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'''Abstract:''' First month involves creating a detailed site survey + general land stewardship plan (Site Plan). It also involves startup of a summer garden and beginning of responsible animal husbandry - starting with dairy cows in a mob grazing scenario. | |||
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*Take charge of ag tools | *Take charge of ag tools | ||
**Shopping list for manual and powered tools | **Shopping list for manual and powered tools | ||
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*Garden Plan | *Garden Plan | ||
**Review Monday standup meeting | **Review Monday standup meeting | ||
==Learning Plan== | ==Learning Plan== | ||
*One month | *One month | ||
*Fabrication - weld torch | *Fabrication - weld + torch | ||
**Rationale: | **Rationale: all skills required to fix a tractor or modify agricultural equipment | ||
**10 hrs welding | **10 hrs welding | ||
**10 hours torching | **10 hours torching | ||
Revision as of 01:37, 16 June 2012
Month 1
Abstract: First month involves creating a detailed site survey + general land stewardship plan (Site Plan). It also involves startup of a summer garden and beginning of responsible animal husbandry - starting with dairy cows in a mob grazing scenario.
Tasks:
- Take charge of ag tools
- Shopping list for manual and powered tools
- Create a Factor e Farm Agriculture Resources wiki page
- Create a Management Plan for Dairy Cow by Saturday standup meeting
- Include materials, costs, ergonomics of milking and pasture, health, grazing plan, shelter, scale, milking infrastructure, reproductive timeline, food supplements, medicine
- Budget and sourcing of stock and materials
- Survey - 2 weeks
- Conversation with Dan Shellenberg - Saturday - sourcing equipment + basics of technique
- Review the online video, post on, and create Surveying 101 wiki page
- Source open source GIS and mapping software
- Pasture, berming, long term planting (hazelnuts + chestnuts) ponds master plan
- Garden Plan
- Review Monday standup meeting
Learning Plan
- One month
- Fabrication - weld + torch
- Rationale: all skills required to fix a tractor or modify agricultural equipment
- 10 hrs welding
- 10 hours torching
- Diagramming, graphics software
- Three Months
- CAD up to Fabrication Drawings
Month 2
- Develop Economic Model of Sustainability for Neosubsistence Agricultural operations