Zenda Farms SWOT AnalysisThe Thousand Island Land Trust (TILT) owns and manages the 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 16th year, Zenda Farms is proud to host an annual community picnic. Planning for the future requires periodic reviews of Zenda’s sustainability. Typically businesses, in this case TILT spends time planning for the next Zenda season and looking for new opportunities to build a stronger foundation focused on land trust protection, conservation and sustainability. The most practical way to plan ahead is to conduct a SWOT analysis. . The analysis involves determining what works and what doesn't, 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 the main internal strengths and weaknesses and detail the external threats and opportunities of Zenda Farms. Internal StrengthsZenda Farm currently uses the land for beef cattle and community gardening. A local farmer pays grazing fees for about 100 acres, and on the land that is not used for grazing, he harvests hay from the rest. TILT prevents the farmer from moving fields when grassland birds are nesting and raising their offspring (Mascott, 2011). As previously mentioned, there are also community gardens for approximately 25 families and the annual community picnic. There is also the Creamery building which is used for fishing and other aquatic ecology research; children's interpretation ...... middle of paper ...... ecosystem concerns and clearly mark trash cans. Thousand Island Land Trust, Zenda Farm trustees are well on their way to pursuing sustainability in a fiscally and environmentally responsible way. There are many suggestions for opportunities to expand programs at Zenda's Farms. As long as administrators continue to examine what is and isn't working and what possible internal weaknesses and external threats are there, there should be success by 2020. However, Zenda Farms administrators should continue to look for ways to generate positive results. income. As well as adding more training programs in collaboration with local schools and colleges. Many programs or families are willing to pay for training programs that promote the agricultural sector, teach environmentally focused students, and are just an overall fun program for kids..