Extending Hedgerow Systems in California Agriculture

Project Overview

EW03-007
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 2003: $60,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2005
Region: Western
State: California
Principal Investigator:
Mark Cady
Community Alliance with Family Farmers

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Additional Plants: native plants

Practices

  • Crop Production: windbreaks
  • Education and Training: technical assistance, demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, networking
  • Farm Business Management: whole farm planning
  • Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, hedges - grass, grass waterways, habitat enhancement, hedgerows, riparian buffers, riverbank protection, soil stabilization, wildlife, hedges - woody
  • Pest Management: biological control
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, integrated crop and livestock systems
  • Sustainable Communities: partnerships, sustainability measures
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