Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Keenan Bishop
Planning Unit: Franklin County CES
Major Program: Small Farm Diversification
Plan of Work: Increase best practices for urban agriculture, natural resources & local food systems
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Small, diversified family farm selling produce, meats and value added processed. Having acreage for only a small poultry flock, a couple head each of goats, sheep, beef and dairy cattle
Need for a feed & mineral program & stations for multi-specie supplementation and co-grazing.
Single Latino family
No Tractor
4 kids
Other partners (if applicable)
4H
Program impact or participant response.
Mud, wasted hay (no feeders)
Improvised low cost fence line feeder
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