UVM Farmer Training Program Accepting Applications

The University of Vermont is Pleased to Announce the Reopening of the UVM Farmer Training Program for the 2021 Season. Apply Today!

The UVM Farmer Training Program is a six-month, hands-on program for aspiring farmers and food-systems advocates that provides experiential, skills-based education in sustainable farming. Students will get a unique and comprehensive education by running all aspects of the 10-acre Catamount Educational Farm, learning from expert farmers and educators in the classroom, and alongside successful, inspiring farmers in the Burlington area. The Farmer Training Program is housed in UVM’s Plant and Soil Science Department, providing students the opportunity to interact with and learn from many of the faculty and staff who teach in the program and conduct research at the farm. Based within the Plant and Soil Science Department at UVM, the program provides students access to UVM’s academic ecosystem and top experts in the field. PLANT YOURSELF IN A NEW FIELD!

Grow your career in sustainable agriculture and cultivate the skills you need to make an impact on the health of your community and our planet with UVM’s 6-month, hands-on program for aspiring farmers and food systems advocates. UVM is now accepting applications for our 2021 growing season.

In the UVM Farmer Training Program you will gain:

• A deeper understanding of small-scale farm management
• Experience in organic crop production, from seed to market
• Entrepreneurial skills to start a farm business
• A network of incredible people to provide support and guidance
• A Certificate in Sustainable Farming from UVM 

Interested in learning about program alumni?

UVM invites you to read about 2018 Farmer Training graduate Heather Kraemer, who is using the skills she learned in UVM’s program on her family’s farm-based brewery in Vermont’s Champlain Islands. Read more here. 

Apply today to save your place in the field and become part of the sustainable food movement!

“UVM’s Farmer Training Program enabled me to transition from someone interested in food policy and food systems to someone equipped with passion, knowledge, and technical skills. FTP helped me move from theory to practice.” – FTP 2015 graduate, Amanda Marino