The Kula Urban Farm project aims to provide locally grown specialty produce, job training, and education on urban agriculture. The farm will be located on the grounds of the Springwood Center mixed-use building. In phase one, the farm will include a greenhouse and storage shed to grow produce for local restaurants and markets through a community-supported agriculture program. The goal is for the urban farm to become a self-sustaining social enterprise providing job skills and introducing participants to entrepreneurship.

1. Interfaith Neighbors
Kula Urban Farm

2. Neighbors Helping Neighbors

3. BDC Services and Programs
Services
Programs

4. Why an urban agriculture business?
Provide (phase 1) year-round locally grown specialty
produce
Extension of the Kula Café Job Training Program
Provide training and education for the growing urban
agriculture movement
Build community engagement
Profit generation for long-term sustainability
Alternative food production with profoundly less
dependence on petrochemical inputs

5. Urban Farming Works
Urban farmers enjoy competitive advantages over their rural
counterparts. Buyers will pay a premium for custom-grown
vegetables that can be picked and delivered the same day.

6. Business Model
Commercial Urban
Farm
Community
Education/Engagement
Channel = Local restaurants and
markets, CSA agreements
Product = specialty leafy,
herbs and some ornamental
Pricing = Premium
Technical = Rutgers Urban
Garden Team
Staffing = paid
Goal
•Education
•Work for produce
•Job skills
•Introduction to
entrepreneurism
Goal
•Social enterprise
•Self sustaining
•Ready for “sale”

7. Kula Urban
Farm

10. Springwood Center Mixed-use Building

11. Location and Phases
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16. Kula Urban Farm Site

17. Storage Shed

18. Kula Urban Farm Greenhouse

19. Interfaith Neighbors
Business Development Center
Contact: R. W. Boyce – rogerb@interfaithneighbors.org