Building Capacity in Organic AGriculture: An Integrated Approach to Training Agricultural Information Providers

Project Overview

ES99-046
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 1999: $115,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $85,107.00
Region: Southern
State: Georgia
Principal Investigator:
Alice Rolls
Georgia Organics

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: corn, cotton, oats, peanuts, potatoes, soybeans, sunflower, grass (misc. perennial), hay
  • Fruits: melons, apples, berries (other), figs, grapes, peaches, berries (strawberries)
  • Nuts: pecans
  • Vegetables: sweet potatoes, asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, cucurbits, eggplant, garlic, greens (leafy), onions, parsnips, peas (culinary), peppers, rutabagas, sweet corn, tomatoes, turnips
  • Additional Plants: herbs, ornamentals
  • Animals: bees
  • Miscellaneous: mushrooms

Practices

  • Animal Production: feed/forage
  • Crop Production: conservation tillage
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, community-supported agriculture, marketing management, value added
  • Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity
  • Pest Management: biological control, botanical pesticides, competition, cultural control, disease vectors, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, flame, mulches - killed, mulches - living, mating disruption, physical control, mulching - plastic, prevention, sanitation, smother crops, soil solarization, trap crops, mulching - vegetative, weeder geese/poultry
  • Production Systems: transitioning to organic
  • Soil Management: earthworms, green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, composting, nutrient mineralization, soil quality/health
    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.