Marjoram pesto

Marjoram Pesto


3 cups marjoram

2 cups olive oil

1 cup walnuts

3 cups parsley

1/2 cup water

salt

pepper

4 cloves garlic

1/2 cup cheese

1tbs balsamic vinegar

blend all together for a few minutes till smooth

Getting ready for our first Garden of Eatin' sale

For your blog today please make sure to include:

1. Recipe for Marjoram pasta and pictures of Production making it.
2. Pictures of labels for our packaging.
3. The questions from our customer satisfaction survey and why it is important to get this information.
4. Our cost-benefit analysis:
a. Determine fixed costs: employees (number of hours x hourly wage) up to the date.
b. Determine variable costs: Projected total cost of materials divided by the number of units= Material cost per unit.
c. Since we know the price we can determine the "break even point." How many units must we sell to break even?
d. How many units have we sold so far? Have we reached the "break even point" or have we made profits? What are the projected profits as of today?

5. Your reflection of the team and the morning. How did we do? Do you feel we accomplished a lot? Why or why not? What did you enjoy? etc.

When I was at the farm gathering our marjoram and herbs, Camilla, the farm manager offered us her harvests from three berms: baby spinach, mixed greens and radishes. We are so lucky!

Farm Blog for May 8th

Last week: Ezra, Bobby and Albert chopping up the greens compost from our berm to add to the compost bin in layers with brown ingredients to speed up the decomposition process:

This weeks farm assignment:
On your blog please post:

Part I: Your observations and general feeling about the work you did at the farm.

Part II: We will all complete science experiments in class, though if you need it for your portfolio you will need to write a 3 page background paper to go along with it.

Research Question: What are you trying to figure out?
Hypothesis: What do you think will be the result of your experiment based on background research?
Independent Variable: What is the thing that you are testing or comparing?
Independent Variable: What will react to the test/comparison?
Constants: What will you make sure to keep the same in your test/comparison to really see if the independent variable you changed makes a difference?
Procedure:

Part III:
A list of the crops that you are growing in your berm and an approximate harvest date: This will be useful for planning our sales.

New Garden, Art and Economics class

I'm excited that this spring Jane and I have teamed up again. This cycle students will spend Tuesdays at the farm and Thursdays at school planning our new business. It has only been a week and we have made so much progress. Each student will keep a blog that will record their experience at the farm and in class. This will serve as the final project for the class. To make a blog, you can use either blogger or wordpress. http://www.blogger.com http://wordpress.org Follow the easy directions which include deciding on a title and URL. When you are done, please send Jane and Naima the URL address: naima@cityas.org Jane@cityas.org

For this week students should post two entries: Art and Economics: Introduce yourself and your department. Why did you choose your department? What are your responsibilities? What is the name of the company? logo? Mission Statement? What are the company values?What products are you planning to sell? How did the group make decisions? Urban Farming: How was your morning? Post 2 photos. Update on your berm: What seeds are growing? What was harvested? What companions do you have or plan to have? (list 3). What plants/seeds do you need? Is soil alive? Why or why not? How can we manage our soil? What were the nutrient test results for your berm?