Sustainable Production:
Grower Resource List

General Production

• Growing for Market, edited by Lynn Byczynski; monthly magazine; to subscribe, call 800-307-8949 or email growing4market@earthlink.net

• The New American Farmer: Profiles of Agricultural Innovation, by the Sustainable Agriculture Network and SARE; to order, call SAN at 802-656-0484.

• The New Organic Grower, by Eliot Coleman

• Four-Season Harvest, by Eliot Coleman

• The Next Green Revolution: Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture, by James E. Horne and Maura McDermott

• Small Farm Today, edited by Ron Macher; monthly magazine; to subscribe, call 800-633-2535 or email smallfarm@socket.net

• American Small Farm, edited by Andrew Stevens; monthly magazine; to subscribe, call 614-895-3755 or email info@smallfarm.com

• Acres USA Magazine: a Voice for Eco-Agriculture; to subscribe, call 800-355-5313 or e-mail info@acresusa.com

• Fertile Soil: A Grower's Guide to Organic & Inorganic Fertilizers, by Robert Parnes

• Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers, by David E. Chaney and Laurie E. Drinkwater; University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program publication; to order, call 1-800-994-8849, email danrcs@ucdavis.edu or visit the UC SARE Publications web site

• Building Soils for Better Crops, by Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es, Sustainable Agriculture Network

• Soil Biology Primer, by E.R. Ingham, A.R. Moldenke, and C. Edwards;
  to order call 1-800-THE-SOIL, or e-mail pubs@swcs.org

• On-Farm Composting Handbook, edited by Robert Rynk, Cornell University; to order call 607-255-7654, or e-mail the NRAES

• The Soul of Soil: a Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers, by Grace Gershuny and Joseph Smillie

• The Rodale Book of Composting, by Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny

• Managing Cover Crops Profitably, by the Sustainable Agriculture Network

• Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide, Second Edition , by Mary Louise Flint

• Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control, by Mary Louise Flint and Steve Dreistadt

• How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee As an Orchard Pollinator, by Sustainable Agriculture Network

• The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, edited by Barbara W. Ellis and Fern Marshall Bradley

• Biological Control of Insects and Mites: an Introduction to Beneficial Natural Enemies and Their Use in Pest Management, by Daniel L. Mahr and Nino M. Ridgway, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Enhancing Biological Control: Habitat Management to Promote Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests, edited by C.H. Pickett and R.L. Bugg

• Conservation Biological Control, edited by Pedro Barbosa

• Garden Insects of North America, by Whitney Cranshaw

• Insects and Gardens, by Eric Grissell

• A Field Guide to the Insects, by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White

• Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Insects, by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Richard L. Jacques

• Insects: their Natural History and Diversity – with a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America, by Stephen A. Marshall

• Steel in the Field: A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools, edited by Greg Bowman

• The New Farmers' Market: Farm Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers, and Communities, by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig, and Eric Gibson

• Sell What You Sow: the Grower's Guide to Successful Produce Marketing, by Eric Gibson

• Sharing the Harvest: a Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, by Elizabeth Henderson

• Farms of Tomorrow Revisited: Community Supported Farms, Farm Supported Communities, by Trauger Groh and Steven McFadden
  

• Local Harvest: a Multifarm CSA Handbook, by Scott Franzblau and Jill Perry

• Whole-Farm Planning: Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values and Economics, by Elizabeth Henderson and Karl North; order from NOFA-New York.

• From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh, Seasonal Produce , by the Madison Area CSA Coalition (MACSAC).
  
  

• Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South , by NCSU's Dr. Mary Peet

• Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 4th edition, by Donald N. Maynard and George J. Hochmuth

• How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons

• Seed to Seed: Saving our Vegetable Heritage, by Suzanne Ashworth

• Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History, by William Woys Weaver

• Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, by Carol Deppe

• 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden, by Carolyn Male

• Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-up to Market, by Vernon Grubinger

• Growing Great Garlic: The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers, by Ron L. Engeland

• Herbs for Sale, by Lee Sturdivant

• Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs, by Sandie Shores

• Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field, and Marketplace, by Lee Sturdivant and Tim Blakley
  
  
  

• Old Southern Apples, by Lee Calhoun (Chatham County apple grower!); order from the author by calling 919-542-4480

• The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist, by Michael Phillips

• Northland Berry News; quarterly newsletter; to subscribe, call 651-265-3413, or email subscriptions@berrynews.com

• Specialty Cut Flowers, by Allan Armitage

• The Flower Farmer: an Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, by Lynn Byczynski

• We're Gonna Be Rich: Growing Specialty Cut Flowers for Market, by Frank and Pamela Arnosky

• Field Grown Cut Flowers: A Practical Guide and Sourcebook, by Alan Stevens

• Flowers for Sale, by Lee Sturdivant

• Cut Flower Quarterly, ASCFG Newsletter; to subscribe, call ASCFG at 440-774-2887 or email ascfg@oberlin.net

• A Conservation Breeding Handbook, by Carolyn Christman and D. Phillip Sponenberg; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• A Rare Breeds Album of American Livestock, by Carolyn Christman, D. Phillip Sponenberg, and Donald Bixby; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• Chicken Tractor: the Gardener's Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, by Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• The Book of Geese: a Complete Guide to Raising the Home Flock, by David Holderread; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• Guides from Storey - guide books for raising beef cattle, ducks, chickens, turkeys, pigs, and horses; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• May Safely Graze: Protecting Livestock Against Predators, by Eugene L. Fytche; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• Wild Predators? Not in my Backyard!, by Eugene L. Fytche; to order, call Fytche Enterprises at 613-256-1798 or email Eugene Fytche.

• Fences for Pasture and Garden, by Gail Damerow; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line.

• Salad Bar Beef, by Joel Salatin

• Pastured Poultry Profits, by Joel Salatin

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