Zenda Farms SWOT AnalysisThe Thousand Island Land Trust (TILT) owns and operates Zenda Farms Preserve. TITL's mission is to conserve the natural beauty, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities of the Thousand Islands region (Mascott, 2011). Zenda Farms currently provides locally grown produce to 25 families through community gardens maintained by said families. For the sixteenth year, Zenda Farms is proudly hosting an annual community picnic. Planning for the future requires periodic reviews of Zenda's sustainability. Typically companies, in this case TILT spends time planning the next Zenda season and looking for new opportunities to build a stronger foundation geared towards land trust protection, conservation and sustainability. The most feasible way to plan ahead is to conduct a SWOT analysis. The analysis involves determining what works or doesn't work, how to make the farm more profitable, what activities to add to ensure greater community participation, and how to attract daily visitors. The following paragraphs will capture key internal strengths and weaknesses and detail Zenda Farms' external threats and opportunities. Internal StrengthsZenda Farm currently uses the land for beef cattle and community gardening. A local farmer pays grazing fees for about 100 acres and harvests hay on the remainder of the land not used for grazing. TILT prevents the farmer from moving fields when grassland birds nest and raise offspring (Mascott, 2011). As previously mentioned there are also community gardens for around 25 families and the annual community picnic. There is also a Creamery Building that is used for fishing and other aquatic ecology research; children's interpretation...... middle of paper...... concerns about the ecosystem and clearly marking waste containers. Thousand Island Land Trust, the trustees of Zenda Farm, are on the right track to seek sustainability in a fiscally and environmentally sound manner. There are many suggestions regarding opportunities to grow programs at Zenda's Farms. As long as administrators continue to test what works or doesn't work and what the possible internal weaknesses and external threats are, there should be success by 2020. However, Zenda Farms administrators should continue to look for ways to generate positive results. revenues. As well as adding additional training programs in collaboration with local schools and universities. Many programs or families are willing to pay for training programs that promote agricultural activity, teach environmentally conscious students, and just as an overall fun program for children.