clif slade, cfsa sac 2015
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Clif Slade“Responsible Farming With
Profitable Results”43560 Initiative
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My Story
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Little Clif
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Pop Slade says “There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
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Little Clif’s Way Commercial Vegetables Chickens/Eggs Hogs/Sausage
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43,560 = The number of square feet there are in an acre
"One acre can do it"
One square acre = 210 ft x 210 ft
43,560 Project at Slade’s Farms
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This could also be called the MIRACLE ACRE
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This initiative is nothing new.
It is simply square foot gardening on a commercial
scale
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The goal is to gross $1.00/square foot in Sales
…thus the $43,560
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Marketing is the key
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Clif’s 5 tiers of Marketing:
Selling to CSA’s Roadside Stand Sell to PYO operations Farmer’s Markets Value Added
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Three Rules of a Successful Business
1 The customer2 The customer3 The customer
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What the pH on my farm?
The optimum pH for growing most vegetable crops is 6.5
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What if my pH is 5.8 or less?
Clif recommends :Applying lime
Growing cover crops for 1 year
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Fertilization (My 5 gallon bucket technology)
One bucket of pelletized poultry Manure per 500 sq. ft.
And 10 five gallon buckets of compost per 500 sq. ft.
Weekly applications of vermicompost tea
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Close Row Spacing
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Organic Compost
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Organic Compost
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Crops to consider
• Beets• Bok Choy• Cabbage• Carrots
• Cut Flowers• Garlic
• Irish Potatoes (especially fingerlings)• Lettuce (Romaine and Buttercrunch)
• Maybe Diakon Radish• Onions
• Swiss Chard
• Turnips
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Clif’s Invention
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High Tunnel Greenhouses
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inches of Water
Available Water ET Precipitation
Southeast Virginia Water Deficit Chart
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Irrigation Central
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Clif’s Keys to Success Irrigation Annual Soil Sampling Marketing Good Old-Fashioned Manners
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“Don’t go into it – grow into it” – Clif Slade
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
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Camp Clifton
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Pop Slade says:“There’s enough ways for everybody to have a way”
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Come to see us!“The farm gate hangs on
welcome hinges” - Pop Slade
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Questions?