Small Farm News Volume 2 2000
Resources

Publications

Free web publications focusing on organic vegetable production in California are available in PDF format on the Small Farm Center web site at /research/organic.html or by calling the Small Farm Center at (530) 752-8136. UC authors include Mark Gaskell, farm advisor, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties; and Benny Fouche, farm advisor, San Joaquin County. Titles include:

• Organic Certification, Farm Production Planning, and Marketing (Pub 7247) 

• Soil Management and Soil Quality for Organic Crops (Pub 7248)

• Weed Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7250)

• Insect Pest Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7251)

• Plant Disease Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7252)

The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) has released the third OMRI Generic Materials List, which contains information on more than 500 substances, and the U.S. National Organic Standards BoardsÕ recommendations on the materials. Cost: $50. Contact: OMRI, P.O. Box 11558, Eugene, OR 97440; phone: (541) 343-7600; http://www.omri.org

The National Organic Certifiers Directory is available at www.ofrf.org/about_organic/certifier.html or from the Organic Farming Research Foundation, P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, (831) 426-6606.

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market guides beginning vegetable growers in moderate-scale vegetable production using sustainable practices. Publication number: NRAES-104. Cost: $42. Contact: NRAES, Cooperative Extension, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701; phone: (607) 255-7654; fax: (607) 254-8770; http://www.nraes.org.

Web Sites

ATTRA List: Suppliers of Organic, Non-GE, or Heirloom Vegetable Seed
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/altseed.html

USDA-ARS Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Lab
http://www.barc.usda.gov/psi/bpdl/bpdl.html

USDA National Organic Program
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/index.htm

Organic Trade Association
http://www.ota.com/

Organic Farming Research Foundation
http://www.ofrf.org

California Certified Organic Farmers
http://www.ccof.org/

Organic Farmers' Market Association
http://web.iquest.net/ofma/

University of Illinois Farm.Doc Decision Outreach Central
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc

How to Get Information from USDA
http://www.usda.gov/news/howto/howto.htm

USDA Agricultural Biotechnology
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/crops-agriculture.html

UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu

UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs/