UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

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Marketing Crafts and Tourist Products

September/October 1993 If you sell crafts, a study on tourists' shopping habits, by the North Central Regional Extension Service, may give you ideas for meeting consumer desires and increasing sales.
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News Notes

"1,000 Ways to Sustain U.S. Agriculture," a pilot project funded by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program, seeks 1,000 sustainable farmers or ranchers.
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Director's Column

by Desmond Jolly, director, Small Farm Program You will notice on our cover that this is the "spring" issue of Small Farm News. Resource considerations indicate that Small Farm News should be published quarterly.
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Diverse Operations Fit Unique Farmers

by Susan McCue, senior publications coordinator, Small Farm Center Tom Chino owns a farm stand in Del Mar, San Diego County, that attracts wealthy clientele who flock to his stand in Mercedes coupes, Range Rovers, and chauffeur driven limousines.
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New Farmers Learn From Challenges

by Susan McCue, editor, Small Farm News It's Impossible Acres -- that's our farm," says Katherine Kelly, as she scans her family's nearly new farm on the outskirts of Davis, California.
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Program News

Desmond Jolly, agricultural economist, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC Davis, has been reappointed director of the UC Small Farm Program.
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Eggplant

By Etaferahu Takele, Area Farm Advisor, Farm Management Economics, Southern Region Jose Aguiar, Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops and Small Farms, Riverside County Delos Walton, Staff Research Associate, Farm Management Economics, Southern Region Detailed costs to produce eggplant in Coachella Valley, R...
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Richard Molinar: SFP Advisor, Fresno County

Richard Molinar retired on July 1, 2013. We are maintaining this webpage temporarily to provide access to his most recent research, which will also be archived elsewhere on the Small Farm website. Contact Information: UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County 550 E.
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