Most of the cooperative-related publications listed below are from the University of California, some of which were funded by the Rural Cooperatives Center, and its predecessor, the Center for Cooperatives.
The chain of food safety begins with farmers in the field and continues through packinghouses, value-added production operations, farmers markets and other vendors, and ultimately ends with the consumer.
The 2010 California Small Farm Conference was held February 28 to March 2, 2010 in San Diego. View the agenda. Below are links to PDF copies of PowerPoint presentations from the workshops.
Published February 1988 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture There is a growing demand for Latin and other 'ethnic' vegetables in most of the larger cities such as Chicago, Miami, and New York.
Acknowledgements Labor Intensive Vegetable Crops Type of Tunnels What About Farming And Cultural Practices With Tunnels? Weed Control Are Tunnels For You?
PDF Version Agricultural Tourism: Emerging Opportunity Successful Agricultural Tourism Ventures Steinbeck Center Adds Agricultural Wing in 2000 Conference News Planning Your Agri-tourism Enterprise: Risk Management Guest Column: Pea Viner Corners: Farm Community in Retrospect and Prospect Resources...
January/February 1992 Fred S. Conte, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis. Adapted from an article by Dr. Conte called, California Aquaculture: Growth Keyed to Diversity and Markets. In World Aquaculture 21(3): 33-44, 1990.
March/April 1994 Eric C. Mussen, Extension Apiculturist, UC Davis The number of US beekeepers has declined steadily since World War II, partly because land development has eliminated many flowering plants from which bees collect nectar to make honey.
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