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Online Courses$10.00
Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer's Guide to Safe Food Handling
Sections 7Length 3 hoursLearn to identify food safety hazards and use important food safety practices to reduce the risk of foodborne illness when producing food, such as for fundraisers. -
Online Courses$74.25
Managing Invasive and Competing Plants in Forests
Sections 10Length 9 hours, 30 minutesLearn to identify and control invasive and competing plants in forests using Integrated Vegetation Management. Earn 10 PDA category 5, 10, 18, or 23 pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$29.25
Tomato Growing Basics: A Guide to Successful Harvests
Sections 7Length 4 hoursExperts show how to: plan your garden; prepare soil; start seeds; choose transplants; plant, mulch, water, prune, and harvest tomatoes; and manage common pests. Earn 1 PDA Category 3, 18, or Private Category. -
Online Courses$22.50
Herbicide Basics for Forest and Natural Areas Management
Sections 1Length 1 hour, 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to choose, mix, and apply herbicides effectively for forest and natural area vegetation management while protecting people and the environment. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 7, 18, 23 or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$18.75
What's New in Agronomic Pest Control: 2026
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn about pesticide updates, using IPM to control pesticide resistance, tools to fight crop diseases, and more. Earn 2 PDA Category 1, 18, or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$11.25
Integrated Management for Invasive and Competing Forest Vegetation
Sections 1Length 30 minutesLearn cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical methods for integrated forest vegetation management to control invasive and competing plants. Earn 1 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23 or Private pesticide applicator credit. -
Online Courses$25.00
Understanding and Managing Stinging Insects
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLearn to identify, assess, and manage bees, wasps, and hornets safely while supporting pollinators and protecting people, pets, and ecosystems. -
Online Courses$22.50
Identification and Management of Invasive Vines in Forests
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to identify and control invasive vines in wooded areas and forests in the Northeast. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23, or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$22.50
Identification and Management of Invasive Shrubs in Forests
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to identify and control invasive shrubs in wooded areas and forests in the Northeast. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23 or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$22.50
Identification and Management of Competing Native Forest Vegetation
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesLearn how to manage native plants in wooded areas and forests in the Northeast. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 7, 18, 23 or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$22.50
Identification and Management of Invasive Herbaceous Plants in Forests
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to identify and control invasive herbaceous plants in wooded areas and forests in the Northeast. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23, or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$22.50
Identification and Management of Invasive Trees in Forests
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to identify and control invasive trees in wooded areas and forests in the Northeast. Earn 3 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23, or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$11.25
Herbicide Application Techniques for Invasive Plant Management
Sections 1Length 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to perform basal bark, cut-stump, hack-and-squirt, and foliar applications. Earn 1 PDA Category 5, 6, 10, 18, 23, or Private pesticide applicator credits. -
Online Courses$18.75
Impact of Water Quality on Pesticide Performance
Sections 4Length 1 hourLearn how water quality affects pesticide performance by exploring pH, hardness, turbidity, and proper mixing techniques for effective application. Earn 2 PDA core credits. -
Online Courses$299.00
Farm Sense
Sections 4Length 14 hoursLearn to create a cash flow statement, balance sheet, and income statement for agricultural businesses. Meet Farm Service Agency borrower training requirements. -
Online Courses$135.00
Woodland Stewardship: Guided Engagement with Your Land
Sections 8Length 18 hoursLearn about forest ecosystems, management, and stewardship practices. Interact with educators through live discussions and discussion boards. -
Online Courses$109.00
Using QuickBooks to Manage Your Farm Business: Instructor-Guided
Sections 6Length 4 hours, 30 minutesLearn basic accounting principles and QuickBooks to run your farm business. This course includes instructor interaction and webinars. -
Online Courses$99.00
Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Core Certification Study Course: Private
Sections 12Length 14 hoursPrepare to take the Pennsylvania private pesticide applicator certification exam. -
Online Courses$39.00
Beekeeping 201: Honey Bee Breeding Program Design
Sections 5Length 1 hour, 30 minutesBeekeepers and queen producers learn to develop a data-driven breeding program to enhance colony traits like productivity, mite resistance, and gentleness. -
Online Courses$15.00
Pennsylvania Show and Fair Swine Health Monitor Training
Sections 1Length 1 hour, 30 minutesThis training is required to become a PDA swine health monitor. Volunteers learn roles and responsibilities, rules and regulations, and common signs of disease. -
Online Courses$18.75
What's New in Agronomic Pest Control: 2025
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn about pesticide updates, controlling western corn rootworm, weather and crop diseases, and more. Earn 2 PDA Category 1, 18, or Private credits. -
Online Courses$139.00
Listeria Control in Food Operations
Sections 7Length 4 hours, 30 minutesLearn strategies for controlling Listeria monocytogenes in a food processing environment and current good manufacturing practices to meet industry regulations. -
Online Courses$419.00
Introduction to Food Packaging: Materials, Manufacturing, and Innovation
Sections 9Length 11 hours, 30 minutesLearn about food packaging design and sustainability, manufacturing, innovation, and materials like plastic, glass, metal, paper, and pouches. -
Online Courses$29.00
Home Food Preservation: Water Bath Canning
Sections 6Length 3 hoursLearn how to safely preserve high acid foods, including many fruits, vegetables, and pickled and fermented foods, using water bath or atmospheric steam canning. -
Online Courses$125.00
Sheep Management and Production: Instructor Guided
Sections 8Length 25 hoursLearn basics of sheep production and operation management, including breeds, nutrition, health, grazing, and marketing. This course includes webinars and worksheets.
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