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Devil’s Gulch Ranch

Name	Devil’s Gulch Ranch	Email	[email protected]
		Steward(s) Selected	Dolly Fiorella Paucar Romero –
Training Start Date	04/01/2023	Training End Date	03/31/2024
Steward Training Hours per Week	40
Compensation (Stipend or Wage)	Regular SAGE Stipend – $700/mo. (MESA sends to Steward via our monthly Host fee)	If Yes, how much/how often?	[1156]

Non-Monetary Compensation and Estimated Value	15,000 est. food and housing
Name of your Workers’ Compensation Carrier	The Zenith
Will your Workers’ Compensation policy cover the Steward?	Yes
Number of Employees at training location	~10
Number of Interns/Trainees/Apprentices at training location	1
Annual Revenue	$0 to $3 Million

[Phase 1]

Phase Name	Orientation and First Phase of Training
Start Date of Phase	04/01/2023	End Date of Phase	05/01/2023
Primary Supervisor during this phase	Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak DVM	Supervisor Title	Owner
Email	[email protected]	Phone Number	7079530980

1. Describe the Trainee/Steward’s role for this phase

The first month will focus on getting familiar with the layout of operations, learning their way around the community and developing a routine. Weekly work will be basic manual labor with the rabbits, chickens, pigeons assisting with feeding of the pigs, goats, sheep, etc and possibly some work in the garden depending on the time of year. Visit the Farmers Market and explore the sales and business aspects of selling ranch products

2. Specific goals and objectives for this phase

Become familiar with the farm operation from production through sales
Become familiar with the different species of animals
Become familiar with the crops
Assessment of basic and specialized skills needed to continue
Become familiar with the community and surrounding areas

3. Primary Supervisor’s qualifications

Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. 15 years Farmer to Farmer training

4. What plans are in place for the Trainee/Steward to participate in cultural activities while in the United States?

Farm dinners, outings with family as available, Weekly Church activities if interested, local community events, may join other employees and tenants in activities. Will vary depending on timing.

5. Specific knowledge, skills, or techniques to be learned during this phase?

In this phase of the training, the skills learned should be as follows:
How to be comfortable in this new situation
How to observe and ask questions
How to discuss and exchange ideas
Self evaluation
How can trainee improve knowledge and skills

6. How specifically will this knowledge, skills, or techniques be taught? Include methodology of training and chronology/syllabus.

During this first month Steward will be accompanied
by a DGR staff member or owner while at work.
Training will be hands on and by observation.

7. How will the Trainee/Steward’s acquisition of new skills and competencies be measured?

Keep a journal
Share experiences on Facebook page
During this first month Steward will be evaluated by a DGR owner while at work

8. Additional Phase Remarks (optional)

[Phase 2]

Phase Name	Active learning phase
Start Date of Phase	05/01/2023	End Date of Phase	01/01/2024
Primary Supervisor during this phase	Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak	Supervisor Title	Owner
Email	[email protected]	Phone Number	7079530980

1. Describe the Trainee/Steward’s role for this phase

Phase two will encompass an 8 month period that will focus on increasing exposure
to and practicing new skills, new farming practices, Sales, marketing and farm business activities, visiting other farms to broaden experiences and ideas.
The trainee will be responsible for the development of materials and ideas to take home.
Over the course of this phase, the trainee may choose a primary focus and refine the training to support this focus.

2. Specific goals and objectives for this phase

Develop competence with weekly marketing and sales
Develop competence with interpreting business monitoring reports
Develop competence in handling different species of animals, understanding behavior and management needs of different species.
Develop competence in basic veterinary care.

3. Primary Supervisor’s qualifications

Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. 15 years Farmer to Farmer training

4. What plans are in place for the Trainee/Steward to participate in cultural activities while in the United States?

Farm dinners, outings with family as available, Weekly Church activities if interested, local community events, may join other employees and tenants in activities. Will vary depending on timing.

5. Specific knowledge, skills, or techniques to be learned during this phase?

Necropsies on rabbit, chickens and other farm animals
Sending samples to State lab (plant and animal)
Epidemiology of diseases (plant and; animal)
Management of diseases and health (plant and animal)
Herd Health
Food Safety
QuickBooks
Excel or animal management programs
Sales calls
Microscope skills
Identification of parasites- internal and external and treatments protocols.
Management of an integrated farm
Soil regeneration
Black Soldier flies

6. How specifically will this knowledge, skills, or techniques be taught? Include methodology of training and chronology/syllabus.

Year round daily
Rabbit breeding, weaning, monitoring kindling, feeding, selecting, monitoring and managing herd health.
Chicken (Bresse and Poussin) monitoring egg incubation and chicks, feeding, cleaning, selecting, monitoring and managing breeding flock health
Pigeons monitoring egg hatching and chicks, feeding, cleaning, selecting, monitoring and managing breeding flock health
Assist with pig and sheep activities as needed for vaccinating, worming, feeding, recording data. Managing pigs, farrowing, weaning, breeding, etc.
Visit other farming operations.
Weekly:
Sales calls, marketing
Farmers Market
Seasonal:
Spring-Planting garden, farm clean up, breeding Livestock guardian dogs and raising puppies, worming and vaccinating animals, possibly shearing sheep.
Fall- Winter farm prep, Open house events, harvesting wild blackberries, garden vegetables
Summer-Agricultural camp activities, maintaining and harvesting garden products, lambing
Winter-Promotional dinners, Storm clean up, Taxes, hunt for mushroom.
Training will be hands on and by observation
expanding black soldier fly project

7. How will the Trainee/Steward’s acquisition of new skills and competencies be measured?

Create samples of marketing and sales data sheets
Create samples of animal monitoring
Supervision will vary depending on activity.
Staff assessment

8. Additional Phase Remarks (optional)

[Phase 3]

Phase Name	transfer of knowledge
Start Date of Phase	01/01/2024	End Date of Phase	03/01/2024
Primary Supervisor during this phase	Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak	Supervisor Title	Owner
Email	[email protected]	Phone Number	7079530980

1. Describe the Trainee/Steward’s role for this phase

Primary role for the trainee will be to help introduce the new trainee to the farm activities

2. Specific goals and objectives for this phase

Trainee will be able to determine is an animal is sick, how to approach a diagnosis and set up a treatment plan.
Farm business management
Trainee will have a basic knowledge of farm management and how it is evaluated; the role of the soil, soil management, crop integration with animal management, and waste management, food salvaging and animal feed production.
Trainee will learn the basics product sales, wholesale and retail, how to set up farmers market booth and sell products

3. Primary Supervisor’s qualifications

Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. 15 years Farmer to Farmer training

4. What plans are in place for the Trainee/Steward to participate in cultural activities while in the United States?

Farm dinners, outings with family as available, Weekly Church activities if interested, local community events, may join other employees and tenants in activities. Will vary depending on timing.

5. Specific knowledge, skills, or techniques to be learned during this phase?

The trainee will focus on transferring knowledge to the next generation of trainees or new employees

6. How specifically will this knowledge, skills, or techniques be taught? Include methodology of training and chronology/syllabus.

The trainee will work with the new trainee following along. Observation and hands on practice of skills will be practiced under the observation of the owners.

7. How will the Trainee/Steward’s acquisition of new skills and competencies be measured?

Skills will be measured by how well the new trainee understands the basic ideas of how the farm is run. Evaluation will be done by the owners.

8. Additional Phase Remarks (optional)

[Phase 4]

Phase Name	Fundraising/Project development
Start Date of Phase	03/01/2024	End Date of Phase	03/31/2024
Primary Supervisor during this phase	Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak	Supervisor Title	Owner
Email	[email protected]	Phone Number	7079530980

1. Describe the Trainee/Steward’s role for this phase

if interest and time permits, the trainee will develop a project to implement upon their return home. The project may include fundraising from the local community.

2. Specific goals and objectives for this phase

Choose a topic or project idea that is important to the trainee and their home community.
Develop an implementation plan, budget and proposal for the project.
Create a fundraising program for the project and implement it with the support of the Devil’s Gulch Ranch community

3. Primary Supervisor’s qualifications

Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak- Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. 15 years Farmer to Farmer training

4. What plans are in place for the Trainee/Steward to participate in cultural activities while in the United States?

Farm dinners, outings with family as available, Weekly Church activities if interested, local community events, may join other employees and tenants in activities. Will vary depending on timing.

5. Specific knowledge, skills, or techniques to be learned during this phase?

To develop a basic project template that can facilitate the launch of future projects in country
Develop basic experience in fundraising so that it will feel less ominous in the future and improve the likelihood of future success

6. How specifically will this knowledge, skills, or techniques be taught? Include methodology of training and chronology/syllabus.

Practice. Brain storming sessions, proof reading with experienced staff, implementing of fundraising.

7. How will the Trainee/Steward’s acquisition of new skills and competencies be measured?

How much money is raised. Implementation of project once home.

8. Additional Phase Remarks (optional)

[Phase 5]

Phase Name	Fundraising/Project development
Start Date of Phase	03/31/2024	End Date of Phase
Primary Supervisor during this phase	Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak	Supervisor Title	Owner
Email	[email protected]	Phone Number	7079530980

1. Describe the Trainee/Steward’s role for this phase

if interest and time permits, the trainee will develop a project to implement upon their return home. The project may include fundraising from the local community.

2. Specific goals and objectives for this phase

3. Primary Supervisor’s name and qualifications

Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak- Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. 15 years Farmer to Farmer training

4. What plans are in place for the Trainee/Steward to participate in cultural activities while in the United States?

5. Specific knowledge, skills, or techniques to be learned during this phase?

6. How specifically will this knowledge, skills, or techniques be taught? Include methodology of training and chronology/syllabus.

Practice. Brain storming sessions, proof reading with experienced staff, implementing of fundraising.

7. How will the Trainee/Steward’s acquisition of new skills and competencies be measured?

How much money is raised. Implementation of project once home.

8. Additional Phase Remarks (optional)

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