Winter 1995 (v7n1)
Ag Labor Management Book
Labor Management in Ag.- Cultivating Personnel Productivity by Gregory Encina Billikopf, photos by Jack Kelly Clark, 170 pages, 1994. This book by a UC farm advisor who specializes in labor management, illustrated by a UC. DANR photographer, includes sections on employee selection, incentives, supervision, conflict management, and discipline. To order the book, send check or money order for $ 1 0, payable to Stanislaus County Farm Advisors'Trust, to University of California, c/o G. Billikopf, 733 County Center 3, Modesto, CA 95355; Tel: (209) 525-6654; Fax: (209) 525-4969.
Organic Cost Studies
A new study entitled Production Practices and Sample Costs for Organic Processing Tomatoes in the Sacramento Valley is now available from UC Cooperative Extension. Funded by the National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the 24 page publication is $ 1. It includes an overview of production practices, cover crops, crop rotation and diversification, and sample budgets. Also available are cost-of-production studies for organic vegetables, apples, wine grapes, almonds, rice and walnuts. The studies were coordinated by researcher Laura Tourte and involved UC Davis Extension economist Karen Kionsky, SAREP analysts David Chaney and Chuck Ingels, ag economics researcher Pete Livingston, UC farm advisors, and California growers. Contact: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; (916) 752-9376.
Resource Guide
The Showcase of Sustainable Agriculture Information and Educational Materials, third edition, 100 pages, 1994, Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). This new, expanded guide to organizations and their sustainable agriculture publications is arranged alphabetically by organization ' Each of the 400 entries includes information about the publisher, author, availability and price. To order, send a check or purchase order for $4.95 to: Sustainable Agriculture Publications, Hills Bldg., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405; Tel: (802)656-0471. For rush or bulk orders, call(802) 656-0471 or e-mail to: bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu)
Good Bug Book
Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America, by Charles D. Hunter, 1994 edition, 30 pages, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Cal/EPA. This directory of sources of "good bugs" in the U.S., Canada and Mexico includes 120 beneficial organisms in 13 categories, including mites, nematodes, parasites and predators. Single-cell organisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozoans and viruses are not listed as they are registered pesticides under state and federal law and are widely available. Free, single copies are available from the Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management Branch, Attn: Beneficial Organisms Booklet, 1020 N Street, Room 16 1, Sacramento, CA 95814-5604; phone: (916) 324-4100.
Sustainable forestry
Restoration Forestry: An International Guide to Sustainable Forestry Practices, edited by Michael Pilarski, 512 pages, Kivaki Press, $21.95. This comprehensive source book on sustainable forestry includes 50 articles from professional foresters, ecologists and resources planners; reviews of forestry organizations, journals, restoration forestry model projects, books and universities offering forestry degrees; and an extensive index. Aimed at forestry professionals, restoration ecologists and classes focusing on ecological forestry, agroecology, and sustainable development, the book is a distillation of 15 years of work by Friends of the Trees Society. Contact: Friends of the Trees Society, P.O. Box 1064, Tonasket, WA 98855; tel/ fax: (509) 485-2705.
Community Ag Workbook
Food and Agriculture Workbook, 120 pages, 1991, Economic Renewal Program, Rocky Mountain Institute. Designed to help community leaders, economic development professionals and government staff involve local people in their search for the best ways to improve the local food supply and strengthen the agricultural economy, the workbook is organized around a four-step community workshop process. The workbook is $ 1 5 and maybe ordered with VISA/Mastercard, checks or money orders payable to Rocky Mountain Institute, 1739 Snowmass Creek Rd., Snowmass, CO 81654-9199; Tel: (303) 927-3851; Fax: (303) 927-4178.
Subscription Farm Center
CSA West, a community supported agriculture k'CSA) or subscription farm training and resource center has been formed at the University of California, Santa Cruz Farm and Garden. Its goal is to identify and help find solutions to the challenges of CSA participants, and will feature field days, workshops and a regional conference to promote information exchange. CSA West is a project of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Contact: Jered Lawson or Brandon Ross at (409) 459-3964.
SAREP Publications
For a complete list of SAREP publications, call (9l6) 752-7556 or send an electronic mail request to bbwetzel@ucdavis.edu.
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