early March 2022 as a synchronous course, to be transformed to an asynchronous course by May 2022. Market research interview for food app completed. 3rd Quarter Plans: ● Market research interviews to be shared with Aaron Weibe for support in revision. ● Launch synchronous courses for Introduction to Urban Agriculture, Soil-Based Systems, Soilless Systems. ● Contracting for developers to complete Food Safety, Waste Management and Composting, and Agribusiness and Marketing courses ● Complete development and launch of remaining courses in the urban farmer certification program. Obtain evaluation data to suggest ways to improve the courses as they develop into asynchronous courses. ● Complete market research interviews for urban agriculture and food apps. ● Hire instructional design staff and begin the process of creating asynchronous courses in Articulate Storyline 360/Moodle. ● Connect with Black Farmers group in the DC region for interest in participating in the asynchronous certification program. ● Develop YouTube videos to begin developing a subscription base that could later convert to become participants in the asynchronous certification program. ● Create a presence on the UDC CAUSES website in support of the urban farmer certification program, with links to Catalyst’s Report: Dyremple Marsh, Dawn Mellion and Fred Schlutt ● This overall project has a large scope and trying to reduce it to something that can be accomplished in one project year have been challenging. After much dialogue between the Catalysts and the Fellow, it was agreed upon to develop the needed courses for the certification of urban farmers, the first stage of this NTAE project. ● There are plans in place to start working with the Publishing, Marketing, and Professional Development KI teams. A new challenge has emerged in that the Fellow on the project has accepted a position in another department within the university and it is not clear at this point if he will be allowed to continue working with project Demeter. The potential for his vision within an Urban Extension context could be enormous. The potential for his vision within an Urban Extension context could be enormous but is still in early-stage development. ● Additionally, UDC is undergoing a period of transition now so the available faculty to develop a curriculum has shifted. An outline of an Urban Agriculture certification curriculum was shared to use as a guide, suggesting the Fellow contact someone at
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