S.M.A.R.T. Holistic management goals

 

1. 1. Agroecological Design: Our first and primary goal is a well-designed farm. Accomplishing this directly improves our ability to meet our 2nd and 3rd goals listed below.

2. Crop Yield and Quality: This will be determined when it comes time to harvest

3. Economic Viability: By keeping track of associated resource and material costs, we’ll be able to get an idea of what our target pricing will be. We can then compare this to average cost of organic goods. It will be hard to extrapolate this to a larger trend, since the size of this garden is limited and as a first-time situation for many of the group members we may find that we have to fine-tune and adjust our approach; which can possibly increase costs.

      4.   Social Impact: Our hope is to be able to produce enough, that we can donate some of          our produce at the end of the semester. We can hypothetically evaluate this to be at some point past our break even yield.