VABF Book Corner
A collection of farming and gardening books with summaries and links! Check it out HERE!

VABF Publications

• Virginia Biological Farmer - Mark Schonbeck, editor - mark@abundantdawn.org, now published quarterly. Past issues in text-like format available online; Please note that members will always receive the very latest issues of "The Virginia Biological Farmer" newsletter, while this website will only post issues dating back one year -- yet another benefit of being a VABF member!
  Choose a "Virginia Biological Farmer" back issue here: (Select issue...) 1st Quarter 2009 4th Quarter 2008 3rd Quarter 2008 2nd Quarter 2008 1st Quarter 2008 4th Quarter 2007 3rd Quarter 2007 2nd Quarter 2007 1st Quarter 2007 4th Quarter 2006 3rd Quarter 2006 2nd Quarter 2006 1st Quarter 2006 4th Quarter 2005 3rd Quarter 2005 2nd Quarter 2005 1st Quarter 2005 4th Quarter 2004 3rd Quarter 2004 2nd Quarter 2004 1st Quarter 2004 4th Quarter 2003 3rd Quarter 2003 2nd Quarter 2003 1st Quarter 2003 4th Quarter 2002 3rd Quarter 2002 2nd Quarter 2002 1st Quarter 2002 4th Quarter 2001 3rd Quarter 2001 2nd Quarter 2001 1st Quarter 2001 Dec 2000/Jan 2001 October/November 2000 August/September 2000 June/July 2000 April/May 2000 February/March 2000 December '99/ January '00 October/November '99 August/September '99 June/July '99 April/May '99 February/March '99 December '98/ January '99 October/ November '98 August/September '98

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• Information Sheets
  
  • Cover Cropping: On-farm, Solar-powered Soil Building, No. 1-06 (pdf)
  • Caring for the Soil as a Living System, No. 2-06 (pdf)
  • Cover Crops for All Seasons, No. 3-06 (pdf)
    
  • Using Manually-Operated Seeders for Precision Cover Crop Plantings on the Small Farm, No. 4-06 (pdf)
    
  • Tomatoes: Organic Production in Virginia, No. 5-06 (pdf)
    
  • Onions: Organic Production in Virginia, No. 6-06 (pdf)
    
  • Lettuce: Organic Production in Virginia, No. 7-06 (pdf)
    
  • Asparagus: Organic Production in Virginia, No. 8-06 (pdf)
    
  • Reduced Tillage and Cover Cropping Systems for Organic Vegetable Production, No. 9-07 (pdf)
    
    
  • Mulching for Weed Control in Annual Vegetable Crops
  • How to Use a Soil Test
  
  

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• VABF Research Project Publications
  Soil Nutrient Balancing:
  
  • Soil Cation Nutrient Balancing in Sustainable Agriculture
  • Does my Soil Need Cation Nutrient Balancing?
  • Soil Nutrient Balancing in Sustainable Vegetable Production: Project Summary

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• Event Reviews
  

  Post-event reviews of VABF and related events.

  • Organic No-Till Workshop; August 8, 2005
    • View short photo-documentary here ...
  • 2004 VABF Conference; Jan. 30 and 31, 2004
  • 2003 VABF Conference; Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2003
  • Natural Meats Field Day; October 12, 2002

  Please contact Cliff if you wish to submit a review.

ATTRA Publications

The ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) website has dozens of online, free, Sus-Ag publications in both HTML and PDF formats; they are available at the following site:
http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html

The ATTRA publications are categorized as follows:

• What is Sustainable Agriculture?
• Livestock
• Horticultural Crops
• Marketing & Business
• Field Crops
• Energy & Agriculture
• Soils & Compost
• Education
• Pest Management
• Organic Farming
• Other Resources