Resources

PUBLICATIONS

OAK GUIDE Planner's Guide for Oak Woodlands, 2nd Edition, by Gregory Giusti, Douglas McCreary and Richard Standiford, UC ANR Publications, 116 pages, 2005. Publication 3491. The encroachment into oak woodlands addressed at the time of the first edi-tion in 1992 has not stopped. As more development occurs in oak woodlands, the guide can provide a framework for preserving this icon of the California landscape. Designed for professional planners, consultants, and landscape architects, chapters cover a range of planning and conservation topics including biology of oak resources, wildlife habitat, watershed management, regional planning, map-ping resources and modeling risk for improved land use planning, and ordinances. It features a sturdier binding and more photographs. $15. Order Here.

FAMILY FARMS
The Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea, by Ronald Jager, University Press of New England, 244 pages, 2004. Explores the history and future of U.S. family farming the agrarian values on which it's based--the fundamental good of nature, local communities, and simple living. Discusses the work of Louis Bromfield, Victor Hanson, and Wendell Berry, as well as the economic and ecological challenges of small farms and their strategies for survival. $17.95. To order, contact University Press of New England, Order Department, 37 Lafayette Street, Lebanon, NH 03766; (800) 421-1561; http://www.upne.com.

FARM POLICY
Transformational Farm Policy: Will It Work? A 2005 speech by Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs, on the need for a new type of farm policy that recognizes the cultural, economic and social importance of small farms, acknowl-edges farmers as entrepreneurs, and rewards environmental stewardship. Available here.

ON-FARM FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Grower's Guide, University of California Small Farm Center, 2005. This online guide provides farmers with food safety tips. As it is difficult to completely sanitize produce once contamination has occurred, the key to reducing risks is preventing contamination before it happens. Access the guide here.