Zenda Farms SWOT Analysis The Thousand Island Land Trust (TILT) owns and manages Zenda Farms Preserve. TITL’s mission is to conserve the natural beauty, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities of the Thousand Islands Region (Mascott, 2011). Zenda Farms currently provides locally grown produce for 25 families via the community gardens tended by said families. For the 16th year, Zenda Farms proudly hosts a yearly community picnic. Planning for the future requires periodic reviews of Zenda’s sustainability are needed. Typically businesses, in this case TILT spends time planning for Zenda’s next season and to look for new opportunities to build a more solid foundation geared toward protecting the Land Trust, Conservation and Sustainability. The most feasible way to plan ahead is by conducting a SWOT analysis. The analysis consists of determining what is or not working, how to make the farm more profitable, what activities to add to ensure more community participation, and how to attract daily visitors. The following paragraphs will capture key internal strengths and weaknesses and detail external threats and opportunities of Zenda Farms. Internal Strengths Zenda Farm currently uses the land for beef cattle and community gardening. A local farmer pays grazing fees for about 100 acres and what land is not used for grazing, he harvests hay on the rest. TILT does restrict the farmer from moving the fields, when the grassland birds are nesting and raising their offspring (Mascott, 2011). As mentioned previously there is also the community gardens for about 25 families and the yearly community picnic. There is also Creamery Building that is used for fisheries and other aquatic ecology research; the childrens interpretive... ... middle of paper ... ... ecosystem concerns and to clearly mark trash receptacles. Thousand Island Land Trust the trustees for Zenda Farm is on the right path to seek sustainability in fiscally and environmentally friendly way. There are many suggestions in regard to opportunities to grow the programs at Zenda’s Farms. As long as the Trustees continue to review to see what is or not working and what the possible internal weaknesses and external threats are, there should be success by the year 2020. However, the Trustees of Zenda Farms should continue to seek ways to generate positive revenues. In addition to adding more training programs in conjunction with the local schools and colleges. Many programs or families are willing to pay for training programs that promote the agricultural business, teach environmentally focused students and just as an overall fun program for the children.
Monsanto is for a lot of people the great evil in the agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology because of the genetically engineered (GE) seeds, field where the company is the leader worldwide. The number in this industry has been growing pretty fast and the expectations for 2020 are very positive, with a 250 Billion US Dollars industry.
This foundation is how David Suzuki leaved his legacy, how he marks his legacy now, and how others will help him continue on his legacy. The foundation’s goal is to “find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that does sustain us.” In order to accomplish this, they must achieve other sub-goals too. Protecting our climate, creating livable communities, establishing environmental rights and justice, transforming the economy, connecting with nature, and building community are all sub-goals that once achieved, will carry out their main
On January 30th of the year 2018 the Shasta County Board of Supervisors conducted a meeting to cover a broad range of topics concerning the county and its citizens. The meeting began with the discussion of agritourism in the county. Richard Simons, the Resource Management Director, gave a presentation that highlighted his goals and suggestions to improve viability and the functionality of agritourism in the county. The board members were very engaged with his presentation and asked many thoughtful and provoking questions. They were especially concerned with how the citizens and land owners involved in agritourism would be affected by these new propositions. After the supervisors were satisfied and their questions were answered they unanimously supported the decision and the next topic was addressed.
The Old Order Amish and Wes Jackson’s natural systems both reflect the ideas of sustainability. Both alternatives rely on diversity that provide them with many advantages. It reduces the need for fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides because the wide variety of plants provide different benefits to help other plants. Plant diversity and manure from farm animals allows the farm to “rely…on local inputs to maintain necessary relationships and dynamics” (189). The farms the Amish and Jackson talk about are small and would allow for animals to live on the farm and benefit from it, whether it be harnessing their power for work or providing habitat. Both alternatives also rely less on machinery and more on human labor, shifting from nonrenewable
Before going any farther, I should clearly articulate my intentions in this seemingly non-lucrative venture. In the past few years, I’ve become fascinated with America’s food systems, the rise of organic and local food, and the injustice of “food deserts,” or areas that lack affordable nutritious food, that plague low income areas. Consequently, you could say that my direction in this plan is that of personal satisfaction, but I would assert that my goal is to remain true to the concept of sustainable development, and thus I wish to make ...
The Iowa Learning Farm is an organization with partners that construct research and share with the world. Which applies to part of the land-grant “sharing knowledge beyond borders”. Articles, conversations, newsletters, and events are all posted and held by the Iowa Learning Farms Organization. For example, an article titled “Land use changes can benefit fields and profits” explains how changing by adding or removing certain crops can increase production. Contributing to spreading knowledge to students, young adults, and researchers to resolve an issue or support the future of the planet. Many events are held monthly such as workshops to get hands-on experience as stated in the land-grant mission “The university emphasizes learning by doing.”. In broad terms the land-grant mission strongly believes in learning by doing, just talking and knowing doesn’t do anything unless you do
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A SWOT analysis is simple exercise that could be implemented on multiple subjects including an individual or a whole corporation. The SWOT analysis is an operational tool for managing change, defining strategic direction and setting realistic goals and objectives according to Simoneaux and Stroud (2011). Discovering new opportunities and manage and eliminate threats that are present in the company and the surrounding market. SWOT is a valuable technique that leads to a better understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats both internally and externally. The strengths and weakness are to be considered internal factors and opportunities and threats to be e...
The SWOT analysis: The study of the firm's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats called SWOT analysis, a key step in flushing out known performance issues that are important to the growth of the organization addressed in the corporation strategic plan. The issues identified in the SWOT analysis help leadership to come up with a plan and strategy to achieve the overall mission of the company (Strategic Planning, n, d). Target Corporation is one of the largest public retailing company in the US having more than 1700 stores serving guests nationwide. Target group and its brand position are evaluated in the market using SWOT analysis.--
I am going to produce a SWOT analysis to find out how effective Milo is operating and what internal factors may influence its success. A SWOT analysis analyses the internal factors that may influence the success of a business. The initials SWOT stands for: " Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors within the control of the organisation. Opportunities and threats outside the control of the organisation. For example, products offered by competitors, or market forces such as seasonal fluctuations in demand.
The oil and gas industry, today, striving to discover a harmony between climbing worldwide request and lessening assets, and keep up control and circulation of working expenses. In the oil and gas industry today, most organizations are looking to expand the productivity of their worldwide portfolios during a period of developing questionable matter. Keep up superior ¬ pleasant pussy against high expenses, high costs, and expanded rivalry were never all the more testing.
In this report, we adopt SWOT analysis to determine the strategic fit between the company’s internal, distinctive capabilities and external threats in the current market. Recommendations were provided in the later part of the report on the possible approach to tap on external market opportunity and our suggestion to resolve current issues faced by the company.
Envision a farm with an abundance of animals and crops. The farm that most likely comes to mind is not one of giant machinery and smokestacks of pollution, but a vision of the old red barn and cows grazing freely. Sadly, these types of farms are mostly gone in the United States. These ‘family farms’ are being replaced every day by bigger, more industrialized farms. It is sad to see such a staple of the American culture being washed away by a type of farm that is being used purely for economic reasons. Family farming is slowly disappearing from the American landscape. We, as Americans, need to realize the importance of family farming because it produces high quality foods and helps economically for the local community.
The SWOT analysis is a useful tool for identifying our personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to our plans and goals. According to a “Fuel My Motivation” article (2010), this analysis considers internal influences that can positively or negatively affect our ability to achieve our goals. The internal factors are our strengths and weaknesses. Also considered are opportunities and threats, which are external influences that can have a positive or negative impact on the ability to achieve our goals. I will share how the self-assessment instruments and self-exercises in this course have contributed to assessing and understanding my strengths and weaknesses. I will also discuss techniques I will use to leverage my strengths and understand my weaknesses. In addition, I will consider opportunities that I can take advantage of and the threats that can possibly impede my progress.
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