Presenter’s Power Point:
PowerPoint – CS – WFP – Week 7 – Brad Jaeckel – Sustainable Crop Production PDF
Recorded Lecture:
Recording – Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning – WEEK 7 – Sustainable Crop Production
Zoom Chat:
Zoom Chat – Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning – WEEK 7 – Sustainable Crop Production PDF
Breakout Rooms:
Recording – Breakout Room, Clallam/Jefferson/Kitsap Counties – Week 7 – Crop Planning with Full Tilth Farm
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Learning Objectives:
- Learn a variety of crop production methods – sustainable, organic and conventional
- Understand the principles of sustainable crop production
- Learn common practices for crop production on small acreage farms
- Be able to synthesize information provided and determine how you might apply practices to your farm
Topics:
- Implementing crop production practices that promote sustainability. Any combination of the following as time and interest allows.
- Planning and planting the field or garden
- Crop rotation
- Cover crops/green manures
- Fertilization/ Plant Nutrition
- Meeting water needs (more on irrigation in section on Equipment and Facilities)
- Harvesting and post harvest handling
- Growing Organic
- Principles of organic production
- Industry trends
- Certification process (Farm Plan)
Readings:
Diversify Crops to Boost Profits and Stewardship. Produced with the Jefferson Institute, Sustainable Agriculture Network, USDA, 2004 (https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Diversifying-Cropping-Systems.pdf?inlinedownload=1)
An Overview of Organic Crop Production. Kuepper, G. Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, USDA, 2004 Organic Crops PDF
Smart Water Use on Your Farm. Sustainable Agriculture Network, USDA, 2006 http://www.sare.org/publications/water.htm
Basics of Vegetable Crop Irrigation. J.K. Kemble & D.C. Sanders, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, ANR-1169, 2000. (Basics of Vegetable Crop Irrigation PDF)