i agree with Pattie. $5 per square foot is a grand objective. note however, that the $ value will decrease with size. you should not expect to earn $220,000 per acre, but $100,000 is not unrealistic
K. Rashid Nuri Truly Living Well Natural Urban Farms P.O. Box 90841 East Point GA 30364 Phone: 404 520 8331 www.trulylivingwell.com It is simply service that measures success. - George Washington Carver ________________________________ From: Pattie Baker <freshbakedc...@mindspring.com> To: "Fosselius, Kati" <fossel...@allentowncity.org>; community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 9:47:03 AM Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Question about Expected Yield of a Community Garden We aim for 2 pounds per square foot per year, so a 4 x 8 bed should yield about 65 pounds per year. At an extremely conservative food value of $5 per pound, considering the variety of prices for organic produce from cut greens to herbs to heirloom tomatoes, that's a food value of $325 for a 4 x 8' bed. Not bad! Much more is possible, of course, but this is realistic. Oh, we are in Atlanta, so that takes into account our long growing seasons. From: community_garden-boun...@list.communitygarden.org [mailto:community_garden-boun...@list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of Fosselius, Kati Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:37 AM To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Subject: [Community_garden] Question about Expected Yield of a Community Garden Hello! I'm working on a grant proposal that is due this afternoon, and one component of the proposal relates to creating more community gardens in our City. I've been advised to include an outcome related to expected yield of these gardens, which will vary greatly in size. I'm not a gardener so would greatly appreciate some guidance ... what's a reasonable number to use (perhaps in pounds / square foot or something similar)? Thanks in advance for your suggestions! Kati Kati Fosselius, MS, RD, LDN Public Health Dietitian Nutrition and Physical Activity Program Allentown Health Bureau 610.437.7581 www.allentownpa.gov<http://www.allentownpa.gov> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20101115/1d853956/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 1734 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20101115/1d853956/attachment.gif> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 11/15/2010 Tested on: 11/15/2010 9:38:33 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20101115/c945e8fa/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20101115/68babf81/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
