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36 paid courses from 24 regenerative educators: grazing, Holistic Management, soil, permaculture, direct marketing and ranch business.
When a book or a free video isn't enough, these are the courses taught by the people behind them: graziers, soil scientists, permaculture designers and ranch business coaches. Each card says what the course covers, who it's for and how it's delivered, in the seller's own terms. Enroll buttons go straight to the educator's page.
Prices are as shown on each course page on Oct 28, 2026. Prices, dates and sales change, so check the course page before buying. Where a page didn't show a price we could confirm, the card says so. Most links are plain links. Where Regrarian Resource has an affiliate partnership, the button is marked paid link and we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. See our disclosure.
Grazing & stockmanship Holistic Management Soil health Permaculture Direct marketing Ranch business & planning
Grazing & stockmanship
Planned and adaptive grazing, grazing schools and low-stress livestock handling.
Salad Bar Beef
$195 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Joel Salatin shares the methods used at Polyface Farms for ecological, effective and profitable grass-finished beef, where cattle graze a "salad bar" of diverse forages.
- Format
- Self-paced online course
- For
- Beef producers moving to grass-finished, rotationally grazed cattle
- From
- Farm Like a Lunatic
Beginning and Advanced Grazing Schools
Beginning $600, Advanced $800 per seat ($200 deposit holds a seat) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Greg Judy teaches the grazing methods he uses on his own Missouri farm, in multi-day schools held under a big tent, with lunch and snacks served each day. His page lists the 2026 schools, which have already taken place, so check it for the next dates.
- Format
- In person, on Greg Judy's farm near Clark, Missouri
- For
- Beginners through experienced graziers who want to see mob grazing on the ground
- From
- Green Pastures Farm
Management Intensive Grazing: The Next Step
$447 streaming, $497 DVD and streaming (payment plans offered) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Jim Gerrish, author of Management Intensive Grazing and Kick the Hay Habit, teaches a recorded two-day grazing school at the grazier's own pace. Eight modules cover what really determines profitability in grass farming, creating excellent pasture from the soil up, managing for pasture quality and animal performance, farm planning tech tools, pasture inventory, and stock policy and revenue flow.
- Format
- On-demand video school (2 days of modules), streaming or DVD
- For
- Graziers of any species who want to sharpen planned grazing
- From
- Stockman Grass Farmer
Regen Ag Adaptive Grazing
$297 (or $549 with Regen Ag 101) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Building on Regen Ag 101, this grazing course covers the three rules of adaptive stewardship, observation as a management tool, setting stock density, calculating forage biomass, the role of biology in grazing lands and building a grazing plan.
- Format
- Self-paced online course
- For
- Ranchers who have the soil-health basics and want a grazing plan
- From
- Regen Ag Online
Grazing for Life!
$129 sale price (the page also lists US$295, regular $337) · checked Oct 28, 2026
A deep dive into regenerative grazing that treats soil microbes as "underground livestock." Students learn to apply the 5 M's framework and 10 Grazing Principles, read plants and weeds as indicators, and work through chapters on the nutrient cycle, land design (with a Google Earth tutorial), water and fence, animal impact and animal performance.
- Format
- Self-paced online video course, 12 chapters
- For
- Beginning to advanced graziers
- From
- Integrity Soils
Holistic Planned Grazing (online)
$350 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Students build a written grazing plan over seven weeks, learning the Holistic Planned Grazing skills HMI teaches for better land health, forage use and animal performance.
- Format
- 7-week online course; next start Mar 11, 2027
- For
- Ranchers ready to write a grazing plan
- From
- HMI
Grazing Sheep 101 (video course and e-book)
$97 · checked Oct 28, 2026
A 60-minute video on grazing systems for sheep on 50 acres or less, seven video tutorials (including fence charger and watering system installation), an 83-page companion e-book and a complete supplies list.
- Format
- Video course plus 83-page e-book
- For
- Sheep producers on 50 acres or less
- From
- Harmony Farms
Enroll paid link
Lamb for Life
See the course page for the current price · checked Oct 28, 2026
Teaches beginner shepherds to avoid common causes of death on sheep farms: 60 minutes of video on raising a lamb from birth to 8 months, plus hands-on tutorials.
- Format
- Online video course
- For
- Beginner shepherds building a flock
- From
- Harmony Farms
Enroll paid link
Stockmanship video sets
$250 (5-hour set), $900 (18-hour Stockmanship Plus, includes the subscription website) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Bud Williams' own low-stress stockmanship teaching on video. The 5-hour set has been sold since 1990; the 18-hour Stockmanship Plus adds access to a subscription website of 1,500-plus items.
- Format
- Video on thumb drive or hard drive
- For
- Anyone who handles cattle and wants calmer, faster stock work
- From
- Tina Williams
Holistic Management
The decision-making framework behind holistic grazing, financial and land planning.
Foundations of Holistic Management (5-course bundle)
$399 bundle, or $99 per course · checked Oct 28, 2026
The Savory Institute's five foundational courses, from the four key insights of Holistic Management and ecosystem processes to holistic decision making and monitoring decisions. Course 101 alone has 28 instructional videos, a field manual and support from Savory-accredited trainers.
- Format
- Self-paced online courses (101 to 105)
- For
- Land managers, teams and anyone starting Holistic Management
- From
- Byron Shelton, instructor
Foundations of Holistic Management (online)
$350 · checked Oct 28, 2026
An online course in managing a farm or ranch for the triple bottom line with Holistic Management, HMI's decision-making framework.
- Format
- 7-week online course; next start Mar 24, 2027
- For
- Farmers and ranchers managing for social, environmental and financial health
- From
- HMI
Soil health
Reading, testing and building living soil.
Foundation Courses + Compost Intensive Course (fall 2026 offer)
$2,700 (fall offer; extra 10% off with an early code through Oct 30) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Four Foundation Courses (Introduction to the Soil Food Web, BioComplete Compost, BioComplete Liquid Amendments and Microscopy), bundled with the school's Compost Intensive Course.
- Format
- Four on-demand courses plus a 10-week hands-on compost cohort (first 2027 cohort Jan 11 to Mar 26)
- For
- Growers and consultants who want to build soil biology
- From
- Soil Food Web Foundation
Regen Ag 101
$297 (or $549 with Adaptive Grazing) · checked Oct 28, 2026
A nine-module overview of the principles and practices of soil-health-improving regenerative agriculture, taught by Understanding Ag's farmer and rancher consultants.
- Format
- Self-paced online course, nine modules
- For
- Farmers, ranchers, educators and gardeners new to soil health
- From
- Regen Ag Online
Soil Health Foundations
$129 sale price (regular $333) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Author and coach Nicole Masters teaches how to read what a landscape and its soil are saying, so a land manager can reduce inputs while improving land health. It includes 3 hours of video modules, supporting documents, pop quizzes and direct access to Integrity Soils' online student support manager.
- Format
- Self-paced online video course, about 3 hours
- For
- Land managers who want to read their own soil
- From
- Integrity Soils
Holistic Cropping Planning (online)
$350 · checked Oct 28, 2026
HMI's cropping course is built to help growers raise healthier crops, build soil health and boost profits with holistic planning.
- Format
- 7-week online course; next start Jan 21, 2027
- For
- Crop farmers moving toward regenerative practice
- From
- HMI
Soil Health Academy — In-Person Regenerative Ag Schools
$750 for a 3-day school ($350 for a second person from the same family or business), as listed for 2026 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Founded in 2017 by Ray Archuleta, Gabe Brown, David Brandt and Allen Williams, the Soil Health Academy is a nonprofit that teaches regenerative agriculture in the field, on farms run by the producers doing it. Regrarian Resource founder Dana Wilson attended a Soil Health Academy school in Chico, California. Its 2026 schools covered homestead soil health at Ray Archuleta's Missouri farm, wildlife habitat on New Mexico rangeland, and adaptive grazing at Voss Farms in Minnesota. School prices include a donor-funded discount, and students can apply for scholarships for beginning farmers, women in agriculture, veterans and past students. No 2027 dates have been announced yet.
- Format
- 1–3 day hands-on schools on working farms and ranches across the U.S.
- For
- Farmers, ranchers and homesteaders who learn best in the field
- From
- Soil Health Academy
Permaculture
Whole-farm design, water, tree crops and food forests: Andrew Millison, Geoff Lawton, David Holmgren, Richard Perkins, Mark Shepard and more.
Permaculture Design Certificate Online (PDC and PDC PRO)
PDC $925, PDC PRO $1,425 (each + $70 registration fee) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Oregon State's instructor-led online PDC, developed by Andrew Millison and certified by the Permaculture Institute of North America. Students build their own permaculture design plan with intensive instructor feedback; the PRO track adds bi-weekly Zoom calls with classmates.
- Format
- Instructor-led online, asynchronous: PDC 10 weeks, PRO 20 weeks; next run starts Jan 4, 2027
- For
- Anyone wanting a recognized PDC with a full design for a real site
- From
- Oregon State University
Introduction to Permaculture (on demand)
$35 · checked Oct 28, 2026
A short, low-cost, self-paced introduction to permaculture from Oregon State's permaculture program.
- Format
- Self-paced online, about 5 hours
- For
- Beginners curious about permaculture
- From
- Oregon State University
Online Permaculture Design Certificate (2026)
$1,947 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Geoff Lawton's online PDC. His page says it is his first online PDC in nearly two years and the only one scheduled for 2026, that the 8-month course has just started, and that new students are still welcome.
- Format
- 8-month online course with a Final Design Exercise
- For
- Serious students of permaculture design
- From
- Discover Permaculture
Abundance+ Essentials membership
$14.99/month or $139/year (7-day free trial) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Justin Rhodes' streaming platform. The Essentials plan includes the Permaculture Pigs premium course, a 400-plus video learning library on chickens, pigs, cows, gardening and permaculture, masterclasses (including with Joel Salatin) and a private member community.
- Format
- Streaming membership: 400+ learning videos, masterclasses, community
- For
- Homesteaders and small farmers who learn by watching
- From
- Abundance+
REX Online Farm Planning Program
US$100/month Planner membership (12-month minimum) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Darren J. Doherty's farm planning program teaches the Regrarians Platform for building an integrated landscape and enterprise plan, with weekly live webinars, Q&A sessions, recordings and the REX archives.
- Format
- Live online: weekly webinar and two Q&A sessions; REX 17 runs Nov 4/5, 2026 to Mar 19, 2027
- For
- Land owners, managers and advisors at any level
- From
- Regrarians
The Advanced Permaculture Student Online (PDC)
$750 on Matt Powers' Gumroad store; payment plans from $50/month for 12 months on the course page · checked Oct 28, 2026
Matt Powers' online Permaculture Design Certification brings together more than 70 teachers and over 150 hours of video, with a global community, expert feedback on student designs, a private social network, and 7 e-books and 2 audiobooks.
- Format
- Self-paced online PDC, 150+ hours of video, lifetime access
- For
- Students seeking an official Permaculture Design Certification
- From
- The Permaculture Student
Permaculture Gardening with Matt Powers
$97 sale price (regular $197) · checked Oct 28, 2026
An 8-week video course on gardening the permaculture way, with lifetime access to the videos, audio files, e-books and a private community where Matt Powers and alumni answer questions, plus a Permaculture Gardener Certification. Bonuses include compost training with Dr. Elaine Ingham.
- Format
- Self-paced 8-week video course, lifetime access
- For
- Home gardeners and homesteaders
- From
- The Permaculture Student
Water Stories Core Course (water cycle restoration)
Live cohort $2,910, or 6 payments of $485; self-paced version available any time (price on the page) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Zach Weiss teaches water cycle restoration, from reading the land to the technical side of decentralized water retention, plus the business roadmap: working with contractors and clients, equipment and materials, and budgeting. The live course adds bi-weekly mentorship sessions with Zach, a Water Cycle Restoration Certification and alumni membership.
- Format
- Online, 12 modules in 4 phases; live cohort once a year with bi-weekly mentorship, or self-paced
- For
- Landowners and would-be practitioners with 2 to 10 hours a week for 6 to 12 months
- From
- Water Stories
Permaculture Design Course + Appropriate Technology Course (video)
$49.50 for both (regular $65); PDC alone $35 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Video of the full Permaculture Design Course and Appropriate Technology Course held at Wheaton Labs: 133 hours of instruction from permaculture teachers, with the same lessons as the in-person courses.
- Format
- 133 hours of streaming video
- For
- Self-starters who want a full PDC's content at low cost
- From
- permies.com / Wheaton Labs
Garden Master Course
$45 (regular $160); $65 with the 444-page Garden Master Guide · checked Oct 28, 2026
A 35-hour video course covering the topics of a master gardener program, plus veganic pest and disease management and soil microscopy.
- Format
- 35 hours of HD streaming video
- For
- Gardeners who want a master gardener program that goes beyond organic
- From
- permies.com
Live Online Permaculture Design Course
See the course page for the current price · checked Oct 28, 2026
A Permaculture Design Course taught live online by David Holmgren and Beck Lowe, with virtual visits to working permaculture sites.
- Format
- Live online, 72 hours over 21 weeks; Feb to June 2027 (see the enrollment page for price)
- For
- Students who want a PDC from permaculture's co-originator
- From
- Holmgren Design
Melliodora Online Garden Tour
$10/month, $45/year or $75 lifetime (currency as shown on the page) · checked Oct 28, 2026
An intimate, self-paced wander with David Holmgren through Melliodora, one of the world's most established permaculture properties.
- Format
- Self-paced: 10 HD videos, about 3 hours
- For
- Homesteaders and designers who learn by seeing a mature system
- From
- Holmgren Design
The Regenerative Agriculture Masterclass
€1,995 (open for enrollment once a year) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Richard Perkins of Ridgedale Farm teaches how to plan and design a farm that is both regenerative and profitable: clarifying objectives, creating the design, setting up infrastructure, choosing and running enterprises, selling products and managing the business. It includes more than 80 hours of video, worksheets and spreadsheets, a participant community with mentor support and weekly live office hours.
- Format
- 8-week online training with lifetime access; runs Jan 4 to Mar 4, 2027
- For
- Aspiring and working farmers who want a regenerative farm that pays
- From
- Ridgedale Farm
Practical Permaculture and Agroforestry for Farmers
$199 new farmer, $249 professional, $399 group (more than 4) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Restoration agriculture specialist Mark Shepard teaches how to turn a farm into a diversified, resilient polyculture of tree crops, livestock, fruits and vegetables.
- Format
- Self-paced online, 12 to 16 hours, no expiration
- For
- Farmers ready to move from commodity crops to perennial polyculture
- From
- Acres U.S.A. (EcoAg U)
Permaculture Design Certificate online
AU$1,997 (about US$1,403 per the page; 3-month payment plan) · checked Oct 28, 2026
An internationally recognized online PDC with 26 modules and access to a global permaculture learning community.
- Format
- Self-paced online, 26 modules, lifetime access
- For
- Urban and rural designers wanting an internationally recognized PDC
- From
- Permaculture Education Institute
Direct marketing
Selling meat and farm products straight to customers.
Foundations for Farming and Homesteading (full course library)
$995, or 3 payments of $349 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Joel Salatin's complete course library: 11 courses, 212-plus lessons and 49 hours of video on the systems behind Polyface Farm, from production techniques to marketing, with lifetime access to future releases.
- Format
- Self-paced online library, 11 courses, 49 hours of video
- For
- Farmers and homesteaders building a diversified pasture-based business
- From
- Farm Like a Lunatic
"Marketing Farmer" Masterclass (31 video lessons)
$955 · checked Oct 28, 2026
A bundle of Lamb for Life, Grazing Sheep 101, Marketing Sheep+ and six farm web-marketing classes.
- Format
- Bundle of nine online classes
- For
- Sheep producers who want to sell what they raise
- From
- Harmony Farms
Enroll paid link
Proper Livestock Marketing 101
$500 (includes the subscription website) · checked Oct 28, 2026
Bud Williams' livestock marketing method in book form, replacing the earlier DVD, with access to the subscription website.
- Format
- Book plus subscription website access
- For
- Cattle owners who buy and sell stock
- From
- Tina Williams
Ranch business & planning
Farm finances, whole-farm planning and profitability.
Ranching for Profit School
$3,000 first person from a business, $2,500 each additional, $1,000 alumni repeat (payment plans available) · checked Oct 28, 2026
A one-week school (Monday 8 AM to Saturday noon) aimed at increasing profit and cash flow, improving management and relationships, improving land and livestock health, and reducing stress and workload. Classes mix short lectures, real case studies and daily homework applied to each student's own ranch, with individual coaching after hours.
- Format
- In person, one week, 24 to 54 ranchers per class; held at locations across the country (e.g. Billings, Jan 2027: $3,000, $3,300 after Dec 23, 2026)
- For
- Ranch owners and managers focused on economics
- From
- Ranching for Profit
Holistic Financial Planning (online)
$350 · checked Oct 28, 2026
Students build financial skills to plan for profit, align spending decisions with their values and strengthen a farm or ranch's profitability with holistic financial planning tools.
- Format
- 7-week online course; next start Jan 27, 2027
- For
- Farm and ranch owners who want to plan for profit
- From
- HMI
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Most of these educators also teach for free on YouTube. Start with the Videos page, the Books list, or the free learning libraries from SARE and Western SARE.