Project Overview
FNC01-358
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2001: $14,850.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2003
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $14,850.00
Region: North Central
State: Minnesota
Project Coordinator:
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Nuts: hazelnuts, walnuts
- Additional Plants: herbs, native plants, ornamentals, trees
- Miscellaneous: mushrooms
Practices
- Animal Production: preventive practices
- Crop Production: windbreaks
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, farmer to farmer, focus group, mentoring, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research, study circle, technical assistance
- Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, community-supported agriculture, cooperatives, marketing management, feasibility study, agricultural finance, market study, risk management, value added
- Natural Resources/Environment: afforestation, biodiversity, habitat enhancement, riverbank protection, soil stabilization, wildlife, hedges - woody
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biological control, biorational pesticides, botanical pesticides, chemical control, cultural control, disease vectors, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, physical control, mulching - plastic, cultivation, sanitation, traps, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, permaculture
- Soil Management: soil analysis, composting, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, partnerships, public participation, community services, employment opportunities, social networks, sustainability measures
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