Source: Agriculture Fact Book 1998-USDA Office of Communications In 1996, each American consumed an average 77 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables than in 1970, 63 pounds more grain products, 54 pounds more fruits, 32 pounds more poultry, 10 gallons more milk lower in fat than whole milk, 2...
Planning and Managing Agritourism 2006 2006 Free publication. This is a 2006 version of the Primer on Agritourism and Ecotourism Start-Ups and Management, a how-to manual for farmers, ranchers, and the professionals who work with them.
The Small Farm Program was created in 1979, when the California State Legislature appropriated $100,000 to the University of California to provide assistance to limited-resource farmers.
S mall Farms Advisor, Fresno and Tulare Counties Address: UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County 550 E. Shaw Avenue, Suite 210-B Fresno, CA 93710 Front Desk: (559) 241-7515 Direct Office Line: (559) 241-7513 E-mail: rdahlquistwillard@ucanr.
Prepared by: Richard H. Molinar, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Fresno County Michael Yang, UC Agricultural Assistant, Fresno County Karen M. Klonsky, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis Richard L.
Chinese long beans - (Vigna sesquipedalis): Also called the asparagus bean and yardlong bean, the plants are long training vines grown on trellises. The plants are susceptible to black bean aphids, spider mites, nematodes, and mosaic viruses.
