Small Farm News Summer 1998

Resources of Interest to Small Farmers

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Publications

Voluntary Food Safety Guidelines for Fresh Produce explains practices for minimizing microbial contamination in fresh produce production, cooling, transporting, and processing. Cost: $35. Contact: Dylan Whitlow, Western Growers Association, PO Box 2130, Newport Beach, CA 92658; (714) 863-1000 x133.

Direct Marketing and Related Topics is a bibliography containing citations from 1991-1996 books, articles, and videocassettes on direct marketing and related topics. Cost: free. Contact: Mary Gold, National Agricultural Library, Room 304, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351; (301) 504-6559.

Mushrooms are detailed in three resources: the How-To Book (cost: $3.50), Proceedings of the National Shiitake Mushrooms Symposium (cost: $10), and the Procedure for Growing Shiitake Mushrooms video (cost: $5). Contact: Cathy Sabota, Alabama A&M University Cooperative Extension System, P.O. Box 967, Normal, AL 35762; (205) 851-5710.

The California Poultry Letter covers general poultry information including egg production and processing. Cost: $12 per year; free to qualified subscribers. Contact: Donald Bell, UC Cooperative Extension, 142 Highlander Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521; (909) 787-4555.

Web Sites

USDA National Ag Statistics
http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/agstats.htm
Includes information on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, and costs.

Ornamental Horticulture Research and Information Center
http://ohric.ucdavis.edu
Research-based information and issues facing the horticulture industry in California.

Electronic Ag Decision Maker
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/adm/homepage.html
A financial decision making tool for farmers and others involved in agribusiness.

Herb Online
http://herbonline.com
Herbal recipes, remedies, and information.

The International Link
http://ctr.uvm.edu/trade
Worldwide links with information on areas including trade, market and agricultural research, and ag market prices.

Wright's PestLaw
http://www.pestlaw.com
News, regulatory information, and other resources about conventional pesticides, biopesticides, and antimicrobial pesticides.