Presentation Outline Background & Introduction  Green Dining  Terp Farm Pilot  Year One Outcomes  Next Steps Terp Farm – Year One  Summer  Fall.

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Presentation Outline Background & Introduction  Green Dining  Terp Farm Pilot  Year One Outcomes  Next Steps Terp Farm – Year One  Summer  Fall  Winter  Spring

Background: Green Dining 2012 Sustainable Food Commitment:  1-4% annual increase in sustainable food purchases based on financial feasibility and product availability  Annual, incremental increases in sourcing from local growers, with special emphasis on Maryland growers and harvesters  Annual, incremental increases in sourcing of unprocessed, whole foods  20% sustainable food by 2020 Sustainable Food Committee

Background: Terp Farm Pilot Collaboration  Department of Dining Services  College of Agriculture and Natural Resources  Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station  Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture  Institute of Applied Agriculture  Office of Sustainability Pilot Funding  University of Maryland’s Sustainability Fund: $124,400 for 3-year Pilot Program

Background: Terp Farm Pilot (cont.) Mission:  Offer sustainable, four-season vegetable production for Dining Services  Donate fresh produce to those in need at UMD and in our community  Provide educational opportunities for the UMD students and the broader community Staffing  Guy Kilpatric, Dining Services Lead Agricultural Technician  Green Dining Team  Summer student staff team Location  2+ acres at Upper Marlboro Facility Central MD Research and Education Center, 15 miles from Campus

Sustainability at Terp Farm

Year One Outcomes: Crop Yield

Year One Outcomes: Produce Deliveries

Year One Outcomes: Student Engagement 2014 Student Engagement:

Next Steps 2015 – first full growing season Enhance infrastructure  Greenhouse  Second high tunnel  GAP certification & washing stations Ongoing collaboration with culinary team Increase student and community engagement  Academic courses  Living Learning programs  Open volunteer days  Farm tours  Harvest festival  Student research  More!

Summer - July 2014 Terp Farm – Year One

Terp Farm –Summer Summer 2014: Student Staff Team Member Typical Day at the Farm  7am – 3:30pm  7am : Arrive + Harvest in HT and Lower Field  8am – 12pm : Cultivation, Irrigation, Fertilization, or Planting  12pm – 12:45 pm : Lunch Break  12:45pm – 2pm : Individual Projects + Office Work  2pm – 3:30pm : Tool Maintenance, Weeding Gardens, Clean-Up

Summer – Day One

Summer - June 2014

Summer - July 2014

Summer - August 2014

Summer - June 2014

Summer – July 2014

Summer - August 2014

Larriland No-Till Seminar Southern Maryland Field Day Field Trips

Terp Farm – Fall Plant Sciences Fruit and Vegetable Technology Lab  Weekly visits to Terp Farm Outreach & Promotion

Fall - September 2014

Terp Farm – Winter & Spring Plant Science Capstone Project  Terp Farm Food Safety Plan Future Harvest – Terp Farm High Tunnel Workshop

Winter – January 2014

Spring – April 2014

Terp Farm Food Safety Plan Spring 2014