2025 BFTP Cohort Now Open

ECO City Farm’s Beginning Farmer Training Program is designed to help beginning farmers learn the information and practice the skills they need to farm. Our free program includes comprehensive, practical, hands­-on experiences; one­-on­-one mentoring; and a well-tested, graphics-­rich, culturally­-appropriate curriculum. Our curriculum covers all of the crop production, resource management, and administrative skills needed for graduates to roll up their sleeves and start farming.

The program is an 8 month commitment from January through August of 2025. In partnership with Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), the program entails 27 hours of classroom learning. It then transitions to bi-weekly classes that incorporate farm tours and field days. Students are assigned group plots that they are responsible for managing and cultivating from May through August.