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Community Discussion

Exploring ideas together.

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Purpose

To use information from micro-farm project to learn about home and community vegetable

sustainability.

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Conclusions for Family(AS COMPARED TO CSA)

Advantages DisadvantagesHealth of natural food and knowing where comes from and subbing for meats and processed foods.

With less time, can buy from CSA or farmers market.

Health from being outdoors Requires physical work that some might not be physically capable of.

Building community with other farmers and sharing Cost-benefit of small scale is low.

Lowers food cost Getting good land may be difficult and not close by.

Farm rows easier to maintain and can provide higher yield than garden.

When things go wrong may lack experience to correct it.

Incentive for learning to cook seasonally and store For best results, deep plowing is best, which is not available for most.

Even small scale can provide outreach to community Time commitment

Provides for personal food security. Seasonality spikes harvest and requires storage and not eating fresh later.

Satisfaction and pride

Family Growing

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Making Micro Farms Work Through Community

Community Growing

Community micro farms and gardens leverage capital expenses and can save time.

Benefit of Community Explanation

Leverage costs Sharing of capital equipment costs

Lower Labor Cost Plow all fields at same time

Provide flexibility of schedule Help each other when neighbors are away. Take turns for activities such as weeding.

Veggie Trading Farmers trade with other for what they need.

Additional Community Programs Program Benefit

Community Greenhouse Share capital expense of growing seedlings and extending growing season.

Community Root Cellar Evens out harvest for later consumption

Community Freezer Evens out harvest for later consumption

Community Kitchen Evens out harvest for later consumption