A figure which we use at the Washington County Community Garden is $2.00 per pound. We have gardeners weigh their harvest on a feed scale, and record the results in a spiral notebook. As the summer goes on, I remove the pages and tally our "haul" and announce a preliminary tally at our annual pot luck dinner in August. This year, we harvested over 6,000 pounds of food, with an average market value of over $12,000, an impressive figure which not only helps to justify our existence but also proves the value of community gardens to individuals and the community at large. An article on food values by Roger Doiron, somewhat outdated but interesting nonetheless, is found at the Kitchen Garden International site. The article is easily found if you "google" 'produce value doiron'. Though we continue to develop community gardens, there are skeptics who question our existence. Using statistics which reflect economic value can help in the development or maintenance of community garden sites. Mary Reilly-Kliss, Coordinator Washington County Community Garden West Bend, WI 53090 http://washingtoncountycommunitygarden.webs.com
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 31, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Fred Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Susan, > This is not definitive, but I just did a little poking around on this > subject prior to the ACGA webinar earlier this week. There are ten pages > of results on this subject, it seemed like most recently a couple folks > settled on two pounds per square foot per year. The following are bullet > points for my presentation, so let me explain the linear foot thing... > calculations of yield per linear foot row are way super much higher than > any square-foot calculations. It was nice seeing you in Seattle. > •From ACGA list-serve archive: Estimates range from 1.25 to 3.2 #/ft2 > •Linear ft > square ft by a lot > •Single tomato plant yield ranges 30-150# > •Crop by variety ranges 40-200#/50 foot row > •NA average CG plot size is 200ft2 > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Susan Finlayson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, All: >> >> I was wondering if anyone is aware of a calculator program for estimating >> the amount of food that is grown on a given area of garden during a growing >> season? I realize that this is extremely variable, depending on the type >> of crop grown, the number of harvests, management practices, etc.... but >> perhaps there is an easy calculator that uses averages and also lets you >> factor in some of these variables? >> >> The purpose would be to help us estimate the amount of food (in pounds) >> that are likely harvested across all of the community gardens that we work >> with. I'm sure someone else out there has wrestled with trying to figure >> out something like this... >> >> Cheers, >> Susan >> >> >> >> -- >> Susan Finlayson >> Community Gardens Program Director >> Wasatch Community Gardens >> 824 S. 400 W., Suite 127 >> Salt Lake City, UT 84101 >> www.wasatchgardens.org >> (801) 359-2658 x12 >> "Empowering people of all ages and incomes to grow and eat healthy, >> organic, local food." >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20131031/6477a060/attachment.html >> _______________________________________________ >> The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of >> ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to >> find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org >> >> To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: >> http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > -- > > > ------------------------------ > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message is > legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of > the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, > dissemination, distribution or copy of this e-mail message and attachments is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > delete it in its entirety. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20131031/f704a66f/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
