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Vegetable guide A project of the National Center for Appropriate Technology - - - ? www attra ncat org Resource Guide to Organic and Sustainable Vegetable Production By Steve Diver NCAT Agriculture Specialist Published Updated May By Tammy Hinman Andy Pre

A project of the National Center for Appropriate Technology - - - ? www attra ncat org Resource Guide to Organic and Sustainable Vegetable Production By Steve Diver NCAT Agriculture Specialist Published Updated May By Tammy Hinman Andy Pressman and Hannah Sharp NCAT Agriculture Specialists ?NCAT IP Contents Introduction The Farmer ? s Bookshelf Organic Farming Primer General Vegetable Marketing Industry and Statistics Information Selected Vegetable Production Materials Economics of Vegetable Production Magazines and Newsletters Databases and Directory Links Publishers and Book Distributors The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service ATTRA www attra ncat org was developed and is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology NCAT The project is funded through a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture ? s Rural BusinessCooperative Service Visit the NCAT website www ncat org sarc current php for more information on our other sustainable agriculture and energy projects Introduction Farmers making a transition to sustainable or organic farming need information on a wide variety of topics such as soil management and non-chemical weed and pest management This guide provides a summary of some of the best in-print and online sources around Here it should be noted that farmers raising herbs or ?eld-grown cut owers face nearly identical production requirements Thus when we talk about cover crops or weed control or soil management for vegetables the same approach will work for ?eld-grown cut owers and herbs Who Should Use This Guide Farmers and others who work in commercial agriculture ??e g Extension specialists NRCS crop advisors teachers and researchers The focus is heavily oriented to practical approaches to organic and sustainable farming How to Use This Guide Printed books and bulletins are listed ?rst these are followed by a selection of online resources In some instances a Web version corresponds with the book and these have been noted Publishers and distributors that sell the books reviewed here are listed in a special section at the end of this resource guide For details on sales price shipping expenses and ordering information contact the publishers About the Use of Web Resources The Internet has revolutionized the way information is distributed and obtained Whereas it used to take several weeks or months to wait for a publication to arrive in the mail with a few mouse clicks many of these items now instantly appear on your computer screen Better yet most of these articles and bulletins are free In addition some items ??including many Extension Service fact sheets ??are available only in electronic form Thus some portions of this resource list are more heavily oriented to Web resources than others If you have received this resource list but you don ? t have a computer at home please see your local public library for assistance How to Read Web Documents HTML Hyper Text Markup Language means that you can click and read online The links to other publications are easy to access and go directly to the reference at hand PDF Portable Document Format