ATTRA is a national sustainable agriculture information service operated by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through a USDA grant. It provides concise summaries and does not endorse any products, companies, or individuals. The document lists sources of enterprise budgets and production costs for organic farming operations including horticultural crops, agronomic crops, herbs, and livestock from various states and provinces. Budgets can help farmers with financial planning and management for their organic operations.
Training on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Local Technical Agroclimatic Comittees (MTA / LTAC) to the DeRISK project team.
February 11 -19 2020, CIAT Hanoi, Vietnam
This document discusses raising dairy heifers on pasture through a custom heifer raising enterprise. It outlines some of the costs associated with raising heifers on pasture, including feed, labor, facilities and veterinary expenses. It also provides online resources for more information on topics like rotational grazing, contracting, and the economics of custom heifer raising operations. Custom raising heifers can provide supplemental income and free up resources for dairy operations. While challenging, it can be profitable with good pasture management and grazing practices.
This document provides information about an atlas that maps aspects of African agriculture, including:
- It was edited by Kate Sebastian and published by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
- The atlas contains maps related to political boundaries, statistical groupings, investments in agricultural research, farming systems, croplands, and other topics to provide insights about African agriculture.
- The foreword discusses how the atlas aims to use geospatial data and analysis to better understand challenges and opportunities to increase agricultural productivity in Africa.
I made this powerpoint to help anyone who studies I/O psychology. I included references of my powerpoint. :) I hope you clearly understand it. Thank you! If it is useful, please give some heart. :)
This document provides a cost-benefit analysis of potential oil drilling and recovery in the City of Hermosa Beach. It outlines revenues that could be generated from oil and gas extraction including lease payments and property taxes. It also estimates direct costs to the city such as relocating facilities. The analysis finds that drilling could generate millions of dollars per year for the city but also entails risks like impacts to property values and potential hazards that require mitigation. It aims to inform city decision makers on local economic and risk factors of approving or denying such a project.
Oscar Andrés Hernández Mejía estudió ciencias del deporte y la recreación en la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Estuvo involucrado en el deporte desde los 6 hasta los 19 años participando en clubes deportivos y competencias de atletismo donde obtuvo varios campeonatos y puestos. Ahora busca potenciar sus habilidades deportivas y conocimientos para promover el bienestar social de su comunidad.
Training on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Local Technical Agroclimatic Comittees (MTA / LTAC) to the DeRISK project team.
February 11 -19 2020, CIAT Hanoi, Vietnam
This document discusses raising dairy heifers on pasture through a custom heifer raising enterprise. It outlines some of the costs associated with raising heifers on pasture, including feed, labor, facilities and veterinary expenses. It also provides online resources for more information on topics like rotational grazing, contracting, and the economics of custom heifer raising operations. Custom raising heifers can provide supplemental income and free up resources for dairy operations. While challenging, it can be profitable with good pasture management and grazing practices.
This document provides information about an atlas that maps aspects of African agriculture, including:
- It was edited by Kate Sebastian and published by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
- The atlas contains maps related to political boundaries, statistical groupings, investments in agricultural research, farming systems, croplands, and other topics to provide insights about African agriculture.
- The foreword discusses how the atlas aims to use geospatial data and analysis to better understand challenges and opportunities to increase agricultural productivity in Africa.
I made this powerpoint to help anyone who studies I/O psychology. I included references of my powerpoint. :) I hope you clearly understand it. Thank you! If it is useful, please give some heart. :)
This document provides a cost-benefit analysis of potential oil drilling and recovery in the City of Hermosa Beach. It outlines revenues that could be generated from oil and gas extraction including lease payments and property taxes. It also estimates direct costs to the city such as relocating facilities. The analysis finds that drilling could generate millions of dollars per year for the city but also entails risks like impacts to property values and potential hazards that require mitigation. It aims to inform city decision makers on local economic and risk factors of approving or denying such a project.
Oscar Andrés Hernández Mejía estudió ciencias del deporte y la recreación en la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Estuvo involucrado en el deporte desde los 6 hasta los 19 años participando en clubes deportivos y competencias de atletismo donde obtuvo varios campeonatos y puestos. Ahora busca potenciar sus habilidades deportivas y conocimientos para promover el bienestar social de su comunidad.
Imagine Justine Bieber As President of The United Statespraiseorbash
Justin Bieber becoming president would lead to: 1) Cold war tensions between the US and Canada as Americans blame Canada for sending Bieber; 2) Another great recession within 6 months under Bieber's leadership; 3) A new "Belieber Party" political party being formed to support Bieber.
El documento introduce Apache Cassandra, una base de datos NoSQL descentralizada y tolerante a fallos. Explica los conceptos básicos de Cassandra como la replicación y la consistencia, y presenta las principales características de CQL3 como las consultas, las tablas con claves compuestas, los conjuntos, las listas y los mapas.
Presentazione del romanzo breve noir "L'uomo che dovevo uccidere" disponibile in tutti gli ebookstore.
Jack Settano non poteva sapere che entrando in quella stanza d’albergo quella notte il suo futuro sarebbe potuto cambiare. Ma di certo egli sapeva che salvare la vita a quella donna avrebbe sancito la propria condanna a morte. Ed ora qualcuno lo stava cercando nelle strade innevate della città con l’ordine di ucciderlo. Perché si può nascondere il proprio passato, ma non si può ingannare il proprio destino. Soprattutto per chi - come Jack Settano - il destino aveva reso di professione un assassino.
1) El documento describe aspectos de arquitectura de software como la complejidad inherente a los sistemas y la necesidad de descomponerlos para hacerlos más manejables. 2) También discute cómo la arquitectura debe hacer que el desarrollo y gestión de los sistemas sea más fácil al proveer abstracciones y conceptos unificadores. 3) Finalmente, explica que la arquitectura debe considerar el comportamiento dinámico del sistema y el soporte necesario para sus funcionalidades.
This document contains information about HTML elements, tags, attributes and other basic building blocks of HTML. It discusses common elements like <head>, <body>, <title>, <p>, <h1> and their purpose. It also covers attributes, colors, lists, links, images and how to format text. The document is a tutorial for someone learning HTML basics.
1. The document describes the design process for constructing a digipak for musician Hayden Calnin's EP. A photo of Hayden was selected as the basis for the album artwork and provides the mood of his music. The photo was color balanced to achieve a faded sepia tone.
2. The back panel displays the track listing and includes a brief description of Hayden and his music. It also includes the necessary legal information.
3. Page 5 keeps a minimalist design with the lyrics anchored to the left side and a light, blurred image in the background to provide an abstract backdrop for the lyrics.
The document provides details about an upcoming general quiz called "The Pledge" hosted by Ashish Thakur and Biswajit Panda. It outlines the structure of the quiz, including prelims, 8 quarters of questions, and a connect round. It provides some sample questions and answers to familiarize participants with the format and difficulty of questions that may be asked.
This document provides a summary of the final health impact assessment (HIA) for E&B Oil's proposed oil drilling and production project in Hermosa Beach, California. The HIA evaluated potential health impacts across six categories - air quality, water and soil, upset scenarios, noise and light, traffic, and community livability. It found some potential negative health impacts from odor, noise, and stress over property values and aesthetics during certain project phases. It also identified potential positive impacts on education funding and community involvement. Overall, the HIA concluded that with required mitigation measures, the project would not have substantial negative effects on community health, though it cautioned that impacts would affect different community members in different ways. It
This document discusses digital pedagogy and provides inspiration and advice for incorporating digital tools and projects into courses. It touches on several key topics:
1. Barriers to digital pedagogy like isolation, structures, learning cultures and changing faculty roles.
2. Inspiration that everyone is already a digital humanist.
3. A checklist for integrating digital humanities projects and advice for successful digital projects which includes collaborating, using familiar platforms, setting clear parameters, giving students control, and letting projects evolve.
4. Critical digital pedagogy should be community-focused, open to diverse voices, and applicable outside traditional education. It involves skills like critical thinking, assessment, collaboration and ethics.
Irfan View is a graphics program that allows users to view, convert and edit image files. It supports hundreds of image formats and has tools for resizing, cropping and adjusting images. The program is free and open source, making it a popular choice for basic image editing and viewing tasks.
The document discusses the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and its catastrophic consequences. It summarizes that the revolution ended Russia's imperial era and established a brutal communist regime led by the Bolsheviks. This regime systematically destroyed Russia's culture and honor through 70 years of totalitarian rule under Stalin and the KGB. While reforms were introduced under Khrushchev, the damage to Russia was already immense. The document argues that restoring the Russian monarchy could help revive Russia's former glory and fill the emptiness left by the revolution. Reviving the Russian royal family would boost patriotism and support Putin's efforts to restore Russia's honor.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural production. It includes budgets for horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs. It also includes budgets for agronomic crops and livestock production. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003. They can serve as a starting point for farmers to adapt to their own specific enterprises and locations.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural crops and livestock operations. It includes budgets for transitioning to certified organic production, horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits and nuts, agronomic crops, and livestock. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003 by universities and agricultural extension services nationwide. They are meant to serve as starting points that producers can adapt to their individual operations, environments, and management practices.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural crops and livestock operations. It includes budgets for transitioning to certified organic production, horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits and nuts, agronomic crops, and livestock. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003 by universities and agricultural extension services in states and provinces across North America. They are meant to serve as a starting point for farmers to adapt to their own specific enterprises and locations.
Imagine Justine Bieber As President of The United Statespraiseorbash
Justin Bieber becoming president would lead to: 1) Cold war tensions between the US and Canada as Americans blame Canada for sending Bieber; 2) Another great recession within 6 months under Bieber's leadership; 3) A new "Belieber Party" political party being formed to support Bieber.
El documento introduce Apache Cassandra, una base de datos NoSQL descentralizada y tolerante a fallos. Explica los conceptos básicos de Cassandra como la replicación y la consistencia, y presenta las principales características de CQL3 como las consultas, las tablas con claves compuestas, los conjuntos, las listas y los mapas.
Presentazione del romanzo breve noir "L'uomo che dovevo uccidere" disponibile in tutti gli ebookstore.
Jack Settano non poteva sapere che entrando in quella stanza d’albergo quella notte il suo futuro sarebbe potuto cambiare. Ma di certo egli sapeva che salvare la vita a quella donna avrebbe sancito la propria condanna a morte. Ed ora qualcuno lo stava cercando nelle strade innevate della città con l’ordine di ucciderlo. Perché si può nascondere il proprio passato, ma non si può ingannare il proprio destino. Soprattutto per chi - come Jack Settano - il destino aveva reso di professione un assassino.
1) El documento describe aspectos de arquitectura de software como la complejidad inherente a los sistemas y la necesidad de descomponerlos para hacerlos más manejables. 2) También discute cómo la arquitectura debe hacer que el desarrollo y gestión de los sistemas sea más fácil al proveer abstracciones y conceptos unificadores. 3) Finalmente, explica que la arquitectura debe considerar el comportamiento dinámico del sistema y el soporte necesario para sus funcionalidades.
This document contains information about HTML elements, tags, attributes and other basic building blocks of HTML. It discusses common elements like <head>, <body>, <title>, <p>, <h1> and their purpose. It also covers attributes, colors, lists, links, images and how to format text. The document is a tutorial for someone learning HTML basics.
1. The document describes the design process for constructing a digipak for musician Hayden Calnin's EP. A photo of Hayden was selected as the basis for the album artwork and provides the mood of his music. The photo was color balanced to achieve a faded sepia tone.
2. The back panel displays the track listing and includes a brief description of Hayden and his music. It also includes the necessary legal information.
3. Page 5 keeps a minimalist design with the lyrics anchored to the left side and a light, blurred image in the background to provide an abstract backdrop for the lyrics.
The document provides details about an upcoming general quiz called "The Pledge" hosted by Ashish Thakur and Biswajit Panda. It outlines the structure of the quiz, including prelims, 8 quarters of questions, and a connect round. It provides some sample questions and answers to familiarize participants with the format and difficulty of questions that may be asked.
This document provides a summary of the final health impact assessment (HIA) for E&B Oil's proposed oil drilling and production project in Hermosa Beach, California. The HIA evaluated potential health impacts across six categories - air quality, water and soil, upset scenarios, noise and light, traffic, and community livability. It found some potential negative health impacts from odor, noise, and stress over property values and aesthetics during certain project phases. It also identified potential positive impacts on education funding and community involvement. Overall, the HIA concluded that with required mitigation measures, the project would not have substantial negative effects on community health, though it cautioned that impacts would affect different community members in different ways. It
This document discusses digital pedagogy and provides inspiration and advice for incorporating digital tools and projects into courses. It touches on several key topics:
1. Barriers to digital pedagogy like isolation, structures, learning cultures and changing faculty roles.
2. Inspiration that everyone is already a digital humanist.
3. A checklist for integrating digital humanities projects and advice for successful digital projects which includes collaborating, using familiar platforms, setting clear parameters, giving students control, and letting projects evolve.
4. Critical digital pedagogy should be community-focused, open to diverse voices, and applicable outside traditional education. It involves skills like critical thinking, assessment, collaboration and ethics.
Irfan View is a graphics program that allows users to view, convert and edit image files. It supports hundreds of image formats and has tools for resizing, cropping and adjusting images. The program is free and open source, making it a popular choice for basic image editing and viewing tasks.
The document discusses the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and its catastrophic consequences. It summarizes that the revolution ended Russia's imperial era and established a brutal communist regime led by the Bolsheviks. This regime systematically destroyed Russia's culture and honor through 70 years of totalitarian rule under Stalin and the KGB. While reforms were introduced under Khrushchev, the damage to Russia was already immense. The document argues that restoring the Russian monarchy could help revive Russia's former glory and fill the emptiness left by the revolution. Reviving the Russian royal family would boost patriotism and support Putin's efforts to restore Russia's honor.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural production. It includes budgets for horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs. It also includes budgets for agronomic crops and livestock production. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003. They can serve as a starting point for farmers to adapt to their own specific enterprises and locations.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural crops and livestock operations. It includes budgets for transitioning to certified organic production, horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits and nuts, agronomic crops, and livestock. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003 by universities and agricultural extension services nationwide. They are meant to serve as starting points that producers can adapt to their individual operations, environments, and management practices.
Enterprise Budgets and Production Costs for Organic ProductionElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a list of Internet resources containing enterprise budgets and production cost information for organic agricultural crops and livestock operations. It includes budgets for transitioning to certified organic production, horticultural crops like vegetables, fruits and nuts, agronomic crops, and livestock. The budgets cover a wide geographic range and were created between 1990-2003 by universities and agricultural extension services in states and provinces across North America. They are meant to serve as a starting point for farmers to adapt to their own specific enterprises and locations.
This document provides a summary of a publication about sustainable corn and soybean production. It discusses how corn and soybean production currently struggles with environmental, economic, and social sustainability. On the environmental front, issues include soil erosion from tillage and nutrient runoff. Economically, commodity farmers have little control over prices and costs are rising. Socially, the lack of reliable profits is leading to the decline of rural communities as fewer farms remain viable. The document explores some options for more sustainable corn and soybean production, such as alternative marketing strategies, diversification into other crops, and organic production methods.
Farm Energy Calculators: Tools for Saving Money on the FarmGardening
This document provides links to various online calculators that farmers can use to estimate their energy usage and costs, and identify opportunities to increase energy efficiency. It lists calculators for assessing nitrogen, tillage, irrigation, animal housing and general farm energy usage. Additional calculators are included for renewable energy systems, biofuels production, and energy efficiency upgrades. The calculators allow farmers to tailor estimates to their specific operations and climate conditions to evaluate options for reducing energy inputs and saving money.
Monitoring Toolkit for School Gardens, Community Gardens, Institutional Gardens & Backyard Gardens
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur's ToolboxGardening
This document provides an introduction and overview of a toolbox for evaluating the feasibility and business planning considerations for range poultry production enterprises. It discusses how some producers may operate on a small scale without extensive planning, directly marketing pasture-raised poultry. However, the toolbox is aimed at producers interested in expanding beyond direct marketing and gaining access to licensed processing facilities. It notes the challenges small producers face accessing custom processing as the meat industry has consolidated. The toolbox contains budgets, decision tools, and resources to help producers evaluate feasibility, develop business plans, and make informed decisions about entering or expanding a range poultry enterprise.
This document provides an overview of considerations for evaluating the feasibility of starting a range poultry business. It discusses the importance of conducting feasibility studies and developing business plans before expanding production beyond direct, on-farm marketing. The key points covered include:
- Personal and family considerations are important to determine if a range poultry enterprise aligns with family goals, strengths, and available time/labor.
- Marketing must be evaluated to understand if there is demand for the product and determine the best sales channels.
- Production feasibility depends on having the infrastructure, equipment, and skills needed for the scale of operation.
- Profitability analysis is required to understand if the enterprise can be profitable based on estimated
This document provides an overview of organic tree fruit production. It discusses ATTRA, which is a sustainable agriculture information service operated by USDA. The document then discusses organic fruit production, marketing and economic considerations, and planning and planting an organic orchard. It covers topics like site selection, crop and variety selection, rootstock selection, orchard design, and more. The goal is to introduce key issues for commercial organic production of tree fruits to help growers make informed decisions about orchard design and management.
Organic System Plans: Market Farms and GreenhousesElisaMendelsohn
This document provides an example organic system plan for a hypothetical 22-acre market farm called Wannabee's Organic Farm located in Arkansas. The farm map shows the layout of the farm including 16 small production fields labeled A-1 through A-8 and B-1 through B-8. It also shows the location of greenhouses, buildings, wells, buffers, and neighboring conventional farms. Field notes provide additional details on field uses and history. The application form that follows will provide details on the farm's production practices to demonstrate compliance with USDA organic regulations.
Completing Your Application for Organic CertificationElisaMendelsohn
This document provides an example organic system plan for a hypothetical 22-acre market farm called Wannabee's Organic Farm located in Arkansas. The farm map shows the layout of the farm including 16 small vegetable fields labeled A-1 through A-8 and B-1 through B-8. It also shows 5 transitional blueberry fields labeled S-1 through S-6, forest land for wildcrafting labeled F, buildings, access lanes, and adjoining conventional farms. Buffer zones are maintained around all organic fields.
This document discusses raising dairy replacement heifers on pasture through a custom heifer raising operation. It provides information on the costs and considerations of custom raising heifers on pasture compared to raising them in confinement. Research from the University of Minnesota found that heifers raised on pasture through management intensive rotational grazing had similar average daily gains at a lower total cost per head compared to heifers raised in a feedlot. The document also provides a list of additional online resources on topics related to custom heifer raising, grazing management, and the economics of heifer contracting operations.
The document discusses the need for a systemic view of food security that integrates data from local to global scales for early warning analysis. It outlines various factors that influence food security at local, national, regional and global levels. It then describes the FEWS NET Data Warehouse's compilation of sub-national agricultural statistics from over 165 countries, totaling over 3 million data points on area, yield and production for thousands of crops. The document explains that linking these statistical data to shapefiles that track the evolution of reporting units over time will allow for more accurate agricultural production estimates and analyses using remote sensing data.
Big data approaches can help rice farmers in Latin America adapt to climate change by providing real-time climate and cropping advice. A pilot program in Colombia combined rice yield and weather data to identify climate patterns and recommend optimal planting times. Farmers who followed the advice had successful harvests, while those who did not lost their crops and inputs. The program aims to scale this approach to other major rice producers in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Doing so may help reduce yield losses, increase adaptive capacity, and revolutionize agricultural advisory services.
The Organic Chronicles No. 1: Mysteries of Organic Farming RevealedGardening
This document provides information about resources available for organic farmers from ATTRA, including over 240 publications on topics like crop production, grazing, composting, and record keeping. Publications can be downloaded for free from ATTRA's website or ordered via their toll-free phone number. The document also lists specific ATTRA publications on topics like organic certification, record keeping forms, and compliance checklists. It provides contact information for certification organizations, universities with organic programs, and other national organic resources.
This document provides an introduction to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Busia County, Kenya. It defines CSA and its three objectives of sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses CSA at the farm and landscape scales and provides examples of CSA practices and projects in Kenya. It also outlines Kenya's response to CSA through policies and programs. The document describes prioritizing CSA options through identifying the local context, available options, relevant outcomes, evaluating evidence on options' impacts, and choosing best-bet options based on the analysis.
Organic System Plans: Field and Row Crops and Pasture and Range SystemsGardening
This document provides a sample organic system plan for a Midwestern crop farm transitioning to organic production. The farm grows row crops, small grains, and alfalfa hay both organically and conventionally. The plan includes detailed farm maps, field histories, and descriptions of the farm's soil and crop management, organic integrity practices, and recordkeeping system. Supplementary documents provide additional details on notifications, land use history, soil tests, manure sources, and a biodiversity plan. The sample aims to demonstrate how a full organic system plan might be structured to meet USDA organic certification requirements.
Applying the Principles of Sustainable FarmingElisaMendelsohn
This document discusses the principles of environmental, economic, and social sustainability as they relate to farming. It provides three key points:
1. Sustainable farming aims to meet environmental, economic, and social objectives simultaneously through a whole-systems approach that mimics natural ecosystems. This is contrasted with conventional industrial agriculture.
2. The key principles of environmental sustainability for farms include imitating natural ecosystem processes like energy flows, water and mineral cycles, and biodiversity. Practices like diversification, minimal tillage, and groundcover management help farms function like natural ecosystems.
3. Economic and social sustainability depend on selecting profitable enterprises, comprehensive financial planning, proactive marketing, risk management, and making decisions that benefit
This document provides an overview of considerations for selecting, cultivating, and marketing alternative agronomic crops. It discusses inventorying farm resources to determine suitable alternative crops. Several categories of alternative crops are listed, including cereals, legumes, and oilseeds. Developing new crops requires research into cultivar collection, breeding, production practices, and markets. Resources for information on alternative crop research and production include various state universities and USDA groups. Marketing alternative crops requires exploring demand, competition, and potential markets.
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City Farming, Backyard Farming & Urban FarmingGardening
The document provides a collection of links to resources about city farming, urban agriculture, and urban forestry. It includes links to articles, manuals, books, and websites on topics such as urban farming systems, the economic and social impacts of urban agriculture and forestry, policy issues around urban natural resource use, and case studies of specific city farming programs from locations around the world. The links provide research and information for those interested in learning about approaches to integrating food production and natural resource management into urban and peri-urban areas.
Pesticides are Hurting Your Child’s EducationGardening
Pesticides are linked to lower performance in schools in 3 ways:
1. Prenatal exposure to pesticides can lead to poorer motor development in children by age 2.
2. Exposure to organophosphate pesticides is linked to lower IQs in young children, resulting in 17 million lost IQ points.
3. Studies link pesticide exposure to higher rates of ADHD diagnoses in children. Reducing pesticide exposure through an organic diet can lower levels by 90%.
Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with ChildrenGardening
The document provides links to numerous books about establishing and maintaining edible schoolyard gardens to teach students about healthy eating and nutrition. Some of the books discuss the origins and philosophy of the edible schoolyard movement started by Alice Waters, while others provide practical guidance on creating gardens and incorporating them into lesson plans and classroom activities. The books cover topics like designing organic gardens, engaging young children in gardening, integrating gardens into the school curriculum, and using gardens to promote healthy, sustainable food practices.
This document provides information on companion planting and polyculture gardening techniques. It discusses the traditional Native American "Three Sisters" companion planting of corn, beans, and squash. It explains how these three plants benefit each other. The document then discusses other benefits of companion planting such as attracting beneficial insects, decreasing disease and pests, and increasing yields. It describes polyculture gardening, which involves planting many different crops together to increase biodiversity. Examples of successful companion planting and polyculture projects in Africa and South America are also discussed.
The document provides links to free manuals, books, and resources about organic gardening and farming techniques, including companion planting, rainwater harvesting, green roofs, solar energy, volunteering on organic farms in Europe, and development projects related to eco-friendly topics like coffee, solar energy, and helping address hunger. It encourages using these free resources to boost garden yields, learn organic composting and recycling, understand issues around pesticides, and explore volunteering and training opportunities in sustainable agriculture and energy.
This document provides information about edible landscaping and lists many books on the topic. It begins by noting that some web browser links may not work properly with Microsoft Internet Explorer and recommends alternative browsers. It then provides a long list of book titles and links related to edible landscaping, food gardens, edible plants and flowers, landscaping with fruits and vegetables, and using edible plants in landscape design. The document resources cover topics like growing, cooking with, and designing with edible flowers, fruits, vegetables and other edible plants.
This document contains over 100 links to publications, newsletters, fact sheets, and other resources related to xeriscape gardening and landscaping. The resources cover topics like the 7 stages of successful xeriscaping, water conservation tips, recommended plant lists for various regions, and more. The document provides a comprehensive list of informational materials on designing, installing, and maintaining water-efficient landscapes.
This document provides links to books and resources about keeping chickens and using chicken manure in organic gardening. It includes over 50 book listings with titles, authors and links to library catalogs and book retailers. It also provides additional links to information on topics like composting, soil health, rainwater harvesting, and organic gardening techniques.
This document provides summaries of and links to numerous books and resources about urban beekeeping and beekeeping topics. It begins by noting some browser compatibility issues and then lists over 50 books on topics like urban beekeeping, top-bar beekeeping, natural beekeeping approaches, mason bees, and bee health. Links are provided to purchase or borrow each book from various sources.
Garden Wicking Beds = Water Wise GardeningGardening
Wicking beds are a high-yield, water-efficient gardening system that works well for Perth's sandy soils and dry climate. They consist of a garden bed with a water-holding reservoir directly underneath. Water and nutrients that drain below the plant roots are absorbed back up by capillary action and evaporation. This keeps the soil moist with minimal water waste. DIY wicking beds can be made from materials like bathtubs, barrels or plastic-lined garden beds filled with a porous material like broken bricks to hold water in the reservoir space beneath the plants. Wicking beds require less watering and fertilizer than traditional gardens while providing high and reliable yields, making them a sustainable option for urban food growing.
Self Watering Container Gardens for Drought GardeningGardening
This document provides instructions for creating a self-watering container using two 20-liter buckets. The container is made by drilling holes in one bucket to use as an inner pot within the other bucket. A small plastic pot is secured in the bottom of the inner bucket to hold the plant. A plastic tube inserted down the center fills the space between the buckets with water. Following 12 steps allows one to assemble the container cheaply and easily for growing tomatoes, peppers or eggplants with less frequent watering needs. Though smaller than other self-watering designs, these buckets are quicker to build and can be moved easily while full of water and soil.
The author has been experimenting with and refining sustainable wicking worm beds over the past year. They have found that the beds use little water while maintaining moist soil conditions suitable for growing vegetables and supporting a thriving worm farm. The largest bed described is 2700mm by 1650mm by 600mm deep. It incorporates a worm farm to naturally fertilize the soil and minimize the need for external inputs. The author aims to replace their conventional garden beds with larger wicking worm beds that are self-sustaining ecosystems.
A Brief Overview of Nutrient Cycling in PasturesGardening
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
2. PAGE 2 //ENTERPRISE BUDGETS AND PRODUCTION COSTS FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION
university) should be able to assist or recommenduniversity) should be able to assist or recommend
someone to assist in adapting enterprise budgetssomeone to assist in adapting enterprise budgets
to reflect your individual enterprises, and showto reflect your individual enterprises, and show
you how to use the budgets to improve youryou how to use the budgets to improve your
farm financial management. Since resources varyfarm financial management. Since resources vary
widely from state to state, no single route existswidely from state to state, no single route exists
for local assistance.
For conventional production, the Agricul-For conventional production, the Agricul-
tural Risk Budget Library at www.agrisk.umn.tural Risk Budget Library at www.agrisk.umn.
edu contains budgets for a very wide range ofedu contains budgets for a very wide range of
crops and livestock. In developing a budget forcrops and livestock. In developing a budget for
organic production, in many cases, a budget fororganic production, in many cases, a budget for
conventional cropping or livestock may be theconventional cropping or livestock may be the
best starting point. The budget can then be tai-best starting point. The budget can then be tai-
lored to specific individual situations, includinglored to specific individual situations, including
organic production.
Transition to Certified
Organic Budgets
British Columbia (2002)
Available budgets: dairy (fluid milk), spelt,Available budgets: dairy (fluid milk), spelt,
potatoes, oat, apple, sweet corn, carrots, winterpotatoes, oat, apple, sweet corn, carrots, winter
squash, spinach, salad greens, and cauliflower.
www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/spe-www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/spe-
cialty_organic.htm
Horticultural Crops:
Vegetables
British Columbia (1992-1996)
Available budgets: garlic, carrots, celery, cornAvailable budgets: garlic, carrots, celery, corn
for processing, peas for processing, whole beansfor processing, peas for processing, whole beans
for processing.
www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/spe-www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/spe-
cialty_organic.htm
California (1996)
Available budgets: processing tomatoes,Available budgets: processing tomatoes,
mixed vegetables.
www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/
cost.htm
California, Central Coast (1994)California, Central Coast (1994)
Available budgets: cabbage, cauliflower,
cucumbers, garlic, leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce,
red onions, yellow onions, non-staked snap peas,
non-staked snow peas, green bell peppers, red
bell peppers, sweet corn, large variety winter
squash, small variety winter squash, barley cover
crop, vetch cover crop.
Included are yield and return ranges for selected
central coast organic vegetable crops, whole farm an-
nual equipment, investment, and business overhead
costs for a diversified organic vegetable operation,
and hourly equipment costs for a diversified organic
vegetable operation.
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/topics/
prodcosts/organiccosts.html
New Jersey (1996)
Available budgets: bell pepper, cabbage, cau-
liflower, cucumber, leaf lettuce, yellow onions,
pumpkins, sweet corn, fresh market tomato, and
processing tomato.
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/ne-
budgets/organic.html
North Carolina (2003)
Available budgets: fresh market broccoli,
kale, tomatoes, sweet corn, salad mix, leaf lettuce,
peppers, and summer squash.
www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/
organiccoststudy.pdf
Wisconsin (1990)Wisconsin (1990)
Potatoes: brief comparison of costs and re-
turns of organic and conventional potatoes.
www.wisc.edu/cias/pubs/briefs/004.html
Horticultural Crops:
Fruits and Nuts
California (2003)
Available budgets: strawberries.
www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/
cost-studies/StrawbOrgCC03.pdf
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Wisconsin (1999)Wisconsin (1999)
Available budgets: echinacea.
www.wisc.edu/cias/pubs/briefs/048.html
Agronomic Crops
California (1996)
Available budgets: cotton, rice.
www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/
cost.htm
Illinois (2003)
Available budgets: food-grade soybeans,
food-grade corn.
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/value/
Illinois (2001)
Available budgets: pasture (red clover, red
mammoth clover, alfalfa, timothy), cereal rye
grain, blue corn, soft red winter wheat, soy-
bean.
www.aces.uiuc.edu/~asap/research/stew_www.aces.uiuc.edu/~asap/research/stew_
farm/Appendix-rep-02.html#Production%20B
uds,%20Conv
Kansas (2003)
Available budgets: corn, blue corn, sweet
corn, wheat, Austrian winter peas, alfalfa, clover
seed.
www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/
Organic%20cropping.pdf
Michigan (2001)
Available budgets: grain corn, soybeans, and
oats.
Includes downloads of Excel budgets so you can
do your own calculations.
www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/aecreports/bud
gets01.htm
California (2002)California (2002)
Available budgets: almonds.
www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/
cost-studies/AlmondOrgVN02.pdfcost-studies/AlmondOrgVN02.pdf
California (1996)California (1996)
Available budgets: almonds, apples, table
grapes, raisins, lemons, oranges, walnuts.grapes, raisins, lemons, oranges, walnuts.
www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/outreach/crop/
cost.htmcost.htm
New Jersey (1996)New Jersey (1996)
Available budgets: fresh market apples, ma-
ture trees.ture trees.
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/
nebudgets/organic.htmlnebudgets/organic.html
New York (no date)New York (no date)
Available budgets: strawberries (greenhouse
production).production).
www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/
pritts/straw.htmpritts/straw.html
Herbs
Washington State (2003)Washington State (2003)
Available budgets: goldenseal.
http://smallfarms.wsu.edu/crops/organic
Goldenseal.htmlGoldenseal.html
British Columbia (2002)British Columbia (2002)
Available budgets: calendula, American
skullcap, catnip, dandelion root, lavender,skullcap, catnip, dandelion root, lavender,
lemon balm, licorice root, nettle, passion flow-lemon balm, licorice root, nettle, passion flow-
er, marshmallow root, chamomile, red clover,er, marshmallow root, chamomile, red clover,
shepherd’s purse, and yarrow.shepherd’s purse, and yarrow.
www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budwww.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/bud
get_pdf/small_scale/small_scale_Mixed_herb_get_pdf/small_scale/small_scale_Mixed_herb_
Win.pdfWin.pdf