Turn Your Farming Vision Into a Business Plan You Can Put to Work

Learn to plan, grow, market, and manage a small farm business with greater confidence.

Whether you dream of starting a market garden, turning your growing skills into income, producing healthy food for your community, or building a business around the land you love, every successful farming journey begins with informed decisions.

What will you grow? Who will buy it? What will production cost? How will you price your crops? And how will you know whether your farm business is financially viable?

Farm 100 helps you find answers and turn them into a practical plan.

Through eight weeks of live online instruction, you'll learn the fundamentals of regenerative agriculture, crop planning, farm finances, marketing, and business development while building a farm business plan tailored to your goals.

Your goal by the end of the course: A working farm business plan that brings together your farming vision, growing strategy, potential customers, budgets, financial projections, and next steps.

Course tuition: $1,497

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What You'll Walk Away With

Farm 100 is designed to help you develop practical skills and planning documents you can continue using as your farm develops.

1. Your Own Farm Business Plan

Bring your ideas together into a working plan covering your farm's goals, production approach, marketing strategy, finances, and future development.

2. A Better Understanding of Farm Economics

Learn how to estimate startup and operating expenses, evaluate crop costs, develop enterprise budgets, set prices, and examine projected profitability.

3. A Growing and Regenerative Agriculture Strategy

Explore soil health, crop selection, production planning, and regenerative practices that can inform your farm's long-term management.

4. A Plan for Finding and Serving Customers

Research potential markets, identify target customers, evaluate sales channels, and develop a marketing approach appropriate for your operation.

5. A Practical Roadmap for Your Next Steps

Identify priorities, establish milestones, and organize the decisions involved in launching or developing your farm.

Designed for People Who Want to Farm With Purpose and a Plan

Farm 100 brings together the personal rewards of farming and the practical requirements of running a business.

You may want greater independence through owning a farm, more confidence in your financial decisions, the satisfaction of growing food for your community, or the opportunity to create a business that reflects your values.

Whatever brought you to farming, you'll benefit from understanding how production, customers, expenses, and long-term goals fit together.

Farm 100 helps you connect what you want to create with what it takes to operate a farm business.

Eight Weeks. One Comprehensive Farm Business Plan.

Each week develops another part of your farming knowledge and business plan.

Week 1: The Regenerative Farm Business Model

Explore regenerative agriculture, the fundamentals of farm business viability, and how to develop a vision for your operation.

Week 2: Soil Health Fundamentals

Learn about living soil, soil assessment, composting, cover cropping, and regenerative practices relevant to productive growing.

Week 3: Crop Planning for Profitability

Evaluate crop selection, production planning, growing conditions, potential revenue, and the relationship between crop choices and market demand.

Week 4: Market Research and Sales Channels

Identify potential customers, research local demand, explore farmers markets and CSA opportunities, and develop approaches to pricing and marketing.

Week 5: Building Your Farm Business Plan

Bring together startup expenses, operating budgets, financial projections, break-even analysis, and the essential components of your business plan.

Week 6: Farm Infrastructure and Systems

Explore appropriate equipment, irrigation, labor efficiency, production systems, and infrastructure decisions for smaller farms.

Week 7: Revenue Streams and Farm Resilience

Examine diversification, additional revenue opportunities, and the operational and financial considerations involved in building a resilient farm business.

Week 8: Launch Planning and Long-Term Growth

Complete your farm business plan, establish your next milestones, and prepare to apply what you've learned to your own operation.

Learn Live. Ask Questions. Apply What You Learn.

Farm 100 is a live, instructor-led online course designed to combine education with practical application.

Your enrollment includes:

• Eight weeks of live online instruction.

• Opportunities for questions and group discussions.

• Farm business planning exercises.

• Development of your own farm business plan.

• The opportunity to present your plan and receive feedback.

• Access to session recordings if you cannot attend live.

• Access to THRYV's alumni community for continued learning and connection.

Estimated commitment: Approximately 3–5 hours per week, including live sessions and coursework.

You can participate online from wherever you're located.

Who Should Enroll?

Farm 100 is designed for people who want to establish or improve a commercial farming operation.

It's particularly relevant if you:

• Are preparing to start a small farm or market garden.

• Want to begin selling produce from your growing operation.

• Own or have access to land and are evaluating its commercial potential.

• Are interested in regenerative agriculture and farm entrepreneurship.

• Have started farming but need stronger budgeting, marketing, or business-planning skills.

• Want to evaluate a possible career or lifestyle transition into commercial agriculture.

• Need a working farm business plan to guide your decisions.

Previous farming experience is helpful but not required. The course begins with foundational concepts and develops them through practical assignments.

Your Investment in Farm Business Education

Farm 100 Tuition: $1,497

Your tuition covers the eight-week live online course, instructional activities, and the included learning resources.

The value of Farm 100 is the opportunity to develop practical farming and business-planning skills while working toward a plan suited to your own goals and circumstances.

You can use the knowledge and planning methods as you continue evaluating, launching, or developing your farm.

Scholarships may be available to eligible applicants. [View Scholarship Information]

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need farming experience?

No. Farm 100 is designed for beginning farmers, aspiring market gardeners, and people developing their knowledge of commercial growing.

Do I need to own land?

No. You can begin developing your business plan while researching land options, growing space, infrastructure, and startup requirements.

Can I take the course while working another job?

The course is delivered online. Plan for approximately 3–5 hours each week, including instruction, coursework, and exercises.

What if I miss a live session?

The current program description includes access to session recordings for enrolled students.

Will I develop my own farm business plan?

Yes. Developing a working farm business plan is a core course objective. Your plan will reflect your goals, research, production choices, budgets, marketing approach, and financial projections.

Will completing Farm 100 make my farm profitable?

Farm 100 provides agricultural and business-planning education. Financial results depend on individual decisions, markets, costs, growing conditions, resources, and implementation. Completing the course does not guarantee profits or financing.

When does the next course begin?

Upcoming cohort dates and enrollment deadlines will be announced by THRYV Institute. Confirm the next scheduled cohort before completing enrollment.

What if I have questions before enrolling?

Contact THRYV Institute to discuss the curriculum, course requirements, and whether Farm 100 fits your goals.

Your Farm Business Begins With a Plan

You have a vision for what farming could mean in your life.

Farm 100 provides an opportunity to develop the agricultural knowledge, business skills, and practical plan needed to explore that vision with greater confidence.

Bring your ambition. Develop your plan. Prepare for your next step in farming.

Farm 100 | Eight-Week Live Online Farm Business Course

Tuition: $1,497

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