Format: Paperback  

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Pages: 95

Copyright Year: 2004

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Part of the NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) Guides. Includes information on:

• Basic concepts of pest control (host susceptibility, soil health, genetic resistance, ecosystem factors)
• Practical approaches (crop cultural practices, rescue treatments, special section on mammals and birds, food safety)
• Farm design for pest reduction (diversity, crop rotation)
• Unorthodox approaches (farmers out of the box)
• Identifying pests
• Crop-by-crop pests and practices

Readers will find Caldwell's research an invaluable guide, with crop-by-crop details on organic pest prevention, along with strategies for control and management.

About the author: Brian Caldwell is the Farm Education Coordinator for the New York Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA-NY). For 20 years, he and his wife, Twinkle Griggs, ran Hemlock Grove Farm, a small commercial organic vegetable and fruit farm in hilly West Danby, N.Y. They helped found the Finger Lakes Organic Co-op and were active members in the Ithaca Farmers Market (another farmer-owned cooperative) during that time. He received a Master of Science degree in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell University in 1986. As a Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator, Brian advised commercial vegetable and berry growers in a five-county region from 1995 until 2002, when he started with NOFA-NY. He keeps from getting too stale by managing a certified organic apple orchard in partnership with West Haven Farm of Ithaca, N.Y.