Name: Lukas Philpott

Build a Sustainable City Farm!

Go to : http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sust13.sci.eco.cityfarm/city-farm/

You need to run the farm sustainably for 5 years. That means you take good care of the farm, the
community, and the community's resources. Each year, you'll have a starting budget of $1000 to
achieve these goals:

● Provide food for 200 households. Each household gets one “share” (a box) of our fresh food each
week.
● Keep the soil healthy.
● Conserve as much water as possible.

You'll get up to 20 sustainability points each year based on how well you meet these goals.

Year Crops Upgrades Summer /event Action taken

1 potatoes mulch frost I had already bought
carrots composter mulch which helps with
frost
**Before you start the next year, you need to record your results for each year on the table on
the next page!**
2 lettuce/greens x2 chickens frost Still have mulch which
drip irrigation helps that

3 carrots x2 lime frost still have mulch

peppers worms
potatoes
4 lettuce/greens x2 rain catchment weeds Mulch solves this
bush greens problem
strawberries
5 carrots x2 none disease the compost and lime
tomatoes solve this problem
corn

Results :
Year Food shares Soil health Water Saved Budget Surplus
1 196 5 5 250 0

2 360 5 5 340 160

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3 532 5 5 500 415

4 602 5 5 915 625

5 559 5 5 1540 629

Final Results:
1. Total cash = 2168
2. Sustainability points = 90
3. Yearly average shares = 450
4. Above or below annual target? above by how many shares? 250
5. Soil health = 5 great-
6. Average Water conservation effort= 5 great
7. Rate your success: 10/10
8. What actions could you have taken to improve your success? I could have planted
more crops in the early years to gain more money

🡪 If others are still finishing, try it again to see if you can do better!