The Sprout Hub

Welcome!

The Sprout Hub is our centre for education, resources and online networking, available for Sprout members and participants of the Sprout Producer Program.

At the heart of the Hub is our online training courses where we have set up three areas of learning: Core Farming, Core Business, and Supplementary Learning. All Sprout members have free access to the Core Farming and Business courses, with the others being available to purchase. All past and present participants of the Sprout Producer Program have free access to all courses.

In addition to our training courses, we have included a Resources area that can be accessed for free to all members via the drop-down menu at the top of this page. Here you will find a host of useful information, recorded webinars, fact sheets, links and much more. 

We hope you all enjoy The Sprout Hub and get the most of it. We are very proud of what we have created and feel this is a unique experience for small-scale producers and supporters of our wonderful local food system in Tasmania.

So let’s get started!

If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see that the courses are divided into three areas: Core Farming, Core Business, and Supplementary Learning.

Core Farming contains four courses that focus on on-farm subjects while the five courses in Core Business focus more on running an agribusiness. These are the courses we feel are most important for producers and will provide a sound basis of learning for beginners and experienced producers alike.

We have designed both areas such that the courses can be completed consecutively and so that you can progress from one course to the next with each one building on the previous. However, we understand that everyone is different, so access to the courses is flexible and you may complete the courses in any order you like.

The Supplementary Learning area contains a library of more specific courses such as beekeeping, poultry farming and market gardening. Find what you’d like to learn about and get stuck in!

Ok, you’re ready to start. Scroll down for access to each area, then explore the courses within. Enjoy and good luck!

Core Farming

Ready to start exploring our farming courses? Excellent!

Click on the button below to enter our Core Farming area. The four courses in this section are free for all Sprout members so dive in and start learning. Throughout the courses your progress is automatically saved, so you will always be able to pick up where you left off once you log back in to the Hub.

VIEW CORE FARMING

Core Business

This area contains our business courses, designed to help those running small-scale farms.

Click on the button below to enter. The five courses in this section are free for all Sprout members so dive in and start learning. Throughout the courses your progress is automatically saved, so you will always be able to pick up where you left off once you log back in to the Hub.

VIEW Core Business

Supplementary Learning

Please note, these courses are still a work in progress. We will notify you once they are available.

Here you will find a number of additional courses to help with your learning.

Please explore the range, hopefully you will find plenty of interesting topics to learn from.

View Supplementary Learning

Sprout Producer Program

Please note, this courses is only available for current SPP participants.

ACCESS SPP COURSE