Intergenerational Digital Support for Maryland Growers Fellow: Vernelle Mitchell-Hawkins, University of Maryland
Fellow Report: At this point in the project, we are in a reframing stage. We planned two sessions for FarmerTech offered in December. No one signed up for either workshop. The team met after the second failed date and discussed potential reasons for the lack of participation. Reasons for lack of participation could have been timing with respect to harvest, maintenance, discomfort with the subject area, lack of familiarity with the program (fear of something new), or lack of interest in
the workshop topics. Significant Results: N/A
Experience(s) working with your Coach, Catalysts, and/or Key Informants as applicable. Our Coach was really helpful! I was really apprehensive about the process at the beginning and Maria was reassuring and helped our team frame out what the project could look like. Anticipated Work for Next Reporting Period: (Please list the objectives and goals for the next reporting period.) We have shifted from a model of stand-alone workshops to a "piggyback" model where the sessions will be offered as part of a larger, more widely known event for farmers. We have identified some meetings and conferences in the area that are marketed to farmers. It is the intention that more people may participate if it is tied to an event that they are already comfortable with. Also, we are thinking that offering equipment in the advertising will also help encourage participants especially if the farmers in the community do not already have tablets.
Please provide any supporting links that you would like to include with this report. ● Farm Tech class schedule flier
Does your project work with veterans or veteran farmers? No
Please explain briefly how your project works with veterans or veteran farmers. We have not specifically marketed to this group but it could be added since we are in the reframing stage. Does your project work with diverse, under-served, and underrepresented audiences? Yes
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