Southern Apple Orchard "Show and Tell"

Introduction to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Understanding Sales Taxes on Agricultural Products Workshop (repeated program)

On-farm Good Agricultural Practices Audit

Good Agricultural Practices for Fresh Produce Safety

Pastured Poultry Workshop (repeated program)

Heirloom Tomato Grafting Workshop (repeated program)

Organic Insect Management in Vegetables (repeated program)

QuickBooks Pro for Farms: How to Make it Work for Your Farm

Heirloom Apple Production Workshop

Pastured Pork Production Workshop

No-till Vegetable Production Conference

Pastured Poultry Production Conference (repeated program)

Cut Flower Field Day "Branching Out into Cut Flowers: Enhancing Sustainability through Diversification"

Year-round Vegetable Production with High Tunnels

Season Extension Workshop and Field Day

Organic Pasture Management

Sheep Shearing Demonstration

AGR-Lite Small Farm Insurance Program Workshop

Website Development for Farms

Slow Food and Local Agriculture

Beneficial Insect Habitat for Crop Pest Management (repeated program)

Micro-irrigation Workshop

Truffle Production Workshop

Sustainable Soils Conference (repeated program)

Tax Tips and Management Strategies for Farmers

Crop Rotations for Enhancing Sustainability

Serious Answers for Food Entrepreneurs in North Carolina: a Resource-Focused Approach

Compost Teas, Compost, and On-farm Beneficial Microbe Extracts

Acidified Foods Processing and Packaging School

Postharvest Handling for Small, Diversified Growers

Hands-on Crop Pest Identification (repeated program)

Cover Crop Field Day

Marketing Through Community Supported Agriculture

Asparagus Production, Management, and Marketing

Biological Control to Manage Pests (repeated program)

Connecting NC Farmers to NC Consumers

Marketing to Retailers and Restaurants

Tax and Labor Issues for Small Farmers (repeated program)

Cut Flowers - Insect Pests and Troubleshooting Problems

Cut Flowers - Cultivar Selection Plus Techniques for Season-Long Harvesting of Field Cuts