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Review of issues related to sustainable agriculture : hearing before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, February 19, 1990, Royal Center, IN. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Agriculture.Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.(CARDINAL)271640;
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Alternative agriculture;
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Managing cover crops profitably / by Clark, Andy.(CARDINAL)643124; Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (Program);
Includes bibliographical references and index.Benefits of cover crops -- Selecting the best cover crops for your farm -- Building soil fertility and tilth with cover crops -- Cover crops can stabilize your soil -- How much N? -- Managing pests with cover crops -- Georgia cotton, peanut farmers use cover crops to control pests -- Select covers that balance pests, problems of farm -- Crop rotations with cover crops -- Full-year covers tackle tough weeds -- Cover crops in conservation tillage systems -- After 25 years, improvements keep coming -- Overview of charts -- Chart 1:Top regional cover crop species -- Chart 2: Performance and roles -- Chart 3a: Cultural traits -- Chart 3b: Planting -- Chart 4a: Potential advantages -- Chart 4b: Potential disadvantages-- Cover crop species -- Overview of nonlegume cover crops -- Annual ryegrass -- Barley -- Brassicas and mustards -- Mustard mix manages nematodes in potato/wheat system -- Buckwheat -- Cereal rye -- Rye smothers weeds before soybeans -- Oats -- Oats, rye feed soil in corn/bean rotation -- Sorghum sudangrass -- Summer covers relieve compaction -- Winter wheat -- Wheat boosts income and soil protection -- Wheat offers high-volume weed control too -- Overview of legume cover crops -- Cover crop mixtures expand possibilities. Berseem clover -- Nodulation: match inoculant to maximize N -- Cowpeas -- Cowpeas provide elegant solution to awkward niche -- Crimson clover -- Field peas -- Peas do double duty for Kansas farmer -- Hairy vetch -- Vetch beats plastic -- Cover crop roller design holds promise for no-tillers -- Medics -- Jess counts on George for N and organic matter -- Southern spotted bur.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Cover crops;
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Toward sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics : building on the TropSoils experience in Indonesia / by Colfer, Carol J. Pierce.(CARDINAL)200327; Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program.(CARDINAL)198607;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-79).
Subjects: Agriculture; Gardening;
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Farmacology : total health from the ground up / by Miller, Daphne,1965-author.(CARDINAL)589766;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-276) and index.Offers a new approach to sustainable health and healing based on the intimate link between farming and medicine, interweaving the wisdom of farmers committed to sustainable agriculture with the expertise of scientists and researchers.
Subjects: Health.; Natural foods.; Naturopathy.; Organic farming;
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Homemade for sale : how to set up and market a food business from your home kitchen / by Kivirist, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)646062; Ivanko, John D.(John Duane),1966-author.(CARDINAL)641323;
Provides entrepreneurs with advice on all aspects of launching a home-based food business, covering product development and testing, marketing, structuring a business, managing regulations, and planning for the future. This second edition includes a range of cottage food resources and recipes developed through support from North Central Region SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education), which supports farmers in projects that help grow sustainable agriculture production in the USA.
Subjects: Home-based businesses; Home-based businesses; Food industry and trade; Food industry and trade; New business enterprises;
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LISA : current status and future outlook / by Cook, M. G.(Maurice G.),1939-(CARDINAL)198795; North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.(CARDINAL)164866;
Subjects: Agriculture;
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Sustainable production of fresh-market tomatoes with organic mulches / by Abdul-Baki, Aref A.; Teasdale, John R.; United States.Agricultural Research Service.(CARDINAL)146122;
Includes bibliographical references: (page [9]).
Subjects: Tomatoes; Mulching; Sustainable agriculture;
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No farms, no food : uniting farmers and environmentalists to save American agriculture / by Stuart, Don,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 243-272) and index." A quiet revolutionary -- A changing landscape -- An idea whose time had come -- The Big Ask -- Beginning the journey -- A new voice in American farm policy -- The 1981 Farm Bill: an early policy victory -- The 1985 Farm Bill: a transformation in American farm policy -- The IRS finally acts, and a land trust phenomenon -- Power at the center -- Helping farmers protect the environment: and emerging AFT mission -- Launching a new farm policy vision -- The 2008 Farm Bill: strategic research -- The power of research -- Institutional efforts -- Local food, local farms, and local farm communities -- A new regional presence -- Individual land projects: getting the job done, one farm at a time -- Communicating the message -- Fertile fields for development -- New leadership and new ideas -- A new vision for the future""No farms, no food tells the story of the American Farmland Trust, illustrating the organization's role in developing key strategies to preserve farmland. AFT's significant contribution was bringing together farmers and environmentalists to protect working land from development, while instituting conservation management techniques. The organization helped develop the first conservation title in the farm bill and the USDA's Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which provides federal funding for local agricultural easement programs throughout the country. The book shows how the strategies used by AFT can be replicated to make further gains in protecting US farmland"--
Subjects: American Farmland Trust.; Agricultural conservation.; Agricultural conservation; Environmental protection.; Environmental protection; Sustainable agriculture.; Sustainable agriculture;
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Foundations of natural farming : understanding core concepts of ecological agriculture / by Willis, Harold.(CARDINAL)836157;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Fiddler on the roof -- tradition! -- view from the mountain -- ecology -- The foundation -- soil -- Food factory -- plants -- Top of the pyramid -- animals -- Closing the circle -- decomposers -- Why problems? -- Changing course -- Testing, 1-2-3 ... -- Help or hindrance? What fertilizers do -- Fertilizers -- what's in the bag? -- Liming and pH -- sweet or sour? -- Waste or resource? -- Scratching the surface -- Is "organic" the magic word? -- Shoo! -- Pest & weed control -- Restoring sick soil -- Quality & health -- Get your own system -- Fine tuning -- A cog in the wheel?Join longtime ecological farming author/researcher Harold Willis as he explains the foundation concepts of natural farming and issues the call for cleaner forms of food and fiber production. In this single volume, the author details the interconnections between soil chemistry, microlife, plants and livestock. He discusses the current problems in agriculture and suggests how lessons from nature provide the roadmap to efficiency, effectiveness and profitability. In this book, the biology and chemistry of eco-agriculture are explained - from the tiniest molecular building blocks to managing the soil - in terminology that not only makes the subject easy to learn, but vibrantly alive. Learn about soil testing; what fertilizers do in the soil; fertilizers - understanding what's in the bag; liming and pH - sweet or sour results; organic matter recycling; scratching the surface ... tillage & more; is "organic" the magic word; pest & weed control; and restoring sick soil ... and more!--COVER.
Subjects: Organic farming.; Alternative agriculture.; Sustainable agriculture.; Agricultural ecology.; Organic fertilizers.;
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A matter of taste : a farmers' market devotee's semi-reluctant argument for inviting scientific innovation to the dinner table / by Tucker, Rebecca,1986-author.(CARDINAL)805550;
"How did farmers' markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with 'good food'? And are these practices really producing food that is morally, environmentally, or economically sustainable? Rebecca Tucker's compelling, reported argument shows that we must work to undo the moral coding that we use to interpret how we come by what we put on our plates. She investigates not only the danger of the accepted rhetoric, but the innovative work happening on farms and university campuses to create a future where nutritious food is climate-change resilient, hardy enough to grow season after season, and, most importantly, available to all ? not just those willing or able to fork over the small fortune required for a perfect heirloom tomato. Tucker argues that arriving at that future will require a broad cognitive shift away from the idea that farmer's markets, community gardens, and organic food production is the only sustainable way forward; more than that, it will require the commitment of research firms, governments, corporations, and postsecondary institutions to develop and implement agri-science innovations that do more than improve the bottom line. A Matter of Taste asks us to rethink what good food really is."--
Subjects: Food supply.; Food industry and trade; Food industry and trade; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Agricultural innovations.;
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