Small Scale/Youth Organic Gardening Project Continuation

Project Overview

FNC02-432
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2002: $18,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Region: North Central
State: Michigan
Project Coordinator:
Leroy Ray, Jr.
The Farm School Cooperative

Commodities

  • Fruits: grapes
  • Vegetables: sweet corn

Practices

  • Animal Production: animal protection and health, free-range
  • Crop Production: intercropping, multiple cropping, application rate management
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, feasibility study, value added
  • Pest Management: biological control, physical control, cultivation
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, integrated crop and livestock systems
  • Soil Management: organic matter
  • Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, sustainability measures
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