Printed and Visual Materials Available from the Center

The following materials have been published by the Center for Sustainable Agriculture and are available to the public. For details on a specific publication, please click on the title.

To order or for more information, please contact us at (802) 656-5459 or sustainable.agriculture@uvm.edu .

Or, mail your order to:  

UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture

63 Carrigan Drive

Burlington , VT 05405

We now accept credit card orders. Please make checks payable to "UVM". 

Books

• Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market
• Northeast Farms to Food: Understanding Our Region’s Food System
• With an Ear to the Ground- Essays on Sustainable Agriculture

Conference Proceedings

• Changing Values and Changing Technologies
• Working with Organic Farmers: Enhancing Agency Involvement in the Northeast
• 5th Annual Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium Proceedings (1999)  $5.00

Directories

• New England Dairy/Meat Goat & Sheep Directory
• Resource Guide for Vermont’s New and Aspiring Farmers
• Vermont Grass Farmers' Association Directory of Grass-Fed Products for Sale, 2004

Fact Sheets
(Single copies free of charge.  Multiple copies may require a small shipping/handling fee.)

• Approaches to Biological Control of Insects ( PDF )
• Community-Supported Agriculture: Organizing a Successful CSA ( PDF )
• Direct Marketing of Farm Produce ( PDF )
• Farmer Discussion Groups: Getting Started ( PDF )
• Introduction to Management Intensive Grazing ( PDF )
• Keeping Farmland Working in Vermont: A Lease Agreements Guide for Landowners and Farmers ( PDF )
• Transferring Ownership of Farm Assets or Retiring from Farming ( PDF )
• Watering Systems for Livestock ( PDF )
• Your First Farm Loan ( PDF )

Newsletters & Calendars

• Cultivating Connections, the Center's Quarterly Newsletter **click here to view past issues**
• Small Ruminant Dairy Newsletter
• The Solar Dollar
• Pasture Calendar

Reports

• Center Annual Reports
• 2006 UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture Annual Report
• 2005 UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture Annual Report

• Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council Reports
• 2007 Report of the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council
  
• 2006 Report of the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council
• 2005 Report of the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council
• 2004 Memorandum of Understanding Between the University of Vermont and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture: A Protocol for Activities of the Sustainable Agriculture Council
• 2003 Report of the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council
  

• Local Food Sales 2007:  Food Co-ops and Country Stores
  
• SAN Locally Grown Report 2003
  
• Alternative Farm Energy Forum, May 4, 2005
• Alternatives for On-Farm Energy Enhancement in Vermont: Oilseeds for Feed and Fuel, Executive Summary, 2007
• Alternatives for On-Farm Energy Enhancement in Vermont: Oilseeds for Feed and Fuel, Final Report, 2007
• Beginning Farmer Priorities, 2002
• Biomass Research and Development Initiative Summary, 2004
• Climate Change and Agriculture: Developing a Research and Outreach Agenda
• Dairy StewardshipAlliance 2006 Report
• Local Food Report, 2006
• Local Food, D. Timmons, Master’s Thesis
• Overview of School Food in Vermont, 2004
  
• On-Farm Oil Seed Production and Processing, 2006
  
• Slaughterhouse Feasibilty Study Final Report, April 2005
• Slaughterhouse Feasibilty Study Summary and Recommendations, April 2005
• Speaking of Local Food
• Vermont Agriculture Policy Recommendations -Conservation Law Foundation, 2002
• Vermont Strategic Plan for Sustainable Agriculture - UVM Extension, 1995
• Vermont Agricultural Summit Recommendations, 1998
• Vermont Agricultural Viability Council Recommendations, 2003

Videos

• Farmers and Their Diversified Marketing Strategies
• Farmers and Their Ecological Sweet Corn Production Practices
• Farmers and their Innovative Cover Crop Techniques
• High Tunnels: Using Low-Cost Technology to Increase Yields, Improve Quality, and Extend the Season
  
• Vegetable Farmers and Their Sustainable Tillage Practices
• Vegetable Farmers and Their Weed-Control Machines

Other Publications 

• An Orchard Year: A Calendar for Sustainable Management of Small-Scale Orchards in the Northeast
• Pasture Management on Sheep Farms: A Summary of Eight Case Studies
• Start-up and Operating Costs for Small Farmstead Cheese Operations for Dairy Sheep

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Descriptions of the Center's Publications
(listed in alphabetical order)

Approaches to Biological Control of Insects
Factsheet.1998, by Kimberly Stoner, Vegetable Entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.A discussion of natural controls of pest insects to minimize pesticide use as well as crop damage.  8 pages.

Changing Values and Changing Technologies
This 47-page publication documents a New England-wide conference for Extension and agency personnel and farmers to discuss sustainable agriculture issues in the region. The conference took place in Waterville Valley , New Hampshire on March 29-30, 1995 with funding from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. The publication is free for folks in New England , $3 for others (shipping and handling charge).

Community-Supported Agriculture: Organizing a Successful CSA
Fact Sheet.1999, by Cathy Roth, UMass Extension Educator, Agronomy Program; and Elizabeth Keen, Indian Line Farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.  Includes how a CSA works (budget, variety, land, distribution, community and communication, economic vitality) and suggestions for a successful CSA (production, membership, future of community-supported agriculture).  8 pages.

Cultivating Connections
The Center's quarterly newsletter, Cultivating Connections, informs readers of current projects, provides a sustainable agriculture calendar of events, and helps raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable agriculture. Issues highlight Center projects, innovative research and extension projects at the University, farms that uses sustainable agricultural practices, and local agricultural education and advocacy organizations. The newsletter has a readership of more than 950, including educators, farmers, Extension and agency personnel, researchers, students, consumers and other agriculture enthusiasts. The newsletter is free of charge.

Direct Marketing of Farm Produce
Fact Sheet.1998, by Vern Grubinger, UVM Extension Vegetable & Berry Specialist and Director of the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture.  Description of different methods of direct marketing, such as roadside stands, PYO operations, farmers' markets, community supported agriculture, mobile marketing, and mail order.  8 pages.

Farmer Discussion Groups: Getting Started
Fact Sheet.1999, by Sarah Flack and Kate Duesterberg , UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture; and Stephanie Gilbert, American Farmland Trust in Northampton, Massachusetts .  Provides helpful hints for anyone interested in organizing a Farmer Discussion Group.  Includes case studies as well as tips for successful group interaction.6 pages .

Introduction to Management Intensive Grazing
Fact Sheet.1999, by Bill Murphy, UVM Department of Plant & Soil Science.   An overview of management intensive grazing with practical tips for setting up a grazing system for all classes of ruminant livestock.  8 pages.

Keeping Farmland Working in Vermont: A Lease Agreements Guide for Landowners and Farmers
Fact Sheet.2002, by Deb Heleba, Land Link Vermont; with David Major, Major Farm; and Bill Snow, University of Vermont Extension. Provides farmers and landowners with some of the basics involved in putting together an effective agreement to keep the state's "working landscape" open and productive. Includes descriptions of three types of agreements--verbal, lease, and letter of agreement, and considerations on liability, current use taxation, and Accepted Agricultural Practices (AAPs). 8 pages

New England Dairy/Meat Goat & Sheep Directory
This directory was developed through the Center's Small Ruminant Dairy Project, and lists producers, service providers, and resources for farming with dairy goats, dairy sheep, and meat goats in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Producers are listed alphabetically by state/town, and indexed by breed; and service providers are listed alphabetically and indexed by state/town.  The directory also lists resources including   programs, associations, and periodicals.  $5.00 postpaid or click here for on-line version.

Northeast Farms to Food: Understanding Our Region’s Food System

Describes and analyzes the production, distribution and consumption of food and other agricultural products in our region. Explores data on issues such as the loss and cost of farmland; production systems; consumption trends; food transportation miles; food purchasing and food access. Contains many charts, graphs and facts, often broken out by state, with regional and national comparisons. Concludes with recommendations and strategies for food systems change. 80 pages, $15 postpaid.

An Orchard Year: A Calendar for Sustainable Management of Small-Scale Orchards in the Northeast
By Gwyneth Harris.  Written and illustrated by a UVM Plant & Soil Science alumna this calendar, which can be used for any year, offers pest and disease control techniques, a monthly checklist for maintaining your orchard, and space for monthly notes.   $6.00 postpaid for each calendar.

Pasture Calendar
The Pasture Calendar is a monthly calendar of grazing related events in Vermont and the surrounding areas. In the summer it includes on-farm workshops and pasture walks, while the winter editions include grazing conferences, farmer kitchen meetings and discussion groups. Over 525 readers. Free of charge.

Pasture Management on She ep Farms: A Summary of Eight Case Studies

By Kate Duesterberg, Sarah Flack and Chet Parsons and participating farmers. This report summarizes the work of a research team formed to work with ten sheep producers to assist them in adopting an efficient record-keeping system and to test and demonstrate more effective pasture utilization methods. $5 postpaid.

Resource Gu ide for Vermont 's New and Aspiring Farmers

Produced by the Vermont New Farmer Network, the guide provides considerations and resources that address access to capital, access to production knowledge, access to land, and access to markets. This guide also provides descriptions of Vermont New Farmer Network member organizations including an overview of their services and contact information. $5 postpaid or on-line at www.vermontagriculture.com/newfarm.htm

Small Ruminant Dairy Newsletter
The Small Ruminant Dairy Newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Small Ruminant Dairy Project that disseminates information about production, processing, marketing, and upcoming events associated with the sheep and goat dairying in Vermont and the surrounding area to more than 400 readers. The newsletter is free of charge.

Start-up and Opera ting Costs for Small Farmstead Cheese Operations for Dairy Sheep

By Carol Delaney and Dennis Kauppila.   This paper breaks out income and expenses for 4 dairy sheep operations that made cheese and were in the first 3 years of full-time operation.  Discussion shows the importance of milk yield, lamb sales, level of expenses per ewe, and the price received for cheese in influencing profitability.  Examples of the costs of setting up 3 cheese rooms are presented.  Publication is taken from 2002 Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium Proceedings. 

The Solar Dollar
The Solar Dollar is the quarterly newsletter for members of the Vermont Grass Farmer's Association (VGFA) and others interested in grazing. It includes information on upcoming pasture related events, technical articles on grazing and other topics, and keeps members in touch with future education and outreach efforts of the VGFA, the Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. It also provides a liaison between VGFA members and the board of directors.  Annual membership in VGFA is $20.

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market
A book written by Vernon P. Grubinger, vegetable and berry specialist for the University of Vermont Extension and director of the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture.  Provides practical information on such essential matters as selecting a farm site; planning and record keeping; marketing options; and systems for starting, planting, protecting and harvesting crops. Individual chapters cover fundamental aspects of economic and environmental practices essential to planning and launching a business; the practical implications of sustainability; getting started; farm business management; and marketing. The chapters that follow discuss essential production processes, focusing on soil fertility, composting, crop rotation, cover crops, tillage equipment and field preparation, seeds and transplants, irrigation and spraying systems, harvest and post-harvest handling, season extension, integrated pest management, and environmentally friendly strategies for managing insects, diseases, weeds, and wildlife.  A resource for aspiring and beginning vegetable growers, experienced growers, extension personnel, and serious gardeners.A useful text for college-level vegetable production courses.   280 pages, 91 illustrations, 36 sidebars, 20 tables.   $38.00 postpaid.

Transferring Ownership of Farm Assets or Retiring from Farming
Fact Sheet.1999, by Dennis Kauppila, UVM Extension Farm Business Management Specialist.  Describes the three ways farmers can transfer assets accumulated over years of farming.  Especially helpful to farmers who are planning for retirement or who are getting out of farming.  8 pages.

Vermont Grass Farmers' Association Directory of Grass-Fed Products for Sale, 2004
Lists member farms contact information and products available for sale, and highlights topics of interest related to Grass-based agriculture. Produced by the Vermont Grass Farmers' Association and the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture Vermont Pasture Network Program, 31 pages, $5.00 postpaid.

Watering Systems for Livestock
Fact Sheet.1997, by John Jemison, UMaine Extension Water Quality Specialist; and Chris Jones, Agronomist, Maine NRCS.  An overview of watering systems for livestock, particularly useful in management intensive grazing systems.   4 pages.

With an Ear to the Ground: Essays on Sustainable Agriculture
Published  by Northeast SARE this is a collection of observations about the many dimensions of sustainable agriculture by Vern Grubinger, director of the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture and vegetable and berry specialist for UVM Extension. Originally done for Vermont Public Radio, most of these 80 short essays were aired from 1997 through 2003. They introduce the reader to farmers, educators, kids, chefs, consumers, and visiting Russians in stories that explore how we live, what we eat, and why our individual actions really matter. 208 pages. With an Ear to the Ground is available in paperback from Northeast SARE for $10 plus $3.95 for shipping and handling. To order, call 802/656-0484 or send e-mail to sanpubs@uvm.edu .

Working with Organic Farmers: Enhancing Agency Involvement in the Northeast
Conference proceedings that documents a regional conference for Extension and agency personnel and farmers to discuss organic farming issues in the area. The conference took place in Kerhonkson , NY , in the Hudson Valley region with funding from the Northeast SARE program. 125 pages, $8 postpaid.

Your First Farm Loan
Fact Sheet.2000, by Dennis Kauppila, UVM Extension Farm Business Management Specialist.  Describes types of loans, getting approval for your loan, business plans, the 5 C's of credit, what lenders look for, and what to do if your loan is denied. 4 pages.

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