Alternative Agriculture Strategies for Rural Community Sustainable Development Northampton County, Virginia

Project Overview

LS96-080
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1996: $228,516.91
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $101,098.00
Region: Southern
State: Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Terry Thompson
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The Nature Conservancy Virginia Coast Reserve

Annual Reports

Information Products

Organic Production of Watermelons (Article/Newsletter/Blog)
Hayman Heads Up October 1998
Fall Broccoli for Eastern Virginia (Article/Newsletter/Blog)
Shore Line
Test Marketing of Seedless Watermelons in Ukrops Supermarkets August 10 22 1998 (Bulletin)
Abstracts Fall Meeting of AERS and SEERS November 79 1996 (Conference Proceeding)
Analyzing The Economic And Environmental Impacts of Agricultural AlternativesThe Case of Virginias Eastern Shore (Thesis)
The Impacts of External Nutrient Sources on marine Phytoplankton in an Eastern Shore Sea Side Estuary (Thesis)
Preliminary Observations on the Variability of Chlorophyll in the Machipongo Watershed and Hod Island Bay Eastern Shore Symposium (Conference Proceeding)
Hayman Heads Up September 1998
The Virginia Gardener Green Sweet Potato
Vegetable Growers News Vol. 5 No. 3 page 46 Fall Broccoli for Eastern Virginia
Hayman Heads Up August 1998
Best Management Practices for Hayman Sweet Potatoes (Fact Sheet)
E Vegetable Crops Arthropod Management Tests Vol. 23 (Article/Newsletter/Blog)
Feasibility of Adopting Kenaf on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (Article/Newsletter/Blog)
Sweet Potato Ipomoea batatas L. Beauregard and Hayman Corn wireworm Melanotus communis Gyllenhal Tobacco wireworm Conoderus vespertinus F. Southern com rootworm Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barb (Article/Newsletter/Blog)
South Eastern Estuarine Research Society Spring 1999 Meeting April 8 9th Jacksonville Florida (Conference/Presentation Material)
Bay View A New Rural Village (Book/Handbook)
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the MidAtlantic Vegetable Workers Conference (Conference Proceeding)

Commodities

  • Agronomic: sorghum (milo)

Practices

  • Crop Production: cropping systems
  • Education and Training: demonstration
  • Farm Business Management: feasibility study, marketing management, risk management, value added
  • Sustainable Communities: quality of life
    Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.