## 🌱 **Urbandale Farm – Objectives & Operating Commitments** ### 1. 🌆 **Urban Farming & Food Sovereignty** * Operate **regenerative, organic farm systems** including aquaponics, hydroponics, permaculture rows, and Hügelkultur to feed our community and heal the soil. * Heal and create living soil using **no-till**, **compost**, **animals**, and a **dedicated soil station**. * Share regenerative practices with other farmers and develop a **seed-to-sale fractal** focused on **Black-led food systems**. * Reduce space, water, and labor requirements using: * **Vertical** and **companion planting** * **Hydro, Aero, and Aqua-ponics** * **Automation and lean design** ### 2. ☀️ **Clean Energy & Resilience** * Build climate-resilient infrastructure using **solar trailers, microgrids, and smart charging stations**. * Eliminate fossil fuel use on the farm. * Advance **energy education and workforce development** in line with **Justice40 goals**. * Reduce the farm’s **electric and water bills** through design and monitoring. ### 3. 🏡 **Housing & Land Justice** * Expand **Fledge Fractals**: cooperative real estate models using blockchain to democratize ownership and reduce wealth inequality. * Maintain **long-term affordability** and **community control** of land and housing assets. ### 4. 🚀 **Entrepreneurship & Economic Opportunity** * Incubate **5+ micro-enterprises**, including youth-led businesses not limited to farming. * Prioritize **BIPOC founders** through equitable access to resources, markets, and mentorship. * Leverage **Web3 tools**, **regenerative economics**, and **cooperative business models** to redistribute power. ### 5. 🛡️ **Public Safety Through Community** * Advance **visions of safety rooted in care, dignity, and collective responsibility**. * Create healing-centered alternatives to systemic trauma and incarceration. * Build community power by replacing policing with creativity, education, and trust. --- ## 🔄 **Operational Objectives & Metrics** | Theme | Target / Metric | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | | **Revenue** | TBD (self-sustaining through balanced sales/donations) | | **Costs** | < 90% of total revenue | | **Donations** | Track value of goods shared | | **POC Farming** | Increase participation by 33% (at least 5 farmers) | | **Youth Engagement** | 300+ youth reached; 30+ meaningfully educated | | **Micro-enterprises** | Incubate 5 non-farm businesses | | **Water/Electric Bills** | Measure and reduce through conservation tech | | **Knowledge Sharing** | Publish 1 paper on **Lean Urban Farming** | | **Seed-to-Sale Model** | Develop an all-Black cooperative pilot | | **Sales v. Donations** | Maintain a values-based balance | --- ## 🛠️ **Lean Farming Methodologies** Urbandale uses adapted tools from **lean manufacturing** to create a farming system that is efficient, regenerative, and human-centered. * **Scrum / Iterative Planning** * **5-S System** (Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) * **Kanban & Pull Systems** * **Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)** * **Customer-Centric = Purpose-Centric** * **Bi-weekly Reflection & Adaptive Planning**