Fees for 6-day Midwifery Assistant Workshops: (Midwife Assistant and Advanced Workshops)
The fee for each 6-day workshop is $875. This includes all classes, and two meals a day, breakfast and supper. The Farm Store provides a variety of foods, salads and homemade soups for lunches. Supper will be a delicious homecooked vegetarian meal. Accommodations are available within our community. See “Accommodations” paragraph below. Fee does not include your books. Contact us for a reading list.

Fee for Workshop for Midwives: Common Sense and Tradition
The fee for this workshop is $685. This includes all classes and awarded CEU’s, plus two meals a day, breakfast and dinner for five days, plus snacks of fruit, coffee and tea anytime during the workshop. The Farm Store provides a variety of foods, salads and homemade soups for lunches. Supper will be a delicious homecooked vegetarian meal. Accommodations are available within our community. See “Accommodations” paragraph below.

Fee for IV Therapy Class:
This two-day class will be $275. This includes the lab fee and breakfast for the two days. You will be able to go to the Farm store for lunch and supper.

Fee for Neonatal Resuscitation Class:
This two-day class will be $275. This includes breakfast for the two days. You will be able to go to the Farm store for lunch and supper.

Validation of attendance:
At the end of each workshop you will receive a certificate of attendance with a list of the skills introduced and practiced during that workshop. You will be awarded Continuing Education Units from Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC) for the Advanced Workshop, and from MEAC and American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) for the Workshop for Midwives: Common Sense and Tradition.

    ALACE trained Doulas will receive their yearly CEU requirement for attending our week long workshop.
    Check with DONA for credits available for attending our class.

Accommodations:
We offer several different options for housing while you are here:
  1. There are 8 beds in a small rustic dorm cabin next to the Farm Clinic. Dorm is free for the first 8 students who enroll.
  2. There are private rooms in the homes of our Farm residents that are very comfortable and within close walking distance of the clinic for $25/night/student, $35/night/non-student.
  3. Other housing possibilities, including one cabin, are available within our community if you want to bring your family. Call us for information.

Transportation to The Farm from the Airport:
The Farm Clinic is 65 miles from Nashville. If you fly, you should fly to Nashville. We will arrange a shuttle run the day before and the day the workshop begins. At the end of the workshop there will be a shuttle run to the airport. Contact us if you plan to use our shuttle.

We have orientation at 4:30 p.m. at the Farm Clinic/Midwifery Center on the first day of each workshop, so you should fly into Nashville before 1:30 p.m. in order to be here by 4:30 p.m.
At the end of the workshops, please do not plan your flights out of Nashville before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday or before 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning.

Shuttle cost will be $75/person or child, each way, to and from the airport. If you bring a baby you need to bring a car seat. Plan to meet next to the information desk at the baggage claim station at the airport. If you plan to use our shuttle run service, be sure to contact us by e-mail at least 2 weeks before the beginning of the workshop.