Print Publications

Winegrape Resource Guide
Growers’ Guide to Environmental Regulations & Vineyard Development, 100 pages, May 2000, Janet C. Broome, Lisa C. Scott and Bonnie Hoffman, SAREP; produced by the California Association of Winegrape Growers. SAREP authors developed this resource guide at the request of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) to describe environmental issues and federal, state, and county regulations related to vineyard development. It identifies environmental and human resources to be protected and considered in vineyard development; existing regulatory programs, including county ordinances and permits, state and federal laws; necessary steps for complying with existing regulations; and describes resources for growers seeking more information, including publications and agency contacts. For information and to get a copy, please contact CAWG at 555 University Ave., Suite 250, Sacramento, CA 95825; Tel: (916) 924-5370 or (800) 241-1800; Fax: (916) 924-5374; Email: info@cawg.org; www.cawg.org;Web site: www.cawg.org

Compost Quality
Compost: Matching Performance Needs with Product Characteristics, 4 pages, 2000, California Integrated Waste Management Board. This document offers information on evaluating compost based on individual farmers’ specific needs, and suggests questions to ask compost producers. It is available free of charge. Contact Bertie Mora at (916) 255-2708 or email bmora@ciwmb.ca.gov. Compost suppliers may also be located on the Integrated Management Board’s Organics Outlook Web site at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/organics/farming.

Pesticide Use Analysis
Hooked on Poison: Pesticide Use in California 1991-1998, 84 pages, 2000, Susan Kegley, Stephan Orme, and Lars Neumeister of Pesticide Action Network (PAN), published by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR). The authors use the California Department of Pesticide Regulations pesticide use data to analyze state trends for different commodities and categories of chemicals. Their analysis shows that in California there is continued high use of pesticides. The report includes four appendices covering data sources and methodology, pesticide use statistics, agricultural pesticide use by crop, and pesticide use by county and region. It is available on-line at www.igc.org/cpr/ur2hooked.html, or in hard copy by contacting Californians for Pesticide Reform at (888) CPR-4880 (in California), or Pesticide Action Network at (415) 981-1771; Web site: www.panna.org. The first copy is free within California; the cost is $10 for additional copies and out-of-state orders.

Eat Locally Cookbook
Eating Fresh Guides: Cooking Fresh from the Bay Area, 178 pages, 2000. Legendary chefs and food systems activists are among the contributors to “Cooking Fresh from the Bay Area,” the newest in the series of regional cookbooks which aim to connect consumers to local agriculture. Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst for SAREP, contributed an article about the human scale of farmers’ markets. She writes about how local food choices and seasonal recipes can strengthen communities. The volume is $17.95 plus tax and shipping, and is available at bookstores or through Eating Fresh Publications at (609) 466-1700 or info@eatingfresh.com.

Web Sites

High Use on SAREP Site
www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
SAREP’s award winning Web Site is proving to be an important resource for many individuals worldwide. During the months of February and March this year, there were 32,400 visits to the SAREP Web site, an average of 540 visits per day. (A visit is a collection of requests that represent all the pages on this Web site seen by a particular visitor at one time.) Some of the most popular sections include Publications (newsletter, reports, books, videotapes), Crop & Livestock Production Information (including cover crop resources and earthworm information), and the program concept paper What is Sustainable Agriculture?

A recent addition to the Web site is the 1997-1999 Biennial Report available at www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/pubs/progress/97-99/. (See article above)

If it’s been a while since you visited the SAREP site, you will also find a new section, Community Development/Public Policy, which includes links to SAREP-funded projects on these topics, and provides information for community groups interested in strengthening local food systems. In addition, full reports of selected projects are available at http://www.sarep. ucdavis.edu/grants/Reports/.

During the summer months, SAREP staff will be undertaking a major upgrade to the Web site, including the addition of an on-line database of funded projects. Visit often to see what new features and information are available. The program is interested in feedback on the Web site; please contact Lyra Halprin, SAREP public information officer, with comments or suggestions on the Web site at (530) 752-8664 or lhalprin@ucdavis.edu

New SAREP-Funded BIFS sites
Two new SAREP-funded Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) projects have new Web sites. Check them out:

Prune BIFS (IPFP)
www.agresearch.nu/ipfp.htm

Rice BIFS
www.buttecounty.net/BIFSinRice

Consumer Links to Local Food
farmersmarket.ucdavis.edu/
This is the Web site of the California Federation of Farmers’ Markets. It allows users to find a California Certified Farmers’ Market in any location in the state by zip code, offers regional commodity information for the state, includes recipes and links to ag-related sites, and offers other information. Funding and support for the site was provided by the USDA, the California Federation of Certified Farmers’ Markets, the University of California Small Farm Center, UC SAREP and the Davis Farmers’ Market.

www.LocalHarvest.org
LocalHarvest.org is a new site established by Ocean Group, an Internet engineering company, to help consumers find locally grown foods sold by farmers. It offers information on selected farmers’ markets, farm stands, U-Pick farms and community supported agriculture (CSA) projects throughout the U.S. It is seeking input from users and growers to increase its database of farmers’ markets, stands, farms and CSAs.