Project Overview
ES98-042
			        
        Project Type: Professional Development Program
                Funds awarded in 1998: $17,890.00                
				            Projected End Date: 12/31/2000            
			
        Region: Southern
		        State: North Carolina
		            Principal Investigator:
			                
														
				
								
																		Dorothy Barker                                    
						Operation Spring Plant, Inc.
							Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn
 - Fruits: melons, berries (strawberries)
 - Vegetables: sweet potatoes, broccoli, cabbages, cucurbits, garlic, greens (leafy), peas (culinary), peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, turnips
 - Additional Plants: tobacco
 - Animals: bovine
 
Practices
- Animal Production: feed rations
 - Crop Production: conservation tillage
 - Education and Training: farmer to farmer
 - Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, cooperatives
 - Pest Management: economic threshold
 - Production Systems: transitioning to organic
 - Soil Management: soil quality/health
 - Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, sustainability measures, community development
 
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