Winter 1999 (v11n1)
Resources

Print Publications

Learning from Community Gardens
Entrepreneurial Community Gardens:Growing Food, Skills, Jobs and Communities, by Gail Feenstra and Sharyl McGrew (UCSAREP), and David Campbell (California Communities Program), 110 pages, 1999, University of California DANR Publication 21587. Market gardens have gained attention as ways to enhance community economic development, increase community food security and employ local residents. These gardens are promising vehicles for providing job training, life skills, educational opportunities, improving the quality of life and forming creative collaborations in local communities. This study describes conditions under which they prosper or fail, and provides comparative data to help new garden projects judge their own capacities. Personnel at 27 entrepreneurial gardens were interviewed by telephone in 1997 and 1998. Five of the most innovative and "successful" gardens in California were selected for in-depth case studies. The report includes a comparative analysis of the 27 entrepreneurial gardens, five case studies and extensive appendices with urban agriculture and gardening contacts, an annotated contact list of entrepreneurial community gardens, business development resources and funding opportunities for job creation and training in urban agriculture. The price is $10 (Calif. residents add $0.83sales tax) plus shipping and handling. To order, contact University of California, DANR Communication Services, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608-1239; Tel: (800) 994-8849 or (510) 642-2431; Fax: (510)643-5470; Email: danrcs@ucdavis.edu   Payment may be by VISA or MasterCard, U.S. check or money order (payable to "UC Regents") or purchase order.

 

Vineyards and Cover Crops
Cover Cropping in Vineyards: A Grower’s Handbook, edited by Chuck A. Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento; Robert L. Bugg, UCSAREP; Glenn T. McGourty, UC Cooperative Extension, Mendocino; and L. Peter Christensen, UC Davis and UC Kearney Agricultural Center, 168 pages, December 1998, University of California DANR Publication 3338. Includes more than 100 color photographs, 59 black and white photographs, and numerous tables and illustrations. Its 22 contributing authors include University of California farm advisors, extension specialists, faculty and other personnel, as well as US Department of Agriculture staff members. This vividly illustrated book provides specific information on cover crops, how they affect various aspects of vineyards, and how to use them to enhance vineyard performance and ecological stability. The manual is intended to be used by vineyard owners, managers, pest control advisors and others as a practical reference, presenting "how-to" information for field applications and providing technical and theoretical information on the effects of cover cropping. The price is $20 (Calif. residents add $1.65 sales tax) plus shipping and handling. To order, contact University of California, DANR Communication Services, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608-1239; Tel: (800) 994-8849 or(510) 642-2431; Fax: (510)643-5470, Email: danrcs@ucdavis.edu    Payment may be by VISA or MasterCard, U.S. check or money order (payable to "UC Regents") or purchase order. Copies are also available at UC Cooperative Extension offices.

 

Herb Directory
The Herbal Green Pages, Ninth Edition, 400 pages, 1998-99, The Herb Growing and Marketing Network. Includes listings for 6,000 herb-related businesses, and sections on associations, publications, educational programs and product suppliers. The spiral-bound directory is part of the membership package of The Herb Growing and Marketing Network or can be purchased separately for $35 plus shipping. Contact: The Herbal Connection, PO Box 245, Silver Spring, PA 17575; Tel: (717) 393-3295; Fax:(717) 393-9261; Email: HERBWORLD@aol.com ; Web site: http://www.herbnet.com

 

Farm View
You Can Go Home Again, by Gene Logsdon, 204 pages, 1998.  This autobiography of an Ohio farmer and writer is being promoted by fellow farmers. Logsdon, who farms on 32 acres in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, has written At Nature’s Pace, The Contrary Farmer, The Contrary Farmer’s Invitation to Gardening, and books on small-scale farming and homesteading. A former editor at Organic Gardening magazine, he has contributed to New Farm, Mother Jones, Ohio Magazine and writes a weekly newspaper column. To order, send $20.20 to Andy Reinhart, 3624 Twp. Rd. 136, Bellefontaine, OH 43311.

 

Low Income Farmers' Markets
Hot Peppers and Parking Lot Peaches: Evaluating Farmers’ Markets in Low Income Communities, by Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalition, 65 pages, 1999.  This publication, based on research funded by UC SAREP, covers eight case studies of successful and less-than-successful low-income farmers’ markets in California and the East Coast, providing general guidelines for low-income market operation. It includes a discussion of consumer dietary and shopping preferences. The publication also describes policy barriers and opportunities related to the creation and operation of low-income farmers’ markets. To order the $10 publication(add $2 postage), send checks payable to "CFSC,"PO BOX 209, Venice, CA 90294; Tel: (310)822-5410; Email: ASFisher@aol.com

 

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