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Make fruits and vegetables a more profitable part of
your farm.
Sustainable
vegetable production guide -- "Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market"
is a 280-page book for experienced vegetable growers, newbies and
educators. Penned by Vern Grubinger, vegetable and berry specialist and
director of the Univ. of Vermont's Center
for Sustainable Agriculture, the guide includes in-depth profiles of 32 vegetable producers,
sample budgets, and sections on financial planning, marketing, soils,
composting, rotations, cover crops, equipment, irrigation, pests, diseases,
weeds, season extension and more. Targeted for Northeast growers, but also
valuable in other regions.
News:
Sustainable Farmers Tap Grocery-Chain Market
-- In our news area, find out how Wisconsin CSAs became 'first source' for nine
vegetables.
Features:
For the Love of Farming -- Compost, cover
crops, rotations and green manures build healthy soil on this Tennessee producer
farm.
No-Till Transplanting Into Cover Crops
In our cover crops area, Pa. vegetable grower Steve Groff shares tips about
his 'New Generation' cropping systems.
Hot
Links:
Diversify Crops to Boost
Profits and Stewardship -- Online version of new bulletin from USDA's
Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education program features information about alternative crops, cover crops
and agroforestry.
Cedar Meadow Farm --
Lancaster County, Pa., grower Steve Groff is a pioneer no-tilling vegtables into
cover crops. Site features some good pictures of the practice and ordering
information for Groff's video (due spring '97) explaining the practice.
Sustainable Practices
for Vegetable Production in the South -- Authored by Dr. Mary M. Peet
at North Carolina State University, this site has information on soil
management, cover crops, conservation tillage, IPM, production profiles for more
than a dozen crops and more.
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