Managing Cover Crops Profitably - Valley Crops Home
Managing Cover Crops Profitably - Valley Crops Home
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OTHER RESOURCES<br />
<strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Crops</strong> On The Web<br />
To keep up with the growing cover crop resources on the Internet’s World Wide Web, point your<br />
browser to these sites:<br />
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Network<br />
http://www.sare.org<br />
Browse or search for cover crop information:<br />
The first edition of <strong>Managing</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Crops</strong><br />
<strong>Profitably</strong>, the database of SARE projects, and<br />
the archives of the sustainable agriculture listserv,<br />
sanet-mg.<br />
<strong>Managing</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Crops</strong> <strong>Profitably</strong><br />
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Network<br />
http://www.sare.org/publications/covercrops.html/<br />
See the on-line version of this book in pdf format.<br />
<strong>Cover</strong> Crop Resource Page<br />
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education<br />
Program (SAREP)<br />
University of California<br />
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop<br />
An extensive site (not just for California farmers)<br />
that includes a searchable database of more than<br />
5,000 items, 400 online images and detailed<br />
information on 32 cover crop species. Many<br />
valuable gleanings from the scientific literature<br />
compiled in useful, readable form.<br />
ATTRA<br />
http://attra.ncat.org<br />
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas<br />
(ATTRA), a nation-wide sustainable farming information<br />
center located at the University of<br />
Arkansas, has a website that features many of<br />
the publications and resource lists developed by<br />
program specialists in response to inquiries from<br />
farmers since 1987. Call 1-800-346-9140<br />
HELPFUL VIDEOS<br />
No-Till Vegetables—A Sustainable Way to<br />
Increase Profits, Save Soil and Reduce<br />
Pesticides<br />
This 38-minute video covers the basics of sustainable<br />
no-till vegetable production including<br />
no-till transplanting into cover crops, pioneered<br />
by Pennsylvania grower Steve Groff. Send $24.95<br />
($26.95 for overseas orders) check or money<br />
order to: Cedar Meadow Farm, 679 Hilldale Road,<br />
Holtwood Pa. 17532. For more info, email:<br />
sgroff@epix.net or phone (717) 284-5152.<br />
Using <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Crops</strong> in Conservation<br />
Production Systems<br />
An 11-minute video from the USDA-ARS National<br />
Sedimentation Lab in Oxford, MS, this program<br />
can be obtained for $10 (postpaid) from:<br />
Shepherd Productions, 5004 Sequoia Rd,<br />
Memphis,TN 38117-2016, (901) 272-0350.<br />
Controlled Rotational <strong>Cover</strong> Cropping in<br />
the Bio-Extensive Market Garden<br />
This 52-minute video ($10) explains how<br />
intensive cover cropping serves as the base for<br />
carefully planned rotations of many crops in the<br />
Nordell’s whole-farm vegetable system. Booklet<br />
($10) also available (postpaid) from: Eric and<br />
Anne Nordell, Beech Grove Farm, 3410 Route<br />
184,Trout Run, Pa. 17771.<br />
Farmers and their Innovative <strong>Cover</strong><br />
Cropping Techniques<br />
A 70-minute educational video featuring 10<br />
farms from five northeastern states. $15. See<br />
www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/videos/<br />
covercropsvideo.html.<br />
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