California Certified Organic Farmers’ Video Training Available Online
The California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation Organic Training Institute has a wide array of training videos available online for organic farmers. The library can be found on CCOF’s YouTube channel as well as its CCOF video library webpage.
The library is searchable by topic and covers the following topics of interest to growers:
- Go Organic — covers what the current demand for organic is, what certification is like and whether organic farming is the right choice for you
- Grower — pertains to marketing, packaging, food safety resources, cultural management, crop profitability, recordkeeping, financial planning and more
- Organic Certification/Recordkeeping — focuses on certification, recordkeeping and food safety
- Organic Production — includes seedling production, soil and irrigation concerns during drought, food safety, nitrogen management and keeping records
- Food Safety — covers FSMA requirements for various sized farms
- Soil dynamics — includes biodynamics, nitrogen management and drought
- Crop Insurance/Disaster — provides a guide to organic crop insurance and how to access insurance for diversified farms
- Business/financial management — includes marketing, ownership, insurance, financial planning, profitability and breaking into retail
