Training Overview

What Can You Expect to Learn at New Hannah Farm?

Seeding & Propagation

  • Indoor seeding methods and systems

  • Germination optimization methods

  • Seedling care in the nursery

Bed Preparation, Crop Termination, and Soil Management

  • Occultation and solarization (using plastic film to break down crop residue)

  • Market garden design (permanent raised beds with marked/mulched headlands)

  • Nutrient-cycling strategies

  • Chop and drop

  • Flail-mowing (with a BCS walk-behind tractor)

Planting Outdoors

  • Preparing seedlings for transplanting

  • Crop layout/spacing

  • Interplanting

  • Transplanting and direct-seeding tools and techniques

Irrigation & Water Management

  • Water efficiency

  • Irrigation system design

  • Automated irrigation (setting/adjusting programs)

  • When to use overhead watering

Crop Care & Maintenance

  • Identifying pests, diseases, and stresses

  • Foliar spraying (for nutrient delivery and pest/disease management)

  • Side-dressing crops (when and how)

  • Pruning and trellising

  • Mulching

  • Weed management

Harvesting, Packing, and Inventory Management

  • How and when to harvest

  • Quality control techniques

  • Washing/processing

  • Logging harvests

  • Updating inventory

  • Fulfilling customer orders

  • Setting up the farm stand

Task Management, Planning/Strategy, and Data Collection

  • Kanban boards (using Miro)

  • Gemba walks

  • Task prioritization

  • Time management principles

  • Using “task tickets” — a checklist that also collects data

  • Tool/equipment maintenance

Guiding Principles

  • Lean production principles

  • Kaizen (continuous improvement)

  • Mise-en-place principles