UC ANR publications

Note: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Publications switched to a new online catalog at the end of 2004. Previously published direct links to products will no longer be accurate. The Web address of the catalog home page is the same: anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu

Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Management Practices in Almonds, by Carolyn Pickel, Walter Bentley, Joseph H. Connell, Roger Duncan, and Mario Viveros. This full-color decision guide is on coated paper in an easy-to-use foldout format. It includes information to help almond growers make environmentally responsible pest management decisions year-round without decreasing their yields or increasing their reject levels. Based on research and results from the University of California and the Almond Pest Management Alliance. Publication 21619, $7.00, 8 pp.

 

FREE ONLINE ANR PUBLICATIONS

The following publications can be accessed free as an HTML Web page or as a downloadable PDF document from anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu. Check for other new publications at anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu and click on “New Additions.”

FARM WATER QUALITY PLANNING SERIES:
Publication 8118: Evaluating Water Quality Publication 8119: Pesticide Selection to Reduce Impacts on Water Quality
Publication 8124: Sediment Management Goals and Management Practices for Nursery and Floriculture

 

BIOCONTROL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the one-day organic farming session at the July 2004 Biocontrol Organic Symposium at UC Berkeley are now available on the SAREP Web site, www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/Organic/workgroup.htm under “Workgroup Meetings.”

 

Hedgerows resource guide

Hedgerows for California Agriculture: A Resource Guide, by Sam Earnshaw, 2004, Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Design and production by Timothy Rice. Contributors include John Anderson, Hedgerow Farms; Robert L. Bugg, UC SAREP; Jeff Chandler, Cornflower Farms; Rex Dufour, ATTRA; Phil Foster, Phil Foster Ranches; Gwen Huff, Molly Johnson, Megan McGrath, CAFF; Rachael Long, UC Cooperative Extension; Daniel Mountjoy, NRCS; Corin Pease, UC Davis; Paul Robins, Yolo County Resource Conservation District. Funding provided by USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program. Information about hedgerows as a system component that helps reduce pesticide use, increase on-farm biodiversity and on-farm habitat for beneficial organisms and wildlife, reduce wind and water erosion of soil, beautify the environment and diversify farm products. For more information, contact CAFF at (530) 756-8518, www.caff.org, or email caff@caff.org.

 

Dried plum (prune) guide

Integrated Prune Farming Practices (IPFP) Decision Guide, by William Olson, Carolyn Pickel, Richard Buchner, William Krueger, Franz Niederholzer, Maxwell Norton, Wilbur Reil, Steven Sibbett, Fred Thomas, Larry Whitted. Edited by Steven Sibbett and William Olson. Software database by Jed Walton. Environmentally sound and economically viable dried plum (prune) farming practices, developed and demonstrated during the IPFP/BIFS project, are described in this tabbed loose-leaf binder. In addition to step-by-step decision guidelines on managing pests, irrigation, and nutrition, the binder includes pocket-sized UC ANR Tree Fruit Pest Identification and Monitoring Cards and a Windows-based record-keeping software program to store and organize field monitoring and pesticide use data. Binders are available for $32.00 from local Cooperative Extension offices. The text of the Decision Guide is also available at: www.agresearch.nu/ipfp_wsrd.htm.

 

New SARE updates

The USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program Web site was updated recently. It includes information about grants and other resources available from the SARE program and SARE’s outreach arm, the Sustainable Agriculture Network. SARE’s new Web site is at www.sare.org.

The revised SARE bulletin, “How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch,” is at www.sare.org/publications/research.htm. The free, updated, downloadable bulletin outlines how to conduct research at the farm level, offering practical tips for both crop and livestock producers, as well as a comprehensive list of more in-depth resources. Available individually or in quantity for agricultural educators.

 

FARM/COMMUNITY PUBLICATION

Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community, by Thomas A. Lyson. Civil Society Series-Tufts University Press, University Press of New England, 136 pages, 2004. Lyson writes about the counter trend toward localizing some agriculture and food production, which has arisen at the same time the American food and agriculture system has followed a path of industrialization and globalization. He calls this “civic agriculture,” because it is linked to a community’s social and economic development. Lyson was a featured speaker in the 2003 lecture series The Science of Sustainable Agriculture: Measuring the Immeasurable at UC Davis, where he discussed “Civic Agriculture and Food Citizenship: Sustaining Local Food Systems in a Globalizing Environment.” He is the Liberty Hyde Bailey professor in the Department of Rural Sociology at Cornell University. $16.95. Available in bookstores or online at:
www.dartmouth.edu/~upne/online_ordering.html.

 

CALIFORNIA’S FOOD ECONOMY

Ripe for Change: Rethinking California’s Food Economy, by the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC). 100 pages, 2004. Focuses on the globalization of California’s food economy and its relationship to ecological degradation, risks to human health and food security, and economic injustice. Looks at trends in food production, subsidies, and policy initiatives, and how shifts toward local food economies might benefit communities, farmers, businesses and the environment. Order through for ISEC for $12 (plus $1.80 shipping, CA residents add $0.96 tax), at www.isec.org.uk/books.html Email: california@isec.org.uk for more information.