Winter 1996 (v8n1)
	Resources Compost Publication Compost Production and Utilization: A Grower's Guide, by Mark Van Horn, Fertilizer Research and Education Program/CDFA and UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC ANR Publication 21514, 17 pages, 1995, $5. This publication provides farmers and agricultural advisors with practical information on the production and use of compost, including benefits, basic biology of compost, and proportion techniques. Contact: UC ANR Publications, 6701 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA 94608-1239; Tel: (800) 994-8849 within California or (510) 642-2431; Fax: (510) 643-5470; e-mail: anrpubs@ucdavis.edu Organic Ag Statistics Statistical Review of California's Organic Agriculture 1992-93, by Karen Klonsky and Laura Tourte, Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, 43 pages, 1995, free. This report was prepared for the California Department of Food and Agriculture Organic Program to summarize information on organic growers and handlers (those who handle, market and/or process organic products) for the first year in which the California Organic Foods ACT (COFA) was implemented. As a result of the state registration procedures for growers and handlers, data exists which makes it possible to statistically characterize California's organic agricultural industry for the first time. This statistical review for 1992-93 offers the most comprehensive analysis of the industry to date. Contact: Laura Tourte, Tel: (916) 752-9376; Fax: (916) 752-5614; e-mail: tourte@primal.ucdavis.edu Fertilizer Research Proceedings Proceedings: 3rd Annual CDFA Fertilizer Research and Education Program Conference, free. Proceedings are available from the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) Dec. 7, 1995 conference at the Kearney Agricultural Center in Parlier. The 123-page publication includes new and completed FREP and related non-FREP project summaries and updates, and speeches of conference participants. FREP promotes the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizer materials by funding projects and developing and disseminating information. For free copies of the proceedings contact Casey Walsh-Cady or Kertrina Anderson at CDFA, (916) 653-5340; e-mail: lwcady@ucdavis.edu. Dairy Options Profitable Dairy Options: Grazing-Marketing-Nutrient-Management, Research highlights from USDA-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program/Agriculture in Concert with the Environment (ACE), 8 pages, 1995, free. This focuses primarily on rotational grazing studies and new marketing approaches for dairy farmers, but also includes information on nutrient management and contact information for experts on feedlot-oriented dairy systems. Contact: Kristen Kelleher, Western SARE communications specialist, (916) 752-5987; e-mail: kkelleher@ucdavis.edu. Food Security Review Without Waiting...How the International Community Can Promote Food Security, a Development Education Exchange Papers (DEEP) publication, edited by Clive Robinson, Laurence Tubiana, and Ad Ooms of the Food Security Ad Hoc Group of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, 45 pages, September 1995. This review of projects, programs and documents related to food security includes articles on why the international food supply is insecure, the relationship of food security policy and poverty, trade, the international environment, food aid, investment in agriculture, and international food security advocacy. Available free to nongovernmental organizations or institutions involved in development work. Contact: DEEP, Office for External Relations, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy; Tel: (396) 522 55106; FAX: (396) 522 55784; e-mail: OER-Registry@fao.org Marketing Tipsheet The Hot 50 Farm Marketing Tips, by Eric Gibson, New World Publishing, 6 pages, 1995, free. This pamphlet contains 50 of the best marketing tips from Sell What You Sow! The Grower's Guide to Successful Produce Marketing by Gibson. Subjects include direct marketing, selling through grocery stores, restaurants and wholesale channels, merchandising, customer service, promotion and advertising. To order the free (include $2 for shipping and handling) pamphlet, write to New World Publishing, 3085 Sheridan St., Placerville, CA 95667. Biointensive Book How to Grow More Vegetables (than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine), fifth edition, by John Jeavons, Ten Speed Press, 228 pages, l995, $19.95. Jeavon's book has been the text/reference of ecological food growers worldwide for almost 25 years. In addition to new and updated gardening information, this edition includes tables for accurate gardening planning. Price includes postage worldwide (California residents: $21.18). Order from Ecology Action, 5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits, CA 95490-9730; Tel: (707) 459-0150 or (415) 328-6752; or from Ten Speed Press, Tel: (800) 841-BOOK. Home/Market Gardening The New Organic Gardener: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, second edition, by Eliot Coleman, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 304 pages, 1995, $24.95. A revised, expanded second edition of Coleman's classic book on organic gardening, includes new chapters on farm-generated fertility, non-toxic pest management through the creation of optimum growing condition for plants, movable growing tunnels for season extension, and a list of information sources. Contact: Chelsea Green, Tel: (800) 639-4099 or (802) 295-6300. Pesticide Hotline The toll-free National Pesticide Telecommunications Network (NPTN) has been funded for $2.5 million for five years by the US Environmental Protection Agency to answer questions about pesticide safety for the general public and the medical, veterinary and professional communities. Co-sponsored by Oregon State University Extension Service, pesticide specialist with toxicology training are answering about 2,200 calls per month from all over the U.S. NPTN provides science-abased information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects including products, recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, toxicology, environmental chemistry, referrals for laboratory analyses, investigation of pesticide incidents and emergency treatment, safety practices, health and environmental effects, and clean-up and disposal referrals. NPTN staff refer calls to other sources including state departments of agriculture and Extension Service offices. Callers interested in alternative or least toxic pest control procedures may be referred to groups like the Biointegral Resource Center. Pesticide emergencies are directed to the Oregon Poison Control Center or the National Animal Poison Control Center. NPTN operates from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The telephone number is (800) 858-7378; Fax: (503) 737-0761. Written requests may be addressed to NPTN, Agricultural Chemistry Extension, OCU, 333 Weniger, Corvallis, OR 97331-6502. [ Back | Search | Feedback ]