These materials are available for temporary use by Extension personnel, agricultural leaders and those trained during the “Statewide Journey.” Materials are generally loaned for up to 4 weeks. Materials should be referenced by Title and Author.

Those interested in checking out any of these materials should contact Kim Martinez at (931) 486-2777 or kamartinez@utk.edu .

Listing of Resource Materials

Title:    The E Myth Revisited
Author:    Michael E. Gerber
Classification:    Paperback
Description: Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. Next, he walks you through the steps in the life of a business – from entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed – and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business.
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Title:    Ripples from the Zambezi
Author:    Ernesto Sirollie
Classification:    Paperback
Description: Ripples from the Zambezi leads the reader through the fascinating story of development failures and successes that led eventually to this technique that has been successful in over 250 communities in four countries. Inspiring, amusing and easy to read, Ripples from the Zambezi will appeal to a wide range of people interested in a new and successful approach to revitalizing our communities.
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Title:    The Real Dirt
Author:    Edited by Miranda Smith and Elizabeth Henderson, with members of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and Cooperative Extension
Classification:    Paperback
Description: The Real Dirt gives you a vivid snapshot of organic and low-input farming in the Northeast in the early 1990's. Based on interviews with more than 60 farmers in 8 states, the book summarizes the practical methods for ecological soil, pest, disease, crop, greenhouse and livestock management that have been discovered and used over the past few decades. It offers a farmer’s view of how to go about the site-specific work of designing rotations, selecting crops, and surviving economically. It also poses many questions that farmers and researchers need to answer for the future.
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Title:    The New Farmers’ Market
Author:    Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig and Eric Gibson
Classification:    Paperback
Description: The New Farmers Market is a “must have” for growers interested in selling their farm or market garden products through farmers markets, as well as managers, city planners and farmers’ market citizens alike. This book offers the best products to grow and sell, managing and promoting the market, planning and starting a market and building community support for buying local agricultural products.
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Title:    Managing Cover Crops Profitably
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Paperback
Description: Farmers across the United States are using cover crops to smother weeds, deter pests and slow erosion. They find that cover crops help them cut costs and boost profits while improving their soil and protecting natural resources. This book distills findings from published studies and on-farm experience into a user-friendly reference tool for farmers and agricultural educators. You will find detailed information on how to select cover crops to fit your farm, and how to manage them to reap multiple benefits.
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Title:    Building Soils for Better Crops
Author:    Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es
Classification:    Paperback
Description: Building Soils for Better Crops explains how ecological soil management boosts fertility and yields while reducing pest pressures and environmental impacts. Ecological management works with the built-in strengths of your plant/soil system.
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Title:    Why Grassfed is Best
Author:    Jo Robinson
Classification:    Paperback
Description: Why Grassfed is Best explores the newly discovered benefits of eating meat, eggs and dairy products from grassfed animals.
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Title:    The Small Dairy Resource Book
Author:    Vicki Dunaway
Classification:    Publication
Description: This publication offers information sources for farmstead producers and processors.
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Title:    A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Publication
Description: A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests outlines how to use ecological principles to control pests on your farm. Learn about successful strategies and consult the more comprehensive resources listed.
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Title:    Meeting the Diverse Needs of Limited-Resource Producers
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Publication
Description: This guide is intended to inspire agricultural educators to improve their outreach to limited-resource groups. The publication showcases nine successful examples across the nation, then points to more detailed resources on the subject.
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Title:    Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Paperback
Description: The Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture contains more than 500 entries on informational products such as reports, newsletters, videos, World Wide Web sites and conference proceedings and how a reader can obtain them. Each entry is designed for ease of use, displaying all the information needed to research a topic. The Source Book uses a set of 10 icons to help you tell at a glance the subject of a piece of information, including: agroforestry, animal production, cover crops, horticulture, grain production, marketing and farm profitability, nutrient management, soil quality and conservation, education and networking, water quality and conservation.
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Title:    The Complete Country Business Guide
Author:    Lisa Rogak
Classification:    Paperback
Description: The Complete Country Business Guide will show you how to choose the business that is right for you, buy an existing business or start one from scratch, find the markets that will grow your business, network with other rural entrepreneurs and deal with rural government.
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Title:    Diversify Crops to Boost Profits and Stewardship
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Publication
Description: This publication will help farmers and agricultural educators begin thinking about how to diversify. It encompasses new cash crops, cover crops and agroforestry. The publication features factors to consider before diversifying, specific diversification strategiesand expert sources of information.
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Title:    How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Publication
Description: This publication outlines how to conduct research on your farm or ranch. Learn from other successful researchers and consult the more comprehensive resources listed to avoid common pitfalls.
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Title:   Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers
Author:    Sustainable Agriculture Network
Classification:    Publication
Description: This publication profiles successful direct marketers across the country and includes tips about how to start a number of alternative agricultural marketing enterprises.
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Title:   The New American Farmer
Author:   USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Classification:   Paperback
Description: This book tells about thriving family-run operations making a profit, working in harmony with the environment and helping to improve their communities. The New American Farmer documents a growing reality across the United States.
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Title:   The Next Green Revolution
Author:   James E. Horne, Ph.D. and Maura McDermott
Classification:   Hardcover
Description: The Next Green Revolution is an accessible, practical introduction to sustainable agriculture: what it means and why it is needed. The first book to synthesize the goals of sustainable agriculture into eight comprehensive steps, this essential volume examines the far-reaching problems inherent in our current agricultural system and introduces you to an alternative system that gives more consideration to future generations.
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Title:   Small Farm Handbook
Author:   Small Farm Center, University of California
Classification:   Publication
Description: The Small Farm Handbook will help you with practical information about finding a good place to buy property, making a living, buying equipment, producing crops and raising animals, selling what you produce, hiring help, dealing with laws, regulations and taxes and keeping family relationships healthy. This book is a guide to starting and operating a successful small farm.
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Title:   "Small Farm News," Volume II, 2001
Author:   Small Farm Center, University of California
Classification:   News Bulletin
Description: This bulletin contains information on food safety for fresh fruit and vegetable producers, chlorination of vegetable wash water, specialty crops and growing minigreens on California’s Central Coast.
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Title:   "Small Farm News," Volume II, 2002
Author:   Small Farm Center, University of California
Classification:   News Bulletin
Description: This bulletin contains information on small farm advisors search for specialty and alternative crops, pesticide safety, starting a cooperative and the Davis Food Co-op.
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Title:   "Small Farm News," Volume III, 2002
Author:   Small Farm Center, University of California
Classification:   News Bulletin
Description: This bulletin contains information on farmers markets, food safety and adding value to farm and natural resource products.
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Title:   A Primer on Agritourism and Ecotourism Startups and Management
Author:   Edited by Desmond A. Jolly, Ph.D.
Classification:   Manual
Description: This manual of educational materials can provide a guide to the practical assessment of whether to seriously consider entry into or expansion of an agri-or nature tourism operation. Many farmers who are suitably oriented to ag-and nature tourism find these enterprises to be useful additions to a farm or ranch operation.
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Title:   Agritourism and Nature Tourism in California
Author:   Small Farm Center, University of California
Classification:   Manual
Description: This manual is written to help farmers and ranchers determine their tourism potential and walk through the steps of establishing a tourism enterprise. It is also a resource for people working with California ranchers and farmers.
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Title:   Sustainable Farming Systems: A Guide to the Transition
Author:   Ann D. Mayse
Classification:   Publication
Description: The goal of this publication is to share the collective experiences of agricultural practitioners, researchers and specialists in a format that is approachable by a broad cross-section of readers. The intention is to provide information that is scientifically sound, practical and useful to the many individuals who make up the complex system of food and fiber production in California and across the United States.
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Title:   Entrepreneurial Community Gardens
Author:   Gail Feenstra, Sharyl McGrew and David Campbell
Classification:   Publication
Description: A study to assess the ways in which entrepreneurial and market gardens create a “ripple effect” or enhance economic development in their local communities.
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Title:   Cover Cropping in Vineyards
Author:   University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Classification:   Publication
Description: Cover Cropping in Vineyards provides specific information on cover crops, how they affect various aspects of vineyards and how to use them to enhance vineyard performance and ecological stability. The manual is intended to be used by vineyard owners, managers, consultants and pest control advisers as a practical reference, presenting “how-to” information for field applications and providing technical and theoretical information on the effects of cover cropping.
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Title:   Organic Apple Production Manual
Author:   University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Classification:   Publication
Description: This manual is a product of observations, direct fieldwork and in-progress or published research results of this unique working group. Contributing authors helped round out the publication with information based on their own research programs.
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Title:   On-Farm Composting Handbook
Author:   Natural Resource, Agriculture and Engineering Service
Classification:   Publication
Description: This handbook presents a thorough overview of composting as it is practiced on the farm. It explains how to produce, use and market compost. The information is intended to help farmers decide whether composting or the use of compost is appropriate for their farm. For waste producers, environmental regulators and public health officials, the handbook provides insight about agricultural composting and what it can reasonably accomplish.
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Title:   The Legal Guide For Direct Farm Marketing
Author:   Neil D. Hamilton
Classification:   Paperback
Description: The information in this book is intended for use as educational material to assist farmers, USDA employees and other advisors in understanding the effect of various laws and regulations on direct farm marketing.
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Title:   SARE 2001
Author:   Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Classification:   Publication/News
Description: This news publication has articles on subjects such as water quality, pest management, livestock systems, marketing, farm diversification, organic production and agroforestry.
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Title:   SARE 2002
Author:  Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Classification:   Publication/News
Description: This news publication had articles on subjects such as crop/livestock systems, smart sales, pest management, organic production, local marketing and continuing education.
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Title:   Alive and Well – Sustainable Soil Management
Author:   University of California
Classification:   Video
Description: This 35 minute video provides a California perspective on Sustainable Agriculture Soil Management practices with several case study farms.
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