The Flourish Farm Course is Back on the Farm!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
The Flourish Farm Course combines our complete online course with two full days of in-person training
The Online Farm Course
We strongly recommend going through the online courses prior to attending the in-person workshop. Your registration provides immediate access to all online content.
Classroom and Farm Sessions
Each day will be half classroom and half in the farm. In the classroom we will be reinforcing core concepts and principles. At the farm we will cover everything involved in farm operations and management.
Day 1 – 9am start
Morning Session at the Aquaponic Source 5151 Ward Rd Unit 3, Wheat Ridge, CO
- Hydroponic Components Review – Deep Water Culture, Autopots, Media Beds and Nursery Systems, Growlighting
- Aquaculture Components Review – Fish Tanks, Filtration, Aeration, Pumps, Monitoring and Controls
- Seeding and Transplanting
Afternoon Farm Session at Dahlia Greenhouse 3445 Eudora St Denver, CO
- Dahlia Campus and Aquaponic Farm Tour
- Site Planning and Layout Considerations
- Greenhouse Operations and Environmental Controls
- Fish and Water Quality Management
Day 2 – 9am start
Day at the Farm – Dahlia Greenhouse
- Hands on harvesting, packaging, raft cleaning
- Farm Startup Activities
- Daily, weekly, monthly standard operating procedures
- Storage and distribution
- Food and farm safety
- Plant, Pest and Nutrient Management
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
- Downloadable Resources – You’ll be able to download all of the online course slide decks, farm and business planning worksheets, farmer resources, log files, and fish, plant disease and pest identification guides for use in the farm.
- The Production and Financial Planning System – This spreadsheet based tool allows you to gather all of your startup costs, input system dimensions, calculate energy consumption, generate financial pro formas, create different production scenarios and much more. The tool is invaluable for understanding the financial feasibility of your farm business.
- Access to our Electronic Resources Library – Access a large amount of regularly updated articles, resources and white papers to expand your aquaponic knowledge base.
- Personal, Business, and Market Planning Tools – Help build your business with a Chart of Accounts, Invoices, Insurance information, Business Structures and tax considerations.
OUR PARTNER FARMS
Dahlia Campus Farms & Gardens
Connecting people with fresh, local food, Dahlia Campus features an aquaponics greenhouse, a 40,000 square foot market farm and therapeutic gardens. These combined and accessible green spaces support community well-being.
The Aquaponic Greenhouse produces Catfish, Tilapia and a wide variety of lettuces, collards, kale and herbs for the community farmers market, food baskets and local restaurants.
The farm address for Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing:
3445 Eudora St, Denver, CO 80207
There are no special hotel blocks or rates. If you’d like to stay near the greenhouse location, these two hotels are the closest:
Holiday Inn Denver East by IHG
3333 East Quebec Street, Denver, CO,80207
Renaissance Denver Hotel
3801 Quebec St, Denver, CO, 80207
Bare Roots Organics
Bare Roots Organics is a privately owned 5,000 sq ft aquaponics farm located in Jupiter, Fl. From seeds planted with care to hand-picked produce, each crop is nurtured from beginning to end. This attention to detail makes for flavor-packed, nutrient-dense lettuces, herbs and more. Bare Roots is out to revolutionize the way the world farms by growing sustainable, safe and healthy food with minimal impact.
The Bare Roots farm features three 8′ x 96′ Growasis Deep Water Culture Troughs with the capacity to grow over 100,000 heads a year. The growing system is coupled with four 1,000 gallon fish tanks raising Tilapia and Koi along with a 200 gallon fish quarantine system.