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Online Courses$419.00
Food Safety and Sanitation for Food Manufacturers
Sections 12Length 12 hoursLearn the essentials of food safety, including hazards, microbiology, sanitation, hygiene, and HACCP to reduce contamination and protect products and consumers. -
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$25.00
Managing Stinging Insects for Pesticide Applicators
Sections 2Length 1 hourLearn to identify, assess, and make informed, safe decisions to manage bees, wasps, and hornets, including appropriate pesticides to use. Earn 2 PDA category 11, 18, or 23 credits. -
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$99.00
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$39.00
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$30.00
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$25.00
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$15.00
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$30.00
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$30.00
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$30.00
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$30.00
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$30.00
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$15.00
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$25.00
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$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$25.00
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.
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