Learn with Singing Frogs Farm
We offer lots of ways to learn from us…
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Workshops
This Spring 2024 we’re excited to bring back our popular intensive, hands-on workshops to level up your farming and living soil!
We will dive into the science and mechanics behind our multi-award winning, no-till, agroecological, intensive and profitable farming methods. Build your ecology, both above and below ground. Learn how to farm with (and for) Mother Nature. Understand how, in using these natural systems, you too can increase your soil organic matter, crop nutrient density, and productivity.
March 5th & April 18th
Cost: $395 per person. There are, a few scholarships for new, small-scale farmers. Inquire with your farming experience.
Limit: 20 people per workshop
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Public Tours
Join us for an informative, inspiring Public Farm Tour which will reveal the intricate web of life that has been created on our multi-award winning biodiversity farm.
The tours are for our community members and customers who want to connect with their food and learn about growing in concert with, rather than negatively impacting, our ecosystem.
Feb 25th, 1:30 Adult Focus
March 10th, 1:30 Family Focus
May 12th, 1:30 Mother Focused
May 19th, 1:30 Adult Focused
Cost: $10 per person. CSA Members Free.
For more of a how-to-farm we strongly recommend our workshops. We will not get into this detail on our tours.
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Private Tours
This is for self-organized groups of farmers, gardeners, educational organizations or those simply looking for an exciting, informational, and inspiring Farm Tour.
Private Farm Tours last between 90 minutes and 2 hours, with in depth discussion about our farming systems and plenty of time in the second half of the tour to ask all your burning questions.
Cost: Private Farm Tours are $250-$300 sliding scale for 1-20 people.
For more information or to book a Tour email us. In your message, please tell us a little bit about yourself → where you’re from, what you’re growing, what are your challenges, and how you heard about us.
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Climate Farm School with Terra.do
We love collaborating with the Climate Farm School program at Terra.do.
Climate Farm School is a hybrid 4-week program combining online sessions with getting your hands dirty on working farms. Learn about the climate impact of food systems and the solutions within them. For tech, business, and sustainability professionals, entrepreneurs, farmers, and others passionate about food and climate.
The courses hosted at Green Valley Farm + Mill include a 3/4 workshop at Singing Frogs Farm lead by our fabulous farmers plus many other farm stops in our farming diverse community.
2024 courses: Apr 21-28, Jun 9-15, Jul 28-Aug 4.
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Farmer-to-Farmer Consultations
Farmers Paul and Elizabeth have a long history of helping farmers and land owners increase their ecological resiliency, productivity, and bottom line.
If you are a beginning or established farmer, backyard gardener, or homesteader, we offer consulting services here at our farm. We can travel to your location, or we can offer our expertise and support (including a tour of our farm) via FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom.
Cost: $150/hour for one of us $200 for Elizabeth and Paul together*
*most clients only need 1-2 hours to answer pertinent questions
To schedule a consultation, send us an email.
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Presentations
To see examples of our presentations, see our Resources page.
To book us for a presentation, contact us via email. In your message, please tell us a little bit about yourself and what you have in mind.
The Best Farming Education is Hands-On!
We know that regenerating soil health holds some of the greatest potential for solving this century’s issues of climate change, erosion, drought, malnutrition, clean water, poverty, economic self-sufficiency, food security, and more.
We are passionate about engaging farmers, policy makers, and all people who eat food on the importance of health soil and the meant so regenerating that health while intensively producing bounteous, high quality food for us humans and more resilient and robust ecological systems.
Our mission is to educate broadly while focusing our greatest efforts on sharing our experiences, challenges, and successes with other farmers and farmer trainers.
We recognize that many backyard gardeners and homesteaders are also interested in learning more about agroecological intensive no-till farming, and for you we offer a variety of Hands-on Workshop[s, Consultations, and Private Farm Tours (see more below). For our local community and CSA members, we also offer occasional Public Farm tours.
We support a variety of schools and non-profits who visit Singing Frogs Farm regularly for our in depth, scientific and inspiring Farm Tours. From hosting non-profit gatherings at our farm to hosting grade school through graduate school groups, we welcome the opportunity to share and inspire.
*If you are a beginning or production farmer and money is tight, we understand and want to make things work for you. Please contact us and let’s talk!
Hear from folks who have learned from Singing Frogs Farm 💬
“As beginning farmers, we visited over 50 farms in our search for a model. As soon as we saw Singing Frogs Farm a light bulb went off in our heads. Using Paul and Elizabeth’s farming model we have transformed our small urban farm into an ecologically and economically sustainable operation. We have witnessed first hand the positive effects of working with nature to grow more nutrient dense produce for our community. We are so fortunate to have met such amazing farmers, educators, activists and all around great people to inspire us as we 'grow' as beginning farmers.”
- Farmers Shanon and Michael; Hillview Farm, Auburn, CA
"Singing Frogs Farm should be a teaching lab. It so inspires!"
- Isaac Bekalo; International Institute for Rural Reconstruction