Educational Resources

Gardening

For the Hmong Community:

• The Farmer's Market
  This page links to voice-narrated slide shows in Hmong and English on selling produce at a farmers market.
• Extending the Growing Season (using cold frames and hot beds)
  Links to slide shows in Hmong and English on extending the growing season. Topics covered include starting seeds indoors, cold frame building instructions, hot bed building instructions, cold frame and hot bed uses and tips.
• Growing Beans and Peas
  Links to slide shows in Hmong and English on growing beans and peas including preparing the ground, choosing planting dates, planting and irrigating, harvesting and storing beans and peas.
• Pesticides
  Slide shows in Hmong and English on pesticides including the definition of a pesticide, choosing a pesticide, and storage and disposal of pesticides.
• Green Bay Area Community Gardens
  Slide shows in Hmong and English about the Green Bay area community garden. The slide shows explain the community gardens, registration procedures, and garden rules.
• http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/
  "Orphan Boy the Farmer" is a series of three short safety stories that were developed as part of our NIOSH funded research project that began in 1999. The stories portray the life of an orphaned Hmong farm boy. The stories illustrate hazards, behaviors, consequences, and control strategies related to farm work assigned to Hmong children and depict safe work practices of three tasks: Rototilling, Knife Use, and Marketplace Skills.

For Educators:

• http://www.global.lao.net/laostudy/garden.htm
  "GREENS" Hmong Gardens, Farms and Land Ownership in America:
  Constructing Environment and Identity in the Carolinas” is written by Elizabeth Sheehan, Anthropology Department, University of Connecticut. This paper represents the authors field research for two consecutive summers in North and South Carolina, which included living with Hmong families.

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