Organic Horticulture Training for the Southeast
An interactive website to assist agriculture professionals in developing and demonstrating successful organic education programs, teaching the principles of organic agriculture.
- National Good Agriculture Practices, www.gaps.cornell.edu
- NC Market Ready Fresh Produce Safety, www.ncmarketready.org/fresh-produce- safety/fresh-produce-safety-portal.php
- Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Growers Guide
- Good Agricultural Practices A Self-Audit for Growers and Handlers
- Web resources for small farm post harvest handling, www.cefs.ncsu.edu/resources/sfpostharvesthandling.pdf
- Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/.../UCM169112.pdf
- Growing Small Farms, Marketing page, http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/marketing.html
- Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, www.asapconnections.org
- National Center for Appropriate Technology – ATTRA Project, http://attra.org
- eXtension Marketing and Food Systems, www.extension.org/article/18630
Organic Production Systems (including soil, pest management and plant nutrition)
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems, www.cefs.ncsu.edu
- Growing Small Farms, Production page http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/production.html
- National Center for Appropriate Technology – ATTRA Project, http://attra.org
- eXtension Organic Agriculture Resource area, www.extension.org/organic production
- Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-up to Market, Grubinger, 1999. NRAES-104
- Crop rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual, Mohler and Johnson, 2009. NRAES-177
- Soil
- SARE Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition, (for purchase at sare.org or available for download at www.sare.org/publications/bsbc/bsbc.pdf)
- SARE Managing Cover Crops Profitably (for purchase at sare.org or available for download at www.sare.org/publications/covercrops/covercrops.pdf)
- Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual, http://soilhealth.cals.cornell.edu/extension/manual.htm
- Plant Nutrition
- National Center for Appropriate Technology – ATTRA Project, http://attra.org
- Soil fertility in Organic Farming Systems: More than Plant Nutrition, www.extension.org/article/18636
- Soil Microbial Nitrogen Cycling for Organic Farms, www.extension.org/article/18657
- eXtension, Soil Fertility Management in Organic Farms, www.extension.org/article/18602
- Pest Management
- Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI), www.omri.org
- SARE Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies (for purchase at sare.org or available for download at www.sare.org/publications/insect.htm)
- Insect Management in Organic Systems, www.extension.org/article/18593
- The Sustainable Weed Control Rag, Mark Schonbeck, e-Organic, www.extension.org/article/18529, www.extension.org/article/18539, www.extension.org/article/18538
- Cornell Organic Weed Management Website, www.css.cornell.edu/WeedEco/WeedDatabase/index2.htm
- Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management, www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/resourceguide
- eXtension Disease Management in Organic Systems, www.extension.org/article/18592
Organic Standards and Certification
- USDA-NOP website
- www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/NOP
- Guidance and Instructions for Accredited Certiying Agents & Certified Operations (PDF)
- Small Scale Organics: A Guide Book For the Non-certified Organic Grower
- NCAT-ATTRA
- Fundamentals of Organic Gardening and Farming
- Organic Research & Extension information
- Resource guides
- NCAT-ATTRA, Southern Organic Resource Guide
- Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network Resource Guide, Alabama Farms Resource Guide
- Arkansas Organic Resource Manual, www.aragriculture.org/horticulture/Organic_Resource_Manual.pdf
- North Carolina Organic Resources http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/ncorganic/production.html