1. BY BEVERLY MATSUDA SCIENCE TEACHER NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 4515 PORTOLA PKWY IRVINE, CA 92620 My Externship Experience: Agriculture and Natural Resources

2. TANAKA FARMS January 17, 2011

3. 5380 3/4 UNIVERSITY DR. IRVINE, CA 92612

5. Tanaka Farms is a year long family operated business, run by Glenn Tanaka  Spring – Produce stand, Strawberry and Cookout tours  Fall – Produce stand, Pumpkin patch  Summer– Produce stand, Watermelon and Cookout tours  Winter – Produce stand, Christmas trees

6. Fall Summer Spring

7. Located in the heart of Irvine

8. Where rural …

9. … meets urban

10. And meets the needs of an urban community

11. How does a small scale farm… During my externship experience I was able to study

12. Work with a community? They provide locally grown produce

13. CSA – Community Supported Agriculture

14. How does a small farm compete with larger farms?

15.  Produce stand  Tours  Education By offering a variety of services

16.  Be community based

17. Classroom Incorporation

18. How can this be incorporated into the classroom? Greenhouse techniques

19. When to use direct seeding versus …

20. Indirect seeding

21. Working with flats

22. Irrigation techniques

23. Transplanting

24. Timing in the field for weekly deliveries

25. The business end of csa deliveries

26. In summary, How can this be incorporated into the classroom? Functional skills can be practiced. Students can  Learn when to direct seed and when to do indirect seeding

27. In summary, How can this be incorporated into the classroom?  How to work with flats  Greenhouse techniques  Irrigation  Transplanting  Timing  The business end

28. A Learning Experience It has become more vital to blend farming knowledge together with the business aspect … watching the market, being versatile, and adapting to the future. Reflection: The small scale farmer is having a harder time competing against larger, mono-crop farming.

29. The end Thanks to the SOCCD Collaborate Grant