Growing a Farm Business
- Scaling Up – Dave Like, Gorman Farm, Maryland
- Strategically Growing Your Farm Enterprise – Jody Bolluyt, Roxbury Farm, New York
Design Fundamentals for Greenhouse and High Tunnels
- Building High Tunnels – Selection, Construction & Operation By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- Heating and Cooling Alternatives for High Tunnel Tomato Production By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- Update on Plastic, Polycarbonate, Acrylic and Glass Coverings By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- High Tunnels- UVM By: Ted Blomgren and Tracey Frisch (UVM)
- Tips to Aid Construction of Greenhouses and Tunnels By: Ed Person (Ledgewood Farm, Moultonborough, NH)
Engineering for Storage of Winter Crops
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Maintaining Quality of Winter Vegetables in Storage By: Ruth Hazzard (UMass Extension)
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Low Cost Food Storage Technology: Energy Savings and Produce Storage Quality By: Ben Weil & Luke Doody (UMASS Extension)
- Engineering Storage Facilities for Winter Vegetable Crops – Goranson Farm By; Jan & Rob Goransen (Dresden, Maine)
- Engineering Storage Facilities for Winter Vegetable Crops- Tangerini’s Spring Street Farm
Farm Scale Irrigation Systems
- An Overview of Drip Irrigation (UMASS)
- Drip System Layouts
- Estimating Water Flow Rates
- Flow Capacity Charts
- Laying Out a Trickle Irrigation System
- Netafim Drip – Micro Irrigation Solutions
Farm Machinery and Storage Sheds
Pasture Management
- Grazing Success Through Observation and Planning at Bishopp Family Farm by Jack Kittredge
- Pasture Management Planning Worksheets
- What is Good Grazing Management? by Sarah Flack
Pesticide Application
- WPS Information and Links
- What’s New in the Proposed Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training Regulations?
- Certification Comparison Chart
- WPS Table Current vs. Proposed vs. Final
Safe & Effective Uses of Organic Pesticides
- Crop Management Practices for Reducing the Use of OMRI Listed Organic Pesticides – Eero Ruuttila
- Don’t Overlook Backpack Sprayers – John Grande, Rutgers
- Safe and Effective Use of Organic Pesticides- McKeag UMASS
Tractor Operation, Maintenance and Safety
- Information & Resource List – Tractor Operation, Maintenance and Safety
- Tractor Primer for the Market Farm
- Cultivating Tractors and Implements for Weed Management, Specialized Tillage, and Seeding By: Eero Ruuttila
Other Resources
- Fitting Cover Crops into Mixed Vegetable Operations By: Eero Ruuttila
- Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation- (A northeast SARE project coordinated by UVM and Cornell)