Project Overview
LNE02-160
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2002: $135,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Matching Federal Funds: $15,000.00
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $54,000.00
Region: Northeast
State: Maine
Restoring Our Seed: Extension Program to Train Farmers in Ecological Seed Crop Production
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: potatoes, wheat
- Vegetables: cucurbits, greens (leafy), tomatoes
Practices
- Crop Production: windbreaks
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension, 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, agricultural finance, market study, risk management, value added
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, habitat enhancement, hedgerows, wildlife
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biological control, disease vectors, field monitoring/scouting, genetic resistance, mating disruption, physical control, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, permaculture
- Soil Management: green manures
- Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, partnerships, analysis of personal/family life, employment opportunities, social capital, social networks, sustainability measures
