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Problem Solving and Innovation on the Farm

This manual is designed to help farmers improve operations by combining problem-solving and experimentation with day-to-day farm management. The step-by-step process outlined is based on the know-how of experienced...

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Good Food Farmers Network Guide

The guide, written by farmer Henry Corsun of Dog Wood Farm in Old Chatham NY, documents the work to develop Good Food Farmers Network as a replicable model of...

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A Guide to Sharing Farm Equipment

Hudson Valley New York farmer Faith Gilbert of Letterbox Farm Collective wrote this guide for farmers, service providers, cooperators, and organizers of shared equipment pools. The guide covers an...

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Sowing the Seeds of Justice Food Manual

This manual offers strategies and insights to help farmers run a small farm business that supports the needs of low-income communities. It is drawn from the lived experiences of...

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Crediting Cover Crops and Soil Organic Matter in a Variable Rate Nitrogen Fertilizer Prescription

Crop growth depends on available nitrogen (N) in the soil, much of which comes from mineralization of soil organic matter and other organic residues, such as cover crops. The...

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Goldenberry Fact Sheet

The fact sheet, written by Edward Durner of the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers University, provides an overview of goldenberry (Physalis peruviana L.). It includes a botanical description...

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Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus and Impatiens necrotic spot orthotospovirus

This fact sheet was written by Pennsylvania State University graduate student Juan Francisco Iturralde Martinez who studied molecular techniques for detecting the viruses: Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) and...

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Dried Flowers, Herbs and Cover Crops Sold as Seasonal Decoration

Monica Drazba of Chickadee Creek Farm in Pennington, New Jersey conducted a Northeast SARE Farmer Grant to study the production costs, required labor, marketability, and profitability of growing specialty...

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Cordyceps Mushroom Cultivation in the Northeast United States

Cordyceps is currently one of the highest valued mushrooms cultivated in the world. The US market for cordyceps is rapidly growing in the supplemental and herbal markets. Willie Crosby...

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Baskets to Pallets Teaching Manual

The Baskets to Pallets Teaching Manual was written by Violet Stone, New York state SARE coordinator, as part of a state-based professional development program aimed at addressing the gap...

Cover page for CULTIVATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIESIssued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and maritalorfamilial status. Any reference to commercial products, trade names, or brand names is for information only, and no endorsement or approval is intended.C O L L E G E O F A G R I C U L T UR E A N D L I F E S C I E N C E SCover Cropping on Vegetable Farms fact sheetnortheast.sare.org resources cover-cropping-on-vegetable-farms-in-northern-new-england

Cover Cropping on Vegetable Farms in Northern New England

This bulletin, authored by Heather Darby and her staff at the University of Vermont Extension Crops and Soils Team, provides basic information on cover crop strategies for vegetable farms...

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Scaling Up Pastured Livestock Production

This research report, authored by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture staff Franklin Egan and Brooks Miller of North Mountain Pastures, summarizes land and feed efficiency benchmarks for grass-finished beef, pastured pigs,...

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E3A Energy Efficiency and Alternatives

E3A provides free downloadable fact sheets, links to resources, and more to help you explore small renewable energy systems for your farm, ranch or home. Anaerobic Digesters This fact...

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Plain Language Guides for New and Under-Served Producers

These plain language guides cover topics such as farm financing, accessing government programs, harvest practices and marketing. The plain language format makes this material accessible to beginning farmers, immigrants...

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Developing a criteria to select colostrum samples of poor quality

Good colostrum management is essential to the health of newborn replacements and lifelong profit as it directly links to an adequate transfer of immunity to the calf. While the farmer...

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In-Row Mechanical Weed Control Options for Farmers Large and Small

Managing and controlling weeds can be a challenge and a frustration for farmers, no matter the farm size or crop. Michigan State University’s Daniel Brainard, knows that weed management represents...

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Cottage Food Success: A Labeling Guide and Toolkit for Creating Canned Food Products that Sell

This guide and toolkit provides ideas with step-by-step instructions on how to increase sales of canned products made in your home kitchen under your state’s cottage food law through improved...

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High Tunnel Growing: Is it Right for Me?

This 17-page project report provides information and data to help farmers evaluate whether high-tunnel growing is right for season extension and potential increased profit. The guide includes farmer profiles, a...

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A Farmer’s Guide to Crop Quality for Wholesale Outlets

This 20-page guide aims to support beginning farmers looking to improve quality and consistency of farm produce in order to expand sales to include wholesale accounts. Focused on tomatoes, cucurbits...

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Visualizing Soil Properties

This series of videos illustrating soil processes such erosion, runoff, and infiltration can be used as a model for demonstrations in a classroom. The series includes videos on general soil...

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