Summer 1993 (v5n4)
by Gall Feenstra, SAREP
English abstracts of approximately
100 Spanish language documents on sustainable agriculture are
now available from the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program (SAREP). Abstracts in Spanish will be available
in the fall. The documents, appropriate for entry-level Hispanic
farmers and those who advise them, describe a variety of sustainable
farming and marketing practices including: soil and water conservation
practices, appropriate technologies for small-scale producers,
methods for reducing the use of pesticides, methods for employing
biological controls, and strategies for marketing organically
grown crops. Each abstract includes the author, title, source
and cost (for ordering purposes), year, a brief summary of the
contents (often with chapter headings), comments about who the
publication is intended to reach and the context within which
it was written, educational level of the intended audience, and
key words. An index of key words and topics is included with each
set of abstracts. The abstracts have been reviewed for relevancy
and usefulness by farm advisors and nonprofit organizations working
with Hispanic farmers and farmworkers. They will be widely distributed
to farm advisors and others who work with Hispanic farmers and
farmworkers in California. For information on obtaining a set
of abstracts, please contact UC SAREP at (916) 752-7556. Donations
are appreciated.
Four Libraries
As funding becomes available,
SAREP hopes to establish four regional library sites in California
to house the original Spanish documents and make them more accessible
to farm advisors and others who work with Hispanic farmers. These
four regional sites will include: the Small Farm Center in Davis,
Cooperative Extension offices in San Diego and Fresno counties
and the Rural Development Center in Salinas. These regional centers
will be clearinghouses for the information and requests pertaining
to sustainable farming for small-scale Hispanic farmers. Additional
Spanish information on sustainable agriculture will be collected
at the regional centers as it becomes available. Local planning
groups made up of Hispanic farmers and farmworkers as well as
university consultants and farm advisors will determine the most
effective mechanisms for getting the sustainable agriculture information
to Hispanic farmers in each region.
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