Small Farm School is an annual, full-day event with hands-on workshops and classroom sessions. Both beginning and experienced small-scale farmers will find classes to fit their needs. Our classes cover topics from equipment use to soil health, crop and livestock management, and more.
Registration Opens on August 1, 2024
This year’s Small Farm School will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2024 at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. This is a full day event from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., followed by a farmer social at a location to be announced. Registration will open on August 1st. Save the date!
Learn New Skills, Meet New Friends
This year, Small Farm School will once again be held in September. To accommodate as many folks as possible, we’ve experimented with early summer dates, weekend events, as well as weekdays. Small Farm School 2025 will be held on a Wednesday, allowing us to have as many farmers and experts join us as possible. This year’s event will offer new courses, new farmers, and new resources. Let your farmer friends know that this date was designed with their needs in mind.
Who Should Attend Small Farm School?
Small Farm School is an all-day event for beginning AND experienced farmers and small acreage landowners. Field and classroom workshops will address small farm topics such as crop and livestock production, land access, funding options, and management for soil and water conservation. Course offerings change each year, so if you have attended in the past, join us again! There is always something new to learn.
Classes are size-limited and will close when full. Early registration is highly recommended to ensure the best class selection.
Keep up to date and learn more about this year’s offerings by following Small Farm School on Instagram or Facebook!
Additional information about Small Farm School 2025 can be found on the OSU Extension Small Farm School website.
Soil health is the foundation for all successful growing operations!
Informational and Exhibitor Booths
Each year, Small Farm School brings together exhibitor and informational booths for one-on-one time with workshop participants during the breaks and lunch time.
Previous booth topics have included:
- Water Rights
- Food Preservation
- Farmers Markets
- Soil Health
- Beekeeping
- Organic Farming and certification
- Food Safety and Production
- Small Farm Purchase and Financing
- And more!
Learn from local farm experts like Josh Volk of Slow Hand Farm.
Registration Fees
This year Small Farm School is trying something new. We will offer a sliding scale so that everyone has the opportunity to experience this day of learning.
For early registration, sliding scale will be between $30 and $100. Late registration sliding scale will be between $30 and $110. If cost is a barrier, reach out to Jean Bremer at [email protected]
Registration fees cover class materials, lunch, and a coffee break. Registration fees are non-refundable, however substitutions will be allowed through September 5th.
No walk in registrations will be accepted. This year there will be no walk ins day-of. We would like everyone who wants to participate in Small Farm School to attend, and we can make any needed accommodations to make sure that you get your ticket in advance, but we cannot offer them at the door. If you are having trouble with our registration platform, please reach out, we still want you to join us!
Registration closes September 5th, but we highly recommend registering well in advance of this date. Last year we sold out of tickets early!
A complete program and workshop descriptions, as well as registration information, will be available by August 1st.
Attendance is limited, so mark your calendar to reserve your spot today!
Support Small Farm School as a Sponsor or Exhibitor!
Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Small Farm School? Now is the time to sign up in order to receive the full spectrum of publicity for your participation. Support of this event is extra appreciated this year, as we trial a sliding scale registration system and reckon with uncertain funding from federal sources.
Many sponsorship options are available, ranging from $200 to $5000 and above. They are tailored to provide flexibility and help you reach potential customers and new audiences.
Click here to learn more and support this event!
Small Farm School Partners
This event is hosted by OSU Extension, Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, Clackamas Community College, Rogue Farm Corps, Zenger Farm, and Friends of Family Farmers