Resource Library

Business & Marketing

Publications

• Understanding Farm Lot Numbers
• CSA Promotions and Fundraising Toolkit from Fairshare CSA Coalition
• Guide to Direct Sales Software Platforms from National Young Farmers Coalition
• Guide to Heirs’ Property from Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems

Videos

• Introduction to Lean on the Farm
• Lean on the Farm, Practical Application
• Managing the Risks and Rewards on Organic Farms
• Baskets to Pallets
• Adding Value with Organic Herbs 
• Social Media Best Practices for Farmers and Producers

Dairy

Publications

• Transitioning to Organic Dairy Production
• Transitioning to Organic Sheep or Goat Dairy Production

Videos

• Newly Transitioned Organic Dairy Grazing: Part I, Part II, Part III (July 2018 Field Day at High Meadows Farm)
• Transitioning to Organic Dairy Management

Field Crops

Publications

• Marketing Organic Grain

Videos

• Seed Quality Standards for Success

Helpful Links

• Organic Growers’ Research and Information-Sharing Network (OGRIN)
• Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN)

Gardening

Publications

• Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening from MOFGA
• Simple Actions Everyone Can Take to Mitigate Climate Change from NOFA
• Gardening in Small Spaces from UMaine Cooperative Extension
• FAQs: Starting Seeds Indoors from Gardeners Supply Company
• Growing a Modern Victory Garden from Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Climate Victory Gardens 101 from Green America

Tools

• Vegetable, Herb, and Flower Planting Guides from Fedco
• Seed Saving Chart from Seed Matters

Videos

• Tool Maintenance 101: A Care Guide for Everyday Hand Tools from Groundswell Center

Helpful Links

• Ask a Sista Farmer weekly online gardening show from Soul Fire Farm, Fresh Future Farm, Love Fed New Haven, High Hog Farm, Percussion Farms, Soil Generation, and Oko Farms. [Note: This show centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, People-of-Color, Queer, Trans, Disabled, Immigrant, and Poor communities. Everyone is welcome to watch and listen, but please make space for centered folks to speak. Thank you.]
• Fruition Seeds’ blog
• Recommended gardening books from Chelsea Green

High Tunnels

Publications

• Managing Diseases of Organic Tomatoes in High Tunnels from eOrganic
• Fertility Tips and Foliar testing to Maximize High Tunnel Crops from Growing for Market
• Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners
• A Farmer’s Perspective on Long Term Soil Health and Fertility in a High Tunnel by Andy Fellenz
• The ABC’s of NPK: Refining your Tomato Fertility Program by Steve Reiners

Videos

• High Tunnel Soil Condition
• High Tunnel Grapes from NCAT/ATTRA

Helpful Links

• Cornell Vegetable Program Greenhouse & Tunnels page
• Cornell High Tunnel Resources
• Watering and Fertilizing Tomatoes in a High Tunnel by David H. Trinklein

Livestock and Grazing

Publications

• Organic Livestock Requirements from USDA
• Organic Poultry Production – Eggs
• Organic Poultry Production – Meat
• Transitioning to Organic Beef Production
• Transitioning to Sheep or Goat Meat Production

Videos

• Multispecies Livestock Management
• Transitioning to Organic Grassfed Mangement

Soil Health

Publications

• Farmers Share Experiences and Challenges Adopting Healthy Soils Practices, NOFA report by Caroline Roszell
• Springtime Reds Precedes Green from Paris Reidhead for Country Folks
• Building Healthy Pasture Soils from ATTRA
• Managing Soils for Water from ATTRA

Videos

• Digging Deep Into Compost
• Soil Carbon Restoration from NOFA/Mass
• Soil Health webinars from OFRF

Helpful Links

• New York State Soil Health Initiative
• Soil Health Academy
• Soil Health Institute

Vegetables & Fruit

Publications

• Considering Risk before Starting an Organic Orchard
• Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production
• Planning the Organic Orchard
• Transitioning to Organic Vegetable Production
• Cornell’s Organic Production and IPM Guide Series: Beans; Carrots; Cole Crops; Cucumbers and Squash; Lettuce; Peas; Potatoes; Spinach

Videos

• Basic Single Leader Tomato Trellising
• Building Success Through Smart Farm Infrastructure: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV (June 2018 Field Day at Poughkeepsie Food Project)
• Cultivating a Thriving Food Network: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI (July 2018 Field Day at Headwater Food Hub)
• Cultivating an Urban Green Revolution & Building Real Food Security (August 2018 Field Day at Massachusetts Avenue Project)
• High Tunnel Grapes from ATTRA
• Managing High Tunnel Soil with Judson Reid
• Grower Round Table: Pest and Disease Challenges in 2017
• Quick & Clean: Planning for Efficient Harvest: Part I, Part II (August 2018 Field Day at Fledging Crow Vegetables)

Helpful Links

• Business Planning – Cornell Small Farms Program
• Crop Production Budgets for Vegetable and Berry Growers – University of Vermont
• Organic Management of Vegetable Diseases: photo guides, practices, products and more by Dr. Meg McGrath

Miscellaneous

Publications

• Beekeeping/Apiculture from ATTRA
• Organic Seed Finder from AOSCA

Videos

• Healthy Beekeeping Tips
• Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms at Home from Chelsea Green