Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your experience through this course.

This course is delivered to you via Teachable.com, an online learning platform. We recommend Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers. Once you create your account, you should be able to access the course easily and readily from all devices that have web browsers by using your sign-in credentials.

• This course is set up with tutorial sessions presenting fundamental areas of planning and defining your business. You can work through the sessions using the “Previous” and “Continue" buttons.
• Some lessons have short exercises, quizzes, downloads, or homework.
• In addition, at the bottom of each lesson we have added a “Dive Deeper” section with References and Sources.

We recommend you go through this course in a linear fashion, but we understand that planning a farm-based business from scratch is not a linear process. What you learn in one area may influence a change in another fundamental area.

We also recommend that you complete all the worksheet exercises in this course and revisit them to update or reevaluate, if necessary. The worksheets are designed to take a deep dive, think strategically and holistically to make decisions for some of the most important areas of your business.

If you are having trouble with the course, please email [email protected] with the subject line “Online course support”. 

When you are ready, please click the "Continue" button.