Westland Farm had a successful 2014 growing season, with a total harvest of over 6,000 pounds of produce. Over 3,500 volunteer hours were contributed by 856 individuals and 20 groups. The farm's goals for 2014 included increasing the number of core volunteers, improving soil and record keeping, and experimenting with garden designs. A variety of crops were grown including brassicas, solanaceae, cucurbits, and other vegetables. The harvest was donated to food agencies and helped feed over 5,000 people in need.

1. Westland Farm, 2014 Review
• Harvest
• Gleaners Goals
• Volunteer Hours
• Pictures

2. Total Harvest
Brassica
Solanacae
Cucurbit
Other
Other: 1,280.5 Solanacae: 2,381.5
Brassica: 3,197
Cucurbit: 1,260

3. 0%
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70%
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90%
100%
Hours Volunteered
Number of People
Total Hours Volunteered = 3,556

4. 2014 Gleaners Goals
 Increase in core group at each garden!
 Minimum of two lead volunteers per garden
 Cohesion of volunteers from different sites
 Continued soil improvement
 Improved record keeping
 Increase in individual crop per square foot
 Immediate transportation to agencies
 Decreased crop loss due to animal and insect pests
 Sheds
 Flower gardens at each site
 ***Experiments with design***
New for 2014

5. Volunteer Details
Westland Farm Volunteer Hours - 2014
# People # Hours Groups
April 9 108
May 40 522 5-9-14 Target; 5-24-14 Faith Redemption Center
June 160 689
Dearborn Hts Montessori - 6-16-14; First Presbyterian Church of Marquette - 6-25-14; U
of M School of Public Health
July 163 628.5
Hollingsworth Logistics - 7-18-14; IHS (St timothy's of Saline); DTE Strategic Marketing
Summer Interns - 7-31-14
August 222 689
8-1-14, Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance; DTE HR Summer Interns - 8-15-14; U of
M School of Public Health - 8-27-14; Baseball Team - 8-29-14; AAA (part 2) - 8-29-14
September 171 540
GM IT 9-12-14; DTE FD&C - 9-19-14; DTE TTO & EPM 9-23-14; Carhartt 9-25-14; Walker
Winter School (3rd Grade) 9-29-14; Walker-Winter School (4th Grade) 9-30-14
October 90 373
10-22-14 Dearborn Heights Montessori School (23 Students and Teachers)
November 1 6
856 3555.5
# of Groups 20
# of Youth 166 (number of instances of youth volunteering)
# of People from Groups 343 (number includes some of the youth noted above)
# of Master Gardeners 257 (Number of instances of certified Master Gardeners volunteering)
# of people fed 5010 (Number generated by Lighthouse Home Ministries, our Gleaners Affiliate partner)

6. People on the Farm
Target
Corporation
Group Work Day
May 2014
Farm Kick –
Off
May 2014

7. Some Standout Plants
At left – Scarlet
Runner Bean, an
heirloom (it
attracts
hummingbirds
which we had in
2014)
At right – a
harvest of
Swiss Chard

8. Nature on the Farm
Below – A Swallowtail larva on a Dill plant
Right - A Honeybee pollinating a Squash blossom

9. People on the Farm
Left and below
Fall Harvest
Jane doing a
Farm tour for a
volunteer group,
herb bed in
foreground

10. A baseball teamSt Paul's Presbyterian of Marquette,
MI
AAA

11. Dearborn Hts Montessori
U of M School of Public Health