Tammy Howard
Tammy Howard Horticulture Specialist Rocky Mountain West Region Topic Areas: Business Planning and Marketing, Organic Crops, Horticulture, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management Specific Areas of Expertise: Specialty crop farm…
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Small-Scale Egg Handling
…Facility pest management that prevents contamination Management that prevents commingling with nonorganic products (Kuepper et al., 2009) Proper recordkeeping and audit control procedures that ensure traceability of the product and…
SIFT 2021: A Small-Scale Urban Intensive Farm Contributes to a Resilient Food System
…July 15, and July 29, addressing season extension and variety selection, equipment and low-cost solutions for small-scale farming, and biodiversity and pest management on the farm. We partnered with Montana…
More Than a Cover Crop: Developing a Farm-to-hospital Supply Chain for Yellow Peas
…reduction by breaking pest life cycles – for example, Septoria leaf spot problems on cash crops are reduced when Austrian winter pea is planted in fall after snap beans and…
Livestock
…well as livestock, and encompasses strategies for pest, parasite, and predator management. Profitable farm businesses focus on controlling costs and marketing the animals and livestock products through channels where pricing…
Drought and Disaster Resources for Texas Producers
…Agency (FSA) The FSA provides assistance to producers affected by natural-disaster losses resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities. The 2014 Farm Bill indefinitely extended…
Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 1
…series, which is graciously funded by the Southern Risk Management Education Center. Related ATTRA Resources: Topic Area: Crops Topic Area: Risk Management Crop Selection and Planting Schedules for Winter High…
Virtual Farm Tour: Risk Management at Uncle Jerry’s Farm
Hear from farmer Deborah Coleman about her farm, Uncle Jerry’s Farm, in Hinds County, Mississippi. She raises small ruminants and produce, and utilizes a number of different risk management practices…
Adaptive Grazing – You Can Do It
…landscape of managed grazing has changed. We understand that we are dealing with a biological system driven by diversity. The powerful principles we learned from management intensive grazing have been…
Scaling Up Your Vegetable Farm for Regional Markets
…washing and packing facility? Do you have enough space in your cooler, delivery truck, etc.? How many more people will you have to hire, and do you have the management…