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Organizational |
House &
Barn Infrastructure |
Farm |
Art |
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completed |
in
process |
future |
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Phase I, 1-2 years |
Aquire
property |
Rehabilitate
farmhouse |
Rehabilitate
fields |
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Establish
501(c)(3) status |
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Patch
cut new growth forest |
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Recruit
board of directors |
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Phase II, 2-3 years |
Design
& launch Beginning Farmer Fellowship |
Build
an irrigation system |
Expand
our workable fields |
Host
artists for pilot residency |
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Recruit
first fellows |
Build
an apprentice apartment |
Establish
fencing |
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Recruit
second cohort of fellows after first growing season so we always have
experienced fellows and new fellows learning from and contributing to each
other |
Build
coops |
Plant
permaculture, including, but not limited to pears, peaches, cherries, hardy
kiwi, and blueberries |
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Provide
affordable events to educate and engage the community about sustainable
living |
Rehabilitate
our barn |
Rehabilitate
our apple trees |
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Begin
our community outreach and connecting with like minded people and
organizations |
Build
greenhouse |
Plant
Garlic beds as part of WBF income stream |
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Strategize
and planting additional berries, trees for future income sources. We plan to self-fund our programs, to
become less reliant on donations |
Build
compost system |
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Develop
permaculture design |
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Phase III, 3-6 years |
Host
monthly community events |
Build
an artist studio cabin and beginning our formal artist-in-residence program |
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Launch
Artist Residency program |
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Launch
fundraising campaign to support building a commercial kitchen |
Convert
the summer kitchen into a commercial kitchen for use by beginning farmer
fellows |
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Build
a public sculpture garden |
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Purchase
a neighboring 7-acre piece of land to expand our gardens |
Build
hiking trails |
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Phase IV, 7+ years |
What
about a seasonal farm-to-table restaurant? |
Establish
the complete range of planned perennial crops to provide a stable income
stream to support our fellowship program |
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