Any profit goes into the new farmers' pockets.
The farmers enrolled in the program and others who have small-scale farms throughout the Central San Joaquin Valley will be invited to a series of field and classroom training sessions at the new center over the course of the growing season. The coursework will cover such topics as pesticide safety, financing, crop selection, soil fertility, pest management, irrigation and marketing. We are able to introduce the concept of environmentally sound agriculture and have a venue for teaching farming practices that will not endanger the health of the farmers or their families. We hope to prepare our participants to be successful when they go out and farm on their own. A series of events led to the creation of the new center at its southwest Fresno site.