Growing Food, Gorwing Access - A Strategic Plan for the World PEAS Food Hub

This report was published in August 2014 by the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.  A team of six graduate students worked closely with World PEAS staff to conduct research and prepare the report.  World PEAS staff continue to return to this report for direction in their work.

This guide provides history, background and recipies for major Asian crops, including the famous bittermelon.

A tool to continue to advance intentional education and training during off-season months. Gwenyn Hill built this as a complement to the job book that the Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship program uses for training.

This workshop gives the trainer an opportunity to explain what a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is and walks through an SOP for when to wash your hands, how to wash your hands, and what produce to wash. It also introduces some common vocabulary around the wash station so that farmers and trainers can start to use the same language. The workshop goes on to set up a common harvest and post-harvest handling SOP for greens and for roots, which then can be hung up in the wash station to remind farmers of the proper SOP to follow.

An example of the farmer manual from the Headwaters Incubator Program that explains basic rules and parameters for participation in the program.

This is a short (9 slides) lesson on how and why to identify imported cabbageworms, with two control methods suggested for organic growers.

This guide will help you use the ‘Income and Expenses Tool’ with farmers. The tool is an Excel spreadsheet, intended to be used one-on-one with a farmer and a program staff person. This tool can be used after a farmer has completed at least one selling season, or it can be used to make an estimated budget for the upcoming year. This teaching resource was developed by Global Gardens in Boise, Idaho in partnership with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED Solutions). Refugee farmer training programs across the country provided feedback on this lesson, which is now integrated throughout the guide.

This document was prepared by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems as a resource through the Bring New Farmers to the Table Project. This document serves as a strategic guide for Incubator farms to utilize when seeking start-up funds.

Self evaluation form from the Intervale Center, which asks farmers to report on financial goals, production goals, and organic certification.

Spread sheet that provides a financial model for a 25 acre incubator farm. Includes calculations for start up funds, salaries and wages, expenses, and projected sales.