We Need Your Help
The property that we have available to us is an acre on the dot, but we are currently only using 50% of that acre. Now, just on that half-acre we’ve been able to do amazing things: over 2,000 lbs of vegetables in one season, hundreds of dollars worth of produce donated to the local food bank, a quadrupling of student leadership involvement over the past year, and a paid summer internship program for two students.Now we want to make something of our extra space, but we need your help.
This is plan involves two things: biochar (a soil amendment used to store carbon, boost soil fertility, and expand vegetable production) and perennial agriculture (we’re always battling continuity as a student farm, so we’d figure we’d get the plants to help us out).This project is an expansion, but it’s also a creation. We want to take the space that’s currently sitting unused and coax it into producing a bounty of sustenance. In the process we will become one of the first small farms to experiment with growing vegetables on biochar. We will be helping to store carbon and develop healthy soil. We will legitimize our organization through more crop diversity and yield, and that will open doors to creating more community partnerships with other farms, organizations, students, and consumers.SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO
- Grow food on a previously unused space: Apples! Berries! Herbs! More vegetables!
- Rehabilitate soil fertility and store carbon
- Diversify and legitimize agricultural experiences for students
- Provide experimental and research opportunities for students and professors alike
- Increase collaboration potential and community impact
- Check out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2096141530/the-morven-kitchen-garden-expand-rehabilitate-tran to help us grow! (p.s. there are rewards for donating!!)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2096141530/the-morven-kitchen-garden-expand-rehabilitate-tran