education and training initiatives

Cincinnati State Partnership

Our Harvest serves as a practicum site for Cincinnati State’s Sustainable Agriculture Management certificate program. For more info, email Heather Wiggins-Augustine at heather.augustine@cincinnatistate.edu.

Farmer Apprentice Training

One way farmers grow their farms is to grow and cultivate their staff. Cultivate! Ohio Valley's farm apprentice training program educates farm staff by combining on-farm training with classes in the Sustainable Agriculture Management Certificate program at Cincinnati State Community and Technical College. Upon completing the training and 2,000 hours of onsite job training, apprentices receive a certificate from the Ohio Apprenticeship Council.

Apprentices are employees mentored by their farmers or farm managers. For more information, interested farmers and their employees can contact farmtrainingoh@gmail.com.

Farm Consultation

Our Harvest consults with farmers and farm organizations to plan expansion of their vegetable farms. This winter staff and consultants worked with Miami University's Institute of Food to assess their new nine acres site and suggest directions for planning and planting their first acre in vegetables and cover cropping the remainder.