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Online Nut Crops course
This course shows you how to get started, how to choose which nuts and which cultivars, then how to go about tending and harvesting. Processing your nuts to shell, mill, dry or make oil from is also covered.
Provider
Agroforestry Research Trust, Totnes (Online)(For price, check with provider)
Enquire via the Agroforestry Research Trust website.
Description
There are 8 online video episodes with accompanying pdf notes. You also get a pdf resource book with a lot of extra useful information. Nut Crops for a Sustainable Future Overview of Nut Cultivation The major nuts The minor nuts Nut harvesting, processing and storage Feeding, irrigation, the main pests Intercropping nut trees; additional yields Nut Tree Propagation
About Agroforestry Research Trust
The ART runs courses led by world-renowned agroforestry expert Martin Crawford. All our course are either hybrid or online. The focus is very much on small scale intensive systems - food forests or forest gardens.
Women in Agriculture
The Women in Agriculture Practical Training Fund has been established by Scottish Government to support the personal development of women, providing them with additional skills to progress their careers and employment opportunities in Scottish agriculture beyond their current role.
Next Generation Practical Training Fund
The Next Generation Practical Training Fund has been established by Scottish Government with an aim to support those relatively new to agriculture, by providing the opportunity for skills development and training on the practicalities of agricultural practice as well as wider business and sustainability skills, in order to help them secure, sustain and progress their careers.
