Project Overview
LNE03-186
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2003: $62,925.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Region: Northeast
State: Vermont
Project Leader:
John Navazio
SEEDS
Seed Growers’ Handbook: Producing Vegetable Seeds for Sustainable Agriculture
Annual Reports
Information Products
(Fact Sheet)
(Fact Sheet)
(Fact Sheet)
Commodities
- Vegetables: beans, beets, carrots, cucurbits, greens (leafy), radishes (culinary), tomatoes
Practices
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, farmer to farmer, mentoring, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, cooperatives, budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance, whole farm planning
- Pest Management: biological control, cultural control, disease vectors, genetic resistance, prevention
- Production Systems: transitioning to organic, organic agriculture
- Soil Management: soil microbiology, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: local and regional food systems, new business opportunities, social networks, sustainability measures