Category: Training

  • Third Year Summary- Greenhouse Manager

    THIRD YEAR FOCUS- Greenhouse Manager Prepared 12/6/11 by RC This year was my second year serving as greenhouse manager at North Slope Farm.  It gave me an opportunity to try to maximize efficiency within our greenhouses.  I was able to practice my management skills to perfect, to the best of my abilities, the routines of…

  • Crop Plan Intro 2011 & Third Year Summmary

    Crop Plan Intro 2011 & Third Year Summary Prepared by ST on 10/6/11 The goal of producing the Crop Plan for NSF is to create documents that will aid in planting vegetables for three farmers markets. The plan will be based on the 2010 plan which gave us a good record of what and when vegetables were…

  • Administration Introduction

    Administration – Introduction Office Orientation:                           Workspaces: Systems Management Desk Computer and Projects Desk Farm Managers Desk Filing Drawers and System Postings, Messages and Chalk Board Time Tracking:  (See Time Sheet by Element)  Record hours by element, (form on Systems Desk).  HalfDay; is any day where you work 4 hours or less.  FullDay; if you work…

  • Frost Seeding in March

    Frost Seeding – Medium Red Clover into recovering fields Seeded March 2, 2011, by MR Using manual seed spinner, seeding at an approx. rate of 10 pounds (#) per acre.  Utilized opening at reccomended (on spinner) setting; aprox 1/8th inch. To provide even spread of the seed, at 10#/acre, I had to run.  I was…

  • Stewardship Capital

  • Stewardship Guild Mission

    Stewardship Guild Established 2006 Mission The Goals of the Stewardship Guild are: To define and test concepts of Stewardship To define and promote stewardship of Valuable Resources To train individuals in Stewardship practices To support Stewardship Activities Stewardship: Active involvement in basic community affairs with the intent to identify valuable resources and promote strategies to…

  • Position Descriptions – 2011

    Position Descriptions – 1/2011, MikeR North Slope Farm Opportunities for the 2011 Season. Please note, there are two categories of workers at North Slope Farm.  1) Stewardship Guild – Trainee: First Season: Participation in, and Introductions to, core Farm Activities, as directed by Farm Manager. Value: $3,000 (funded by StewardshipGuild.org), for 9 month season. Minimum…

  • Equipment – Special Focus

    Equipment – Special Focus  10/19/2010  Summary        My focus this year was equipment. The first task I had was to make a list and identify every piece of equipment on the farm. My list will need to be modified and added to because as the season rolled on more equipment emerged out of overgrown grass and…

  • Planting

    Planting is one of the most rewarding tasks at North Slope Farm.  It is a major step that takes the seedling from the Greenhouse element to the Crop Care element.  Many steps lead up to a successful planting, and then the job has just begun.  Cover those soil blocks you planters!!!

  • Infrastructure

    Infrastructure is another element that is tied into all the others.  Nothing would happen without the infrastructure the 1. ties us all together and 2. allows us the energy and resources to feed production systems.  The time we all spend talking about how investments in Infrastructure can be designed to feed agricultural systems is what…

  • Handling

    The difference between a fresh product and an excellent fresh product is Handling.  The niche that local agriculture can fill is to produce quality products close to the market, THEN handle them professionally and their customers will be back each week!  Here in lies the greatest challenge for small scale operations – washing, cooling, packaging…

  • Greenhouse

    Greenhouses are here to stay, and in our urban state, it seems likely that the future will include a greater and greater percentage of production in controlled climates.  Detail oriented managers will find great success in the greenhouse.  It is definately less forgiving than the outside environment.  Our greenhouses provide us with the opportunity to produce our…