Fall, 1990 (v3n1)
Alternative Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), the free national telephone information service, has compiled a list of videotapes and other audio visual materials on sustainable agriculture. Many tapes include "hands-on" instruction and are suitable for grower groups as well as vocational agriculture classes. The list includes brief descriptions and ordering information for each tape. Categories include overviews, international sustainable agriculture, policy, farm management/sociology/economics, pest management, water, converting to organic/sustainable farming, organic gardening, fruit production, vegetable production, herbs, greenhouse, livestock, specialty crops, and marketing. A copy of the list as well as information on other topics is available from ATTRA, P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, (800) 346-9140. (For more in-formation on ATTRA, see Sustainable Agriculture News, Volume 2, Number 2, page 3).
Large-scale Organic
A videotape of three large-scale
conventional growers who are beginning to farm organically is now available.
"Large-Scale Agriculture Goes Organic" was videotaped in January
1990 at the 10th Annual Ecological Farming Conference in Asilomar. Paul
Carpenter, general manager of farms, Pure-Pak, Inc., Oxnard; Jack
J. Pandol, Jr., productions manager, Pandol & Sons, Delano; and
Erik D. Wilkins, applied research, Mike Yurosek & Son, Lamont,
discuss production and marketing problems in their efforts to reduce pesticide
use and move toward organic production systems. The VHS videotape is available
from Griesinger Films, Rt. 1, Box 1986, French Creek, WV 26218; phone/FAX
(304) 924-5035, and Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, P.O.
Box 1300, Colfax, CA 95713, (916) 346-2777. It is 80 minutes long and
costs $19.95 plus $5 for shipping and handling.
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