Project Name

Establishment of A Family-owned Organic Vegetable Garden

 

Overview

This is intended to meet my friend's requirements. So far, based on the following facts:

• a piece of land, approx. 3 acres, all-year round green with grass.
• sofe soil, quality under testing (VT soil test service, $5/sample)
• convenient water supply, no underground drainage system (could that be a problem?)
• good location, convenient transportation (side from Berryville Pike, good for commercial advertisement/open house, etc)

 

 

Objectives

This project should have the following impacts:

• startup with small-scale trials to confirm feasibility
• extend to middle-scale production with moderate greenhouse/equipment establishment

 

Team

• Ming  Chan, Land owner
• Qi Chen
• Hong Zhu (advisor: Dr. Rongcai Yuan)
• Daniel Schellenberg, Virtual Consultant
• Other workers

 

Schedule

• On-site visit: April 9. (got first impression, took soil samples)
• Info-exchange platform set up: April 12 (created a Wiki page on Daniel's AGROGURU website, for resource collection and timely communication)
• Land planning: consider bed establishment / orientation; manure application; equipment availability, etc.
• Preparatory trials: late April
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Tasks

• Land planning (Ming, Qi & Hong)
• Worker recruitment / other formalities (Ming)
• Soil test (Hong)
• Seed / seedling preparation (Hong & Qi)
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Resources

Organic Farm Report

Organic vegetable gardening guide.pdf

OrganicVegetableProduction.pdf

Organic Seed Price List.pdf

The organization of Organic vegetable supply chains in China.pdf

 

 

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