Project Overview
LNE99-121
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1999: $19,625.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2001
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $21,621.00
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Tracy Frisch
Regional Farm & Food Project
Whole-farm Entrepreneurship: Farmer to Farmer Education for Vegetable – Livestock Producers
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Fruits: melons, berries (strawberries)
- Vegetables: asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucurbits, eggplant, garlic, greens (leafy), onions, parsnips, peas (culinary), peppers, rutabagas, sweet corn, tomatoes, turnips, brussel sprouts
- Animals: bovine, poultry, goats, swine, sheep
Practices
- Animal Production: grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages
- Crop Production: nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers
- Education and Training: farmer to farmer, mentoring
- Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, community-supported agriculture, marketing management, value added
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, indicators, wildlife
- Pest Management: cultural control, flame, mulches - living, physical control, row covers (for pests), smother crops, weed ecology
- Production Systems: holistic management
- Soil Management: green manures, organic matter, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, sustainability measures
