Organic Niche Micro-Farm Tour
Columbus, OH
Sunday, August 21, 2016
2-4 p.m.
During this field day, attendees will visit the most recently established ground plot of Swainway Urban Farm. Building a micro-farm enterprise within small spaces is possible through innovative farming techniques and a strategic approach. In six seasons of expansion, the farm has grown from a small backyard garden to three intensive production sites, drawing revenue of $150,000 on less than a 1/2 acre foot print. These sites include two outdoor gardens, a spring seedling hoophouse, and an indoor facility growing mushrooms and microgreens year-round. Garden layout and niche crop production will be discussed, along with the business aspects of developing a sustainable and successful small plot farming system. Harmonious Homestead, the tour location, includes more than thirty perennial edible species, annual and wild food beds, a flock of chickens, and beehives. The homestead includes projects created by friends and children who use shared space to practice restoration agriculture and nature schooling.
This event is offered by the Columbus Agrarian Society as part of the 2016 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. In total, the series features 32 farm tours and 10 educational workshops, offered in partnership with OEFFA, The Ohio State University Sustainable Agriculture Team, Advancing Eco Agriculture, Ashtabula Local Food Council, and Our Harvest Research and Education Institute. All tours and workshops are free and open to the public and do not require pre-registration unless otherwise noted. For more information about the series, go to http://www.oeffa.org/q/2016farmtours.
1224 E. Cooke Rd.
Columbus, OH 43224