Internet Resource
for North Carolina Farmers
Organic Production
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Feature Article
Herbicide
Carryover in Manure and Hay:
Caution to Organic Farmers and Home Gardeners (PDF)
(posted
June 2009)
Production Guides
Vegetable Variety List
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/varietylist.html
Production Guides, Growing Small Farms
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/cropprod.html
General Organic Growing Resources
National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service, ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/
Farm Planning and
Recordkeeping, Growing Small
Farms
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/farmrecords.html
Transitioning to
Organic Production, SARE
http://www.sare.org/publications/organic/index.htm
Cultural Practices and Sample Costs
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/pubs/costs/96/vege.htm
Holistic Management:
A Whole-Farm Decision Making Framework, ATTRA
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/holistic.pdf
Organic Production
Practices of the Northeastern US, Rutgers Cooperative Research
and Extension
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/%7Efarmmgmt/ne-budgets/ORGANIC.HTML
Planting and Harvesting
Guide for NC Piedmont Vegetable & Herbs
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/plantingguide.html
Nutrient Content of Fertilizer and Organic
Materials
http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/publications/Soilfacts/AG-439-18/
Organic Sweet Corn
Production, NCSU HIL
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-50.html
NCSU Horticultural Information Leaflets: Commercial
Specialty Crops
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/spcrop-index.html (NOTE:
not all are specifically organic)
Restoring the Productivity
of Marginal Soils with Organic Amendments
http://eap.mcgill.ca/magrack/ajaa/ajaa_8.htm
Southern Organic Resource Guide
http://attra.ncat.org/sorg/
Biodynamic Farming
and Compost Preparation,
ATTRA
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/biodynamic.html
Restoring the Productivity
of Marginal Soils with Organic Amendments
http://eap.mcgill.ca/magrack/ajaa/ajaa_8.htm
Pests & Disease Control
Organic Materials Review Institute
http://www.omri.org/
Local Crop Problems, Chatham County Cooperative
Extension
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/cropproblems.html
Insects: Pests and
Beneficials, Chatham County
Cooperative Extension
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/insects.html
A Whole-Farm Approach
to Managing Pests, SARE
http://www.sare.org/publications/farmpest/index.htm
Principles of Sustainable Weed Management
for Croplands
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/weed.html
Integrated Pest Management:
How to Manage Pests of Agriculture, Floriculture,
and Turf, University of California
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/crops-agriculture.html
New York State Integrated
Pest Management,
Cornell University
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/
Biointensive Integrated
Pest Management, Part 1, ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/ipm.html
Biointensive Integrated
Pest Management, Part 2, ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/ipm2.html
A Total System Approach to Sustainable Pest
Management
http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu/lewis/lewis1.pdf
Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological
Strategies
http://www.sare.org/publications/insect/insect.pdf
Farmscaping to Enhance
Biological Control,
ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/farmscaping.pdf
Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production
in the South: Insect Management
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/IPM/insects/04insect.html
Season Extension
How To Build a PVC Hoophouse for Your Garden
http://westsidegardener.com/howto/hoophouse.html
Design and Construction of the Penn State
High Tunnel
http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/Design_construction.pdf
Season Extension Techniques for the Market
Gardener
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/seasonext.html
Season Extenders
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-381/426-381.html
High Tunnels
http://www.hightunnels.org/
Cover Crops
Selecting Cover Crops
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/selecting.html
Cover Crops for Organic Farms
http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/PDFs/Organic%20Production%20-%20Cover%20Crops.pdf
Winter Cover Crops for North Carolina
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/wintercrops.html
Summer Cover Crops for North Carolina
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/summercrops.html
Choosing the Best Cover Crops for Your Organic
No-Till Vegetable System
http://www.newfarm.org/features/0104/no-till/chart.shtml
Cover Crops and Living Mulches
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/cover/c02cover.html
Summer Cover Crops
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-37.html
Overview of Cover
Crops and Green Manures,
ATTRA
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/covercrop.html
Value of Legumes for Plow-Down Nitrogen
http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0111.html
Cover Crop Fundamentals
http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0142.html
Managing Cover Crops Profitably
http://www.sare.org/publications/covercrops/covercrops.pdf
Cover Crops for Organic Production Systems
http://www.organicaginfo.org/upload/cover_crops.PDF
Field Crops
Organic Field Crops
Production & Marketing
http://www.cropsci.ncsu.edu/organicgrains/
Postharvest Handling
Post-Harvest Handling of Horticultural Crops
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/post-index.html (not
necessarily specific to organic)
Postharvest Handling of Fruits and Vegetables
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/postharvest.html
Livestock
ATTRA Livestock:
Beef & Dairy; Hogs, Sheep, & Goats;
Poultry; Grass Farming; Livestock Fencing & Watering
Systems; and Other Livestock Topics
http://attra.ncat.org/livestock.html
Organic Livestock Production and Marketing
http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/PDFs/Organic%20Production%20-%20Livestock.pdf
Tips for Egg Safety from Farm to Table
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/eggsafetytips.html
Poultry Regulations
http://www.ncagr.com/vet/PoultryRegs.htm
Pastured Poultry
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/poultrylist.html
Small-Scale Livestock Resources
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/animallinks.html
Sources of Organic Seed and Organic Farming Supplies
Directory
of Organic Farming Suppliers for North Carolina
Farmers -
PDF
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/ncorganic/2008ncorganic_suppliers_directory.pdf
Saving Our Seed Project
http://www.savingourseed.org/
One Seed at a Time: A Southeast Seed Bank
and Curation Facility
http://www.savingourseed.org/pages/OSAT.htm
OMRI Organic Seed Database
http://www.omri.org/OMRI_SEED_list.html
Sources of Organic and Untreated Non-GMO Seeds
http://attra.ncat.org/sorg/seeds.html
Ronnigers Potato Farm: Organic Seed Potatoes
http://www.ronnigers.com/