Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Publications - A Whole Farm Approach to Managing Pests -

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702 1-800-346-9140, www.attra.org. Offers a series of publications on agronomy and pest management covering various aspects of ecological pest management.

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), Hills Building, Room 35, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405-0082; (802) 656-0484; www.sare.org. As the national outreach arm of USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, SAN disseminates information through electronic and print publications, including:

– Building Soils for Better Crops, 2nd Edition. How to manage soils to produce healthy crops while protecting the environment. $19.95 + $3.95 s/h to Sustainable Agriculture Publications. (See address above.)

– Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 2nd Edition. Practical information about cover crops. $19 + $3.95 s/h to Sustainable Agriculture Publications. (See address above.)

– Steel in the Field: A farmer’s guide to weed management tools. A farmer-oriented handbook with descriptions on tools’ roles, designs and costs. $18 + $3.95 s/h to Sustainable Agriculture Publications. (See address above.)

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC), National Agricultural Library, Rm. 304, Beltsville, MD 20705, (301) 504-6559; (301) 504-6409 (fax); afsic@nal.usda.gov; www.nal.usda.gov/afsic. Offers bibliographic reference publications on ecological pest management via the Internet.

Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture (2nd ed.) by Miguel Altieri. Key principles of sustainable agriculture through case studies of sustainable rural development in developing countries. $28 to Perseus Books Group Customer Service, (800) 386-5656; westview.orders@perseusbooks.com; www.westviewpress.com/

Alternatives in Insect Pest Management—Biological and Biorational Approaches by University of Illinois Extension. Information and evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of alternative insect pest management— microbial insecticides, botanical insecticides and insecticidal soaps, attractants, traps, beneficial insects and predatory mites. 75 pages. Free/web only. http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/altinsec.pdf

Alternatives to Insecticides for Managing Vegetable Insects by Kimberly A. Stoner. Proceedings from a farmer/scientist conference that exchanged experience and research on alternatives to insecticides for vegetable growers in the Northeastern U.S. Free from NRAES Cooperative Extension, (607) 255-7654; NRAES@ cornell.edu; http://NRAES.org

Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems by Miguel Altieri. Explores entomological aspects of agriculture and analyzes the ecological basis for the maintenance of biodiversity in agriculture. $39.95 (five or more: $24.95) from The Haworth Press, Inc., 1-800-HAWORTH; getinfo@ haworthpressinc.com; www.haworthpressinc.com

Common Sense Pest Control by W. Olkowski et al. How to control pests using natural mechanisms. 715 pages. $29.95 plus $3.95 s/h to Taunton Direct, Inc., (800) 888-8286.

Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century by Ralph Hardy. Offers a vision and strategies for creating a solid knowledge base to support such a system. $20 to Conservation Technology Information Center, (765) 494-9555; hopper@ctic.purdue.edu; www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/CTIC.html

Insect Pest Management in Field Corn. J. Van Duyn. Discusses cultural practices useful in controlling various insect pests. Free from North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, (704) 873-0507.

Michigan Field Crop Pest Ecology and Management. Mutch, D.R., M.A. Cavigelli, S.R. Deming, M.A., L.A. Frost, and L.K. Probyn (eds.). Bulletin E-2704. $12 to Michigan State University Extension. (517) 355-0240; msue@msue.msu; http://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/

Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control by Mary Louise Flint and Steve H. Dreistadt. Publication 3386. $35 to University of California Press; (800) 777-UC-BOOKS; www.ipm.ucdavis.edu.

Pests of the Garden and Small Farm by Mary Louise Flint. Describes major pests on 30 vegetable and tree fruit crops and alternative controls — biological control, resistant varieties, traps and barriers & less toxic pesticides. University of California Publication 3332. 286 pages. $35 to ANR Press, (800) 994-8849; http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu

Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America. California Department of Pesticide Regulation. A resource for purchasing biological controls as alternatives or supplements to combat insect, mite, snail or weed pests. Free from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, (916) 324-4100; brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov

Weeds as Teachers: ‘Many Little Hammers’ Weed Management by Sally Hilander. Proceedings of a 1995 weed management conference that emphasized least-toxic and non-toxic techniques for controlling weeds in the Northern Plains (Canada and U.S.). Alternative Energy Resources Organization (406) 443-7272, aero@desktop.org

University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project web site, www.ipm.ucdavis.edu

"No-Till Vegetables: A Sustainable Way to Increase Profits, Save Soil and Reduce Pesticides" by Pennsylvania farmer Steve Groff. Covers no-till vegetable production and methods to control weeds using cover crops. $21.95 + $3 s/h to Cedar Meadow Farm, (717) 284-5152; www.cedarmeadowfarm.com

Marlene Fritz is a communications specialist for the University of Idaho College of Agriculture in Boise. David Mudd is a freelance writer living in Blacksburg, VA. Valerie Berton, former SARE communications specialist, served as project manager. For more information about sustainable agriculture and SARE, visit www.sare.org or call (301) 504-5230.

Special thanks to the team of scientists who researched and wrote much of the first draft, including Fred Kirschenmann, a North Dakota farmer; Doug Landis, Michigan State University; Joe Lewis, USDA-ARS; Matt Liebman, Iowa State University; John Luna, Oregon State University; Fred Magdoff, University of Vermont; Deb Neher, University of Toledo; Sharad Phatak, University of Georgia; Ron Prokapy, University of Massachusetts; Ed Rajotte, Penn State University; and John Teasdale, USDA-ARS.