Spring 1993 (v5n3)
	Resources Sustainable Erg "Yellow Pages," Cover Crops Handbook Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertise-1993, 300 pages. Lists hundreds of people and groups with information on building soil health, pest-control, diversifying cash flow and other topics. Produced by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (a project of USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program), the directory's seven indexes are organized by state, person, organization, enterprise, expertise, product/service, or management method. Contains 717 entries. $14.95. Also available from the network is Managing Cover Crops Profitably, a 124-page handbook for farmers on more than 40 legumes, grasses and legume-grass mixtures that can be used to build soil and cut chemical costs. $9.95. For either publication, send check or money order payable to Sustainable Agriculture Publications, Hills Building, Room 12, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. Prices include postage/handling. Payment must accompany order. Free Biological Controls Booklet Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America, by Charles D. Hunter, 1992, 31 pages. The California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Pesticide Regulation has published a booklet that lists 95 commercial suppliers of more than 126 different organisms used for biological control of pests. It is indexed to help match suppliers with the specific natural enemies they sell. The booklet also includes an index of beneficial organisms, with scientific names and target pests. Microbials are not listed. Free, single copies of the booklet are available from Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management Branch, Attn: Beneficial Organisms Booklet, 1220 "N" Street, P.0. Box 942871, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001. To order by telephone call (916) 654-1141. Sustainable Erg Survey Results from the Montana Agricultural Assessment Questionnaire: A Survey of Sustainable Agriculture, by Keith Jamtgaard, 1992, 48 pages. Describes the potential and perceived social impacts of switching to sustainable farming systems in Montana. Drawn from the results of a two-year survey of almost 600 Montana farmers and ranchers. Available for $5 from Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO), 44 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601; (406) 443-7272 (for Visa or MasterCard orders). Market Garden Newsletter Growing for Market, a monthly journal of news and ideas for market gardeners is published by Fairplain Publications, P.O. Box 365, Auburn, KS 66402. Subscriptions are $24 per year ($30 Canada, $32 overseas). It includes a wholesale vegetable and herb price list adapted from USDA's Market News Service, market garden farmer profiles, articles on how to get grants, how to sell to restaurant chefs and florists, the advantages of marketing co-ops, produce auctions and apprentice programs. The editor/publisher is Lynn Bycznski, a market gardener. New Plant Economy The Carbohydrate Economy: Making Industrial Materials and Chemicals from Plant Matter, by David Morris and Irshad Ahmed. This 90-page study was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and published by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). It describes how plant matter (carbohydrates) provided the raw materials from which the majority of medicines, inks, dyes, paints, industrial materials, clothing and fuels were made in the 1800s. By 1970, hydrocarbon-based technologies made up 95 percent of those products. Currently, the price of plant matter-derived products is going down, while environmental regulations have raised the price of petroleum-derived products. The result is the potential emergence of a new carbohydrate economy, with major implications for the environment and the economic well-being of rural America, according to the authors. Available for $25 plus $3.75 for postage and handing in U.S. funds from the ILSR, 2425 18th Street SW, Washington DC 20009; (202) 232-4108. [ Back | Search | Feedback ]