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New York Organic Program Contact The National Association of State Organic Programs (NASOP) offers a list of contacts of state organic officials across the U.S. New York's organic...
DEFENSIVE Farming: Diversification and Creativity on an Organic Farm 18 years ago, Mary-Howell Martens' mother-in-law-to-be cautioned her suburban-raised daughter-in-law-to-be that "the weather is never going to be...
Farming is Definitely Shades of Gray: Decision Making on an Organic Farm It all looks so clear-cut when you submit your organic crop plans in January. But by August you've had to make a dozen major decisions--some bad,...
How Do You Reduce Risk and Improve Farm Income on Your Organic Farm? 100 ideas for improving yield and income through crop diversity, weed control, equipment repair, input avoidance, financial planning and...
NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC, 2007 Guidance Manual This guidance manual for organic producers and businesses certifying with NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC, covers the details of the certification...
ORGANIC Precision Farming For organic growers, "precision farming" doesn't mean GPS and on-board computers. It means better observation, longer memory, and more care and...
Two Experienced Organic Farmers Synthesize the Core of their Best Practices in a Two Part Series In the first part of this series, Klaas and Mary Howell Martens of upstate New York summarize the best practices that makes their organic grain...
Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America, from Cornell University This online guide provides photographs and descriptions of biological control (or biocontrol) agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North...
Crop Rotation Manuals and Spread Sheets from NEON, The Northeast Organic Network. In January 2002, the New England Small Farm Institute convened a panel of twelve experienced organic vegetable farmers to discuss crop rotation....
Insuring the Availability of Regional Seed Varieties Suited to Organic Conditions Cornell's Public Seed Initiative seeks to ensure development of regional varieties well-suited to organic conditions. In a world in which Big Ag...
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) Through demonstration and education, NOFA-NY works to promote land stewardship, organic food production, and local marketing. They host an annual...
NY FarmLink Provides free business consultation, lists farms available for sale or rent, farm management jobs available, and also features several guides and...
Organic Weed Management: Concepts, Strategies and Methods of Controlling This short book/long pamphlet is well written, inexpensive, and full of valuable tips on weed management from an experienced vegetable farmer. The...
Public Seed Initiative The Public Seed Initiative (PSI) is a joint cooperative effort between Cornell University Departments of Plant Breeding and Horticulture, the...
Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management, from Cornell University Are you an organic grower faced with spots on your tomatoes, holes in your cabbage, and wilt in your pumpkin vines? Do you wonder whether your...
A Listing of CSAs in the New York City Region This listing from Just Food provides a directory of CSAs in the region, with a listing of drop off points in the five borroughs of New York City.
Center for Organic & Sustainable Agriculture (COSA) at Alfred State College The Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture at Alfred State College in New York is in the process of being developed. The program will be...
Cornell Unversity's Small Farms Program: Resources for Beginning Farmers Provides information and resources to answer the following questions: What are the risks I face as a beginning farmer? How can I finance my...
Dairy: Cornell Leads Initiative to Promote Organic Milk Production in New York state A new Cornell University effort aimed at promoting organic milk production in New York state was launched in the summer of 2006. The NY Organic...
Eight Tips for Transitioning to Organic Production This short fact sheet includes advice on land selection, crop selection, green manures, tillage and more.
Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring: Building Sustainable Farms Through Peer Relationships This is an online booklet based on a year's experience creating a farmer development program. There's also information on a follow up three year...
Just Food, Promoting Sustainable Food in the New York City Region. Just Food is a non-profit organization that works to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region. They do this by...
Livestock Production Resources from Cornell University While not directed specifically at organic farmers, these resources are selected for their usefulness to those with smaller scale, alternative...
Meeting the Needs of Organic Growers at Cornell: IMPACTS 2005 A summary of the work Cornell University is doing in relationship to organic production, with contact information.
NEON: Northeast Organic Project A project based at Cornell University, NEON is a consortium of farmers, researchers, extension educators and grassroots nonprofits working together...
New York State IPM Fact Sheets from Cornell University Dozens of fact sheets on specific pests, organized by type of crop--field crops, vegetables, berries, grapes, tree fruits, nursery and greenhouse,...
Pasture-Based Livestock Farming Internship in New York MADE in Schoharie County is community coalition of farmers in upstate NY has established a collaborative internship program focused on...
Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management This excellent online guide, also available in print, covers basic crop management practices for different types of crops, and has fact sheets on...
Survey of Organic Feed Grain Supply in the Northeast Region This survey, conducted in 2002 by the Cornell Small Farms Program in New York, was designed to gain a more complete picture of the organic feed...
The Community, Food, and Agriculture Program (CFAP) at Cornell University The Community, Food, and Agriculture Program (CFAP) at Cornell University is a nationally recognized research, teaching and extension program...
The New Farmer Development Project (NFDP) of New York The NFDP was created in 2000 to address the declining number of farms and farmers in the northeastern United States. By training the next...
The Organic Weed Management Website, from Cornell University While primarily designed for serious gardeners, this web site has hundreds of resources and articles on the basics of organic weed management....
The Regional Farm & Food Project The Regional Farm & Food Project is a member supported, farmer focused, non-profit serving the greater Hudson-Mohawk Valley food shed. Founded in...
Vegetables: Cornell Integrated Crop and Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Vegetable Production This online guidebook, 28 chapters long, covers the basics of integrated pest management strategies and tactics, looks at disease, insect and weed...