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Poultry Your Way Covernorthcentral.sare.org resources poultry-your-way

Poultry Your Way

Poultry Your Way is for anyone interested in commercially raising, processing, and marketing poultry. It is designed to help you consider alternatives, and to help you make decisions about which...

The New American Farmerwww.sare.org resources the-new-american-farmer-2nd-edition

The New American Farmer, 2nd Edition

Hailing from small vegetable farms, cattle ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres, the producers in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition have embraced new sustainable approaches to agriculture....

Beef-book.jpgwww.sare.org resources how-to-direct-market-your-beef

How to Direct Market Your Beef

How to Direct Market Your Beef portrays how one couple used its family’s ranch to launch a profitable, grass-based beef operation focused on direct market sales. From slaughtering to packaging, through labeling...

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Production and Marketing of Beach Plum, a Heritage Fruit Crop

Wild beach plum, ‘on the edge,’ in the harsh coastal environment of Montauk Point State Park, New York. Beach plum (Prunus maritima Marsh) is one of several shrubby plums native...

cows.jpgwww.sare.org resources 12-aprils-grazing-dairy-program

12 Aprils Grazing Dairy Program

Tom Trantham's Twelve Aprils grazing program has been part of three Southern Region SARE projects. Tom has influenced scores of experienced and beginning dairy farmers through presentations at conferences and...

Forestry and Agroforestrysouthern.sare.org resources sustainable-forestry-management-for-productive-woodlands

Sustainable Forestry Management for Productive Woodlands

A series of fact sheets from Sustainable Woodlands and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service on opportunities for management of productive woodlands for limited-resource landholders. The fact sheets cover such...

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NOFA Handbooks

A series of guides originally published by NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) with support from Northeast SARE that covers organic principles and practices. Topics include cover cropping, soil fertility and...

Diversifying_05.jpgnorthcentral.sare.org resources adapting-crop-share-agreements-for-sustainable-and-organic-agriculture

Adapting Crop Share Agreements for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture

When the farming system deviates from a conventional corn-soybean rotation, the usual division of costs and returns in a 50-50 crop share lease may no longer fairly reflect the inputs...

Diversifying Cropping Systemswww.sare.org resources diversifying-cropping-systems

Diversifying Cropping Systems

Today's crop farmers, with their prices global and their costs local, are ensnared in an ever-tightening profit squeeze. Many of them have begun seeking alternative crops that command higher prices...

northcentral.sare.org resources considering-sustainable-agriculture-on-your-rented-land

Considering Sustainable Agriculture on Your Rented Land

Using sustainable agriculture practices on your rented land can help protect soil and water quality, increase income over the long term, and satisfy personal values for the landowner and/or the tenant. Renting agricultural...

A guide to developing a business plan for farms and rural businesses.www.sare.org resources building-a-sustainable-business

Building a Sustainable Business

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses brings the business planning process alive to help today's alternative and sustainable agriculture entrepreneurs...

High Tunnelwww.sare.org resources 2003-high-tunnel-production-manual

2003 High Tunnel Production Manual

This season extension manual, covering commercial hoop house and high tunnel production, is available in hard copy for purchase only. Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - A Short History...

Estrategias Economico-Ambientales en la Crianza de Cerdoswww.sare.org resources estrategias-economico-ambientales-en-la-crianza-de-cerdos

Estrategias Economico-Ambientales en la Crianza de Cerdos

Granjeros que quieren producir puercos con éxito en pequeña escala pueden preservar su independencia de cara a la industria de puercos en proceso de consolidación. Estrategias Económico-Ambientales en la Crianza de...

reading on profitable porkwww.sare.org resources profitable-pork

Profitable Pork

Farmers who want to successfully produce pork on a small scale can preserve their independence in the face of the consolidating hog industry. Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Hog Producers showcases examples...

LOL-Cover.jpgwestern.sare.org resources living-on-the-land

Living on the Land

Living on the Land is one of the most comprehensive and adaptable curricula in the country for training natural resource professionals to, in turn, teach small-acreage landowners how to care...

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