Resources (Publications/Web Sites)

Publications

• Free web publications focusing on organic vegetable production in California are available in PDF format on the Small Farm Program web site at Organic production and marketing. UC authors include Mark Gaskell, farm advisor, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties; and Benny Fouche, farm advisor, San Joaquin County. Titles include:
  • Organic Certification, Farm Production Planning, and Marketing (Pub 7247)
  • Soil Management and Soil Quality for Organic Crops (Pub 7248)
  • Weed Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7250)
  • Insect Pest Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7251)
  • Plant Disease Management for Organic Crops (Pub 7252)
• The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) has released the third OMRI Generic Materials List, which contains information on more than 500 substances, and the U.S. National Organic Standards BoardsÕ recommendations on the materials. Cost: $50. Contact: OMRI, P.O. Box 11558, Eugene, OR 97440; phone: (541) 343-7600; http://www.omri.org 
• The National Organic Certifiers Directory is available at www.ofrf.org/about_organic/certifier.html or from the Organic Farming Research Foundation, P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, (831) 426-6606.
• Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market guides beginning vegetable growers in moderate-scale vegetable production using sustainable practices. Publication number: NRAES-104. Cost: $42. Contact: NRAES, Cooperative Extension, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701; phone: (607) 255-7654; fax: (607) 254-8770; http://www.nraes.org.

Web Sites

• ATTRA List: Suppliers of Organic, Non-GE, or Heirloom Vegetable Seed
  http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/altseed.html
• USDA-ARS Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Lab
  http://www.barc.usda.gov/psi/bpdl/bpdl.html
• USDA National Organic Program
  http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/index.htm
• Organic Trade Association
  http://www.ota.com/
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
  http://www.ofrf.org
• California Certified Organic Farmers
  http://www.ccof.org/
• Organic Farmers' Market Association
  http://web.iquest.net/ofma/
• University of Illinois Farm.Doc Decision Outreach Central
  http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc
• How to Get Information from USDA
  http://www.usda.gov/news/howto/howto.htm
• USDA Agricultural Biotechnology 
  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/crops-agriculture.html
• UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
  http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu
• UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
  http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs/