Nature Farming at Wheeler Elementary

Project Overview

SW01-066
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2001: $13,460.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Region: Western
State: Hawaii
Principal Investigator:
Joe Lee
Wheeler Elementary School

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: soybeans
  • Vegetables: beans, beets, carrots, cucurbits, eggplant, greens (leafy), peppers, tomatoes

Practices

  • Crop Production: biological inoculants, intercropping, multiple cropping, nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers, stubble mulching
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, focus group, participatory research
  • Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, marketing management, market study
  • Natural Resources/Environment: hedgerows
  • Pest Management: biological control, prevention, row covers (for pests), mulching - vegetative
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems
  • Soil Management: soil analysis, organic matter, soil quality/health
  • Sustainable Communities: partnerships, public participation, urban/rural integration, analysis of personal/family life, community services, employment opportunities, sustainability measures
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