2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
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HORT 258 - Urban Farming and Business Planning II



3.0 Credits
Continuation of HORT 257, exploring urban farm models and entrepreneurship while developing summertime hands on urban farming skills. Complete and present an urban whole farm management and business plan. Students practice techniques at the SAgE Sammamish Valley Student Farm. Field trips are an integral part of this course. Be prepared to arrive and depart from sites on your own.
Prerequisite HORT 257.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Discuss and evaluate common and emergent urban farm models, and describe the entrepreneurial compentencies required to sustain these small businesses.
  2. Demonstrate summertime urban farm management skills with farm site soils, plants, animals, equipment, tools, materials, and supplies both in a greenhouse and in the field.
  3. Apply and compare a diverse set of cropping systems and practices associated with urban scale operations for four season production in the Pacific Northwest.
  4. Produce an urban whole farm management plan that balances productive efficiency, resource conservation, and socioeconomic resiliency.
  5. Describe the components of a farm business plan, and create a plan based upon triple bottom line sustainability principles and agricultural market research.



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