Completed Project Report


Promoting Risk Management Education for Baltimore Urban Farmers

  • Award Amount: $7,000
  • Regional Center: Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2020 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
  • Project Director: Michael Elonge
  • Email: melonge@umd.edu
  • Organization: University of Maryland

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Project Overview

This project promoted risk management education to Baltimore City beginning urban farmers by teaching urban farmers to acquire the understanding and knowledge of risk associated with farming including managing the risk. 
Fifteen urban farmers were originally enrolled in the projected, thirteen actually completed the program, and two found new jobs and had to leave the program. Pre-evaluations were completed at the beginning and post evaluations were completed at the end of the program to capture beginning farming behavior change in knowledge gained from each of the five farm risk management classes.

The Project:

The project concluded in May 2021. The project outcomes demonstrated a significant difference between pre class farm risk management knowledge (estimated average of less than 50% ), and post class (estimated average of 80 - 95% ) knowledge gain in farm risk management education.

 

 

 

Number of Participants: 13

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