Design - Preparation of Raised Beds for Year-Round Vegetable Production in Urban Agriculture

Project Overview

FNE01-359
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2001: $4,214.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2002
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $4,512.00
Region: Northeast
State: Pennsylvania
Project Leader:
Mat Brener
Greensgrow Farm

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: potatoes
  • Vegetables: beets

Practices

  • Crop Production: continuous cropping, multiple cropping, municipal wastes
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, feasibility study, agricultural finance, market study
  • Soil Management: organic matter, soil analysis, soil quality/health
  • Sustainable Communities: urban agriculture, sustainability measures
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