Farmers' Resources

BOOKS

ANIMALS / PASTURE:

Beekeeping, Bonney

Grass Productivity, Voisin

Grasses, Brown

Greener Pastures..., Murphy

Homeopathic Treatment of Cattle, George McCloud

Pastured Poultry Profits, Salatin

Raising Poultry, Mercia

Raising Sheep the Modern Way, Simmons

Salad Bar Beef, Salatin

Sheep Raisers Manual, Knuesi

Small Scale Sheepk Keeping, Hunt

The Man Who Listens to Horses, Roberts

Training Workhorses, Training Teamsters, Miller

Why Grassfed is Best, Robinson

Work Horse Handbook, Miller

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY:

Micro-Hydropower Sourcebook, NRECA International Foundation

Solar Living Sourcebook, Real Goods

BIODYNAMICS:

Agriculture, Rudolph Steiner

A Biodynamic Farm, Lovel

Biodynamic Agriculture, Willy Schilthuis

"Biodynamic Farming practice", Wistinghausen and Sattler

"Biodynamic Sprays", Koepf

"Compost preps and Sprays", Pfeiffer

Culture and Horticulture, Storl

"Handbook on Composting and the Biodynamic Preps", Corrin

Kimberton Calendar

Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture, Steiner

"Stella Natura", Calender from Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association

The Biodynamic Farm, Herbert Koepf

COVERCROPPING

The Northeast Cover Crop Handbook, Marianne Sarrantonio Rodale Institute

Managing Cover Crops for Profitability, Sustainable Ag Network

CSA:

CSA Farm Network, vol. 1&2, Gilman

Sharing the Harvest: a guide to community supported agriculture, Elizabeth Henderson

EQUIPMENT:

Horsedrawn Plows and Plowing, Miller

The Handcart Handbook, Tresemer

The Scythe Book, Tresemer

Steel in the Field, Bowman

Crop and Vegetable Farming or Gardening, Technical

Botany for Gardeners, Brian Capon

Garden Primer, Damrosch

Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers, Maynard & Hochmuth

Rodales All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, Rodale Press

Small Scale Grain Raising, Logsdon

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start Up to Market, Vernon Grubinger

The Biological Farmer, Zimmer

The Gardenville Method, Beck

The Natural Way of Farming, Fukuoka

The New Organic Grower, Coleman

FARMING OR GARDENING, GENERAL:

An Agricultural Testament, Albert Howard

The Albrecht Papers, William Albrecht, ACRES USA

Changes in the Land, Cronin

Conversations with Farmers, Finding Sustainable Agriculture, SARE project on Maine farms

Culture and Horticulture, Storl

Elements of Sustainable Agriculture, SARE project on Maine farms

Encyclopedia of Country Living, Emery

Exploring the Small Farm Dream, New England Small Farm Institute

Farmers of Forty Centuries: Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan, F.H. King

Farmland Transfer and Protection in New England, New England Small Farm Institute

Farms of Tomorrow Revisited, Groh

Five Acres and Independence, Kains

Gift of Good Land, Berry

H.R.M., Alan Savory

Introduction to Permaculture, Mollison

Natural Capitalism, Hawkins/Lovings

On Good Land, Ableman

Out of the Earth, Daniel Hillel

Regenerating Agriculture, Pretty

Successful Small Scale Farming, Schwenke

The Contrary Farmer, Logsdon

The New Farmers Market, Corum et al.

The Real Dirt, Miranda Smith

The Soul of Soil, Gershuny & Smillie

The Soil & Health, Albert Howard

Unsettling of America, Wendell Berry (as well as anything else he has written)

Water for Every farm, P.A. Yeomans

FOOD - HANDLING, STORAGE:

Putting Food By, Greene et al.

Root Cellaring, Bubel

Small Scale Postharvest Handling Practices, Kitinoja and Kader

Stocking Up, Hupping and the Rodale Staff

FOOD - RECIPIES, NUTRITION:

Greene on Greens, Greene

Healing with Whole Foods, Pitchford

Laurel's Kitchen, Robertson et al.

Joy of Cooking, Rombauer, Rombauer Becker, and Becker

Nourishing Traditions, Fallon

Recipies From America's Small Farms, Hayes and Stein

The Eco-Foods Guide, Barstow

The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook, Hayes

The Moosewook Cookbook, Katzen

The Simply Grande Gardening Cookbook, Pollard

GREENHOUSE:

Secrets of Plant Propogation, Hill

Solviva, Edey

The Solar Greenhouse Book, McCullagh

HERBS:

A Modern Herbal, Grieve

A Woman's Book of Herbs, Soule

Green Pharmacy, Griggs

POLITICS:

Biopiracy, Shiva

Stolen Harvest, Shiva

SEASON EXTENSION:

Four Season Harvest, Coleman

Winter Harvest Manual, Coleman

SEED SAVING:

Breed your own Vegetable Varieties, Deppe

"Restoring our Seed" packet, see also their website, growseed.org

Seed to Seed, Ashworth

SOILS AND COMPOST:

Building Soils for Better Crops, Magdoff and van Es

Compost: What it is, How it's made, What it does, Koepf

DIRT The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, William Bryant Logan

Easy Compost, Hanson

Start With The Soil, Gershuny

The Complete Book of Composting, Rodale

The Living Soil Balfour

The Nature and Properties of Soils, Nyle C. Brady

SPECIFIC CROPS:

A Garlic Testament, Stanley Crawford

Growing Great Garlic, Engeland

Herbal Renaissance, Foster

Medicinal Herbs, Sturdivant and Blakely

Specialty Cut Flowers, Alan Armitage

The Apple Grower, Phillips

The Back Yard Berry Book, Otto

The Flower Farmer, Byczynski

The Organic Apple Grower, Michael Philly's

The Potential of Herbs as a Cash Crop, Miller

WEED, PEST, & DISEASE CONTROL:

Diseases & Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada, Howard, Garland, & Seaman, Edaphos Paul Sachs

Identifying Diseases of Vegetables, MacNab et al.

Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects, Anna Carr

The Organic Gardeners Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, Ellis and Bradey

Vegetable Farmers and their Weed Control Machines, produced by Vern Grubinger, UVM Extension and Mary Jane Else, UMass extension

Weeds and What they Tell, Pfeiffer

Weeds of the Northeast, Uva et al.

EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

B.W. Macknair & Son (horse and tractor drawn used and parts) (717)543 -5136

Gemper's 1-800-382-8473

Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Supplies (978)851 – 4346

Fertrell (717)367-1566

I & J Manufacturing (horse and tractor drawn equipment) (717) 442 – 9451

Ledgewood Farm Greenhouse Frames (603) 476 – 8829

NOFA MASS Bulk Order(508)224 - 3088

Nolt's Produce Supplies (717) 656-9764

Packaging Corporation of America 1-800-898-2474

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply 1-888-784-1722

Pioneer Equipment Inc. (horsedrawn) 16875 Jericho Rd. Dalton, OH 44618

Market Farm Implement, 814-443-1931

Farm Tek, 800-327-6835

Growers Supply, 800-476-9715

Northern Supply Co., 800-631-1246

Kennecco Mfg, Ruskin, Fl. 813-645-2591

Rain Flo, East Earl, PA 717-445-6976

Charles Harris Co. (irrigation) 508-824-5607

Milikowski Greenhouse Supply, Stafford Springs, CT

Growell (greenhouse frames) 203-272-8147

Jensales (tractor manual reprints) 507-826-3777

Waldo and Associates (greenhouse supply) 800-468-4011

Market Farm Implement 814-443-1931

ORGANIZATIONS

American Farmland Trust

ATTRA P.O. Box 3657 Fayetteville, AR 72702 (1-800-346-9140)

Community Involved In Sustaining Agriculture, 1 Sugarloaf St. S. Deerfield, MA 01373 (413)665-7100

Farming Alternatives Program Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853

Henry A Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture

MOFGA

New England Small Farm Institute Belchertown, MA (413)323-4531

New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association, 233 Union St., E.

Bridgewater, MA 02333 508-378-2546

NOFA MA 411 Sheldon Rd., Barre, MA 01005 978-355-2853

NOFAs - NY, VT, MA, CT, RI

Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

UMASS Cooperative Extension (413)545-4800

UVM Burlington, VT 05405-0082

Regional Farm and Food Project, 148 Central Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12206 518-427-6537

Rodale Institute

UVM Sustainable Agriculture Program

Equity Trust, Turners Falls, MA

Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, New Salem, MA

First Pioneer Farm Credit, Enfield, CT

Farm Viability Enhancement Program, Easthampton, MA

SARE

National Resource Conservation Service, NRCS

PERIODICALS

Acres USA

Biodynamics P.O. Box 550 Kimberton, PA 19442

Growing for Market P.O. Box 3747 Lawrence, Kansas 66046 (1-800-307-8949)

Hortideas 460 Black Lick Rd, Gravel Switch KY 40328

Rural HeritageSmall Farmers Journal P.O. Box 1627 Sisters, Oregon 97759

Stockman Grass farmer 282 Commerce Park Drive Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 853 - 1861

The Land Report The Land Institute 2440 E Water Well Road Salinas, Kansas 67401

The Natural Farmer NOFA 411 Sheldon Road Barre, MA 01005 (978-355-2853)

MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) journals

"New Connections", newletter of Regional Farm and Food Project

New England Vegetable and Berry Conference, 2003 Proceedings

NOFA chapter newletters 

SEED RESOURCES

VEGETABLE SEED CATALOGS:

Fedco Seeds, ME

High Mowing Seeds, VT (802)472-6174

Johnny's Selected Seeds, Albion, ME 1-800-854-2580

Turtle Tree Seed, Camphill Village, Copake, NY 12516

Tomato Growers Supply, 888-478-7333

Seed Savers Exchange 563-385-5990

COVER CROP, PASTURE, & FORAGE SEED CATALOGS:

Albert Lea Seed House, Albert Lea, MN 1-800-352-5247

Lakeview Organic Grain, Box 361 Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-531-1038

Your local Agway

VIDEOS

Farmers and Their Innovative Cover Cropping Techniques, V. Grubinger, UVM

Vegetable Farmers and their Weed Control Machines, V. Grubinger, UVM

Controlled Rotational Cover Cropping in the Bio-Extensive Market Garden, a slide presentation by Anne and Eric Nordell at the 1996 PASA Conference.

Harvest of Fear, Exploring the Fight over Genetically Modified Food, a NOVA/Frontline Special Report, 4/24/01

"Healing the earth one cow at a time" By Peter Proctor, narrated by Peter CoyoteNOFA videos NOFA 411 Sheldon Road Barre, MA 01005

Poughkeepsie Farm Project, video by Dick Crenson, Dated: February, 08