Core group meets to clarify need and the potential use of a cooperative as a solution. Hold meeting of potential members to discuss forming a cooperative. Select steering committee. Conduct economic feasibility analysis. Survey potential feasibility analysis. Conduct market research and analysis.
"Organic" is a marketing label and accompanying set of production practices that is regulated by USDA, and certified by various organizations. Many small-scale farmers have found a valuable niche in growing and selling organic products.
A series of agritourism professional development workshops were held in various regions of California in winter and spring 2011, with funding from Western SARE.
December 1992 The world is beginning to give goats-nature's best herbicide-more attention. Leafy spurge-poisonous to some animals-is causing even people who laughed about goats to take a more serious look.
Published December 1987 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The wildflower business may bloom as never before in coming years.
Hunter Johnson, Jr., Extension Vegetable Crops Specialist Emeritus, University of California, Riverside The process of selecting a crop which can be grown for profit is one that should be approached with great care.
Vol1-2000 New Farmers Learn From Challenges Radicchio: Specialty Crop Safety is Job One When Using Agricultural Chemicals UC Farm Advisor Reaches Out to Urban Edge Small Farmers Small Farm Program Publications Director's Column.
January/February 1992 Fred S. Conte, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis When evaluating a site for freshwater aquaculture potential, the total land and water resources of the site will be among the determining factors.
Look for more specialty crop information in the Small Farm Program's Specialty and Minor Crops Handbook - Second Edition Capers are native to the Mediterranean area and the tropics. The plant, a deciduous dicot, has a very deep root system, grows about two feet tall and has vines 7 to 10 feet long.
