Biodiesel: The Sustainability Dimensions
…crops with cash crops can save energy on the farm. Changing tillage methods or technologies and properly scaling equipment to the farm operation can also save energy. These changes may…
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ATTRA Identification Sheet: Pear Insect Pests
…and lacewing larvae that can help control psylla below economically damaging levels. True Bugs Leguminous trap crops (clovers, vetches, peas, etc.) can reduce true-bug damage. Unmown areas and cover crops…
Community Orchards
…share knowledge and horticultural skills and stimulate us into growing our food again. In the face of climate change, the need to reduce food miles makes the provision of locally…
Symphylans: Soil Pest Management Options
…in garden symphylan population levels. Populations decrease significantly in potato crops, even allowing subsequent cultivation of susceptible crops in rotation (Umble and Fisher, 2003c). Though no other crops have been…
Specialty Melon Production for Small and Direct-Market Growers
…more aggressive, IPM steps (often called biointensive IPM) include planting adjacent crops that invite beneficial insects or using “trap crops” that lure pests away, as well as purchasing beneficial insects…
SIFT 2020: A Small-Scale Urban Intensive Farm and a Year of Local Food
…been successful spring crops at the SIFT farm, but this year’s success with them highlights the importance of seeding densities and harvest schedules. All these crops can be harvested multiple…
Protecting Organic Crops from the Impacts of Genetic Modification Technology
…for GMO presence, delayed or early planting to get different flowering times for organic and GMO crops, cooperative agreements with neighbors to avoid planting GMO crops adjacent to organic crops,…
Climate Change and Perennial Fruit and Nut Production: Investing in Resilience in Uncertain Times
…have the temperature increase as their root cause. Drought Drought has an impact on both annual and perennial crops, but perennial crops, in general, use more water simply by virtue…
Urban Agroforestry
…the practice of cultivating a layer of high-value, shade-tolerant or shade-obligate (requiring shade) understory crops under the canopy of an overstory layer of trees in an established forest or orchard….
Quick Tips for Agroforestry
…Riparian Forest Buffers Further Resources Alley Cropping What It Is Rows of understory crops planted between rows of overstory trees. Species Selection Select trees and crops that are adapted to…