Small Farm News
Our 12-page newsletter showcases news and tips from University of California farm advisors who work with small-scale farmers and ranchers. Features regularly include information that farmers and ranchers can use in their businesses, as well as upcoming events, research projects, online resources, new publications and other news from the UC Small Farm Program.
In this Issue:
- Future of Small Farm Program
- Program's 30-year history
- Director: Full-speed ahead, as best we can
- Regulatory compliance for small farmers
- Food safety costs survey for leafy greens growers
- Strategies for managing seedless watermelons
- California's small farms in the Census of Agriculture
- Strategies for managing seedless watermelons
Archived newsletters online
- Volume 2, 2009
- Volume 1, 2009
- Volume 3, 2008
- Volume 2, 2008
- Volume 1, 2008
- Volume 3, 2007
- Volume 2, 2007
- Volume 1, 2007
- Volume 1, 2006
- California AgVentures May 2005
- Volume 1, 2004
- California AgVentures October 2003
- California AgVentures July 2003
- Volume I 2003
- Volume III 2002 (Farmers Markets)
- Volume II 2002 (Cooperatives)
- Volume I 2002 (Farm Policy)
- Volume II 2001 (Food Safety)
- Volume I 2001
- Volume II 2000
- Volume I 2000
- Fall 1999
- Summer 1999
- Spring 1999
- Winter 1999
- Fall 1998
- Summer 1998
- Spring 1998
- December-January 1997-98
- August-September 1997
- June-July 1997
- November-December 1995
- Select articles from Small Farm News (pre-1995)
Mention of a specific product is intended for readers' information, not as a recommendation of that specific product.
Material in this publication may be reprinted with credit to the author and the UC Small Farm Program, except articles that have been reprinted here from other publications.
Some of the publications listed on this page are available in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program. Free printed copies are also available from the Small Farm Center, (530) 752-8136.