1. Sustainable Crop Production On Small Acreages Dr. Carol Miles, Vegetable Extension Specialist WSU Mount Vernon NWREC

2. Climate Variety Selection Water Soil Cover Crops Tillage Pest Management Season Extension Harvest Market Labeling High Value Crops Sustainable Crop Production

3. Summer growing season Winter growing season Climate Western Region Climate Center http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmwa.html

4. Variety Selection Early maturing varieties Disease resistant varieties Rotation Seed catalogs

8. Irrigation - required for summer crop production - do you have a water right? Crop requirements - 1 inch per week during dry months Water

9. Sprinkler - hand line - solid set

10. Soaker Hose

11. Drip Tape

16. Moisture - balance winter rains with summer drought - improve drainage with raised beds Tilth – soil quality and health - organic matter Soil test every year – nutrients and pH - list of laboratories http://wsprs.wsu.edu/AnalyticalLabsEB1578E.pdf Soil

17. Soil fertility (green manure) - captures & traps nutrients - mines nutrients Soil tilth - organic matter - deep rooting - improves drainage Pest management - insect and disease control - out compete weeds - habitat for beneficials Erosion control Cover Crops

18. Legumes clovers medic hairy vetch winter peas Small grains barley annual rye winter wheat sorghum-Sudan grass Broadleaf buckwheat mustard Cover Crops Local seed sources cost weed seed free

19. Information Resources Managing cover crops profitably SAN Handbook Series Book 3, second edition Building soils for better crops SAN Handbook Series Book 4, second edition Methodologies for screening soil improving legumes Marianne Sarrantonio, Rodale Institute WSU Small Farms Team website http://smallfarms.wsu.edu/soils/coverCrops.html#Northwest Cover Crops

26. Rye with Austrian Winter Peas White MustardWinter Wheat White Clover

27. Incorporate crop residues Weed control Create fine seed bed Disease and insect management Soil aeration Break up soil pan Tillage

28. Plowing – initial ground breaking roll over soil, brings bottom to top, requires most HP

29. Discing – cuts surface, no hard top layer

30. Harrowing – creates fine, smooth, level surface

31. Rototiller – pulverizes soil, very fine seed bed, use cultivator first

32. Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm - permanent cover cropping system - www. cedarmeadowfarm.com Minimum Tillage

33. Strip-till organic vegetables John Luna, Oregon State University

34. Pesticides - WSDA pesticide applicators license Organic pesticides - WSDA Organic Food Program materials list http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic/MaterialsLists.htm Biological control - viable product - application techniques Crop Rotation Cultivation Pest Management

35. Weed control Crops that are easily cultivated - sweet corn - beans - garlic Crops not easily cultivated - carrots - onions - beets Cultivation

36. Information Resources Steel in the field: a farmer’s guide to weed management tools SAN Handbook Series Book 2 Steel in the field: a farmer’s guide to weed management tools SARE video Weed ‘em and reap: tools for non-chemical weed management in vegetable cropping systems Oregon State University Weed Control

41. Crop selection Row covers Cloche / low tunnels Hoophouse / high tunnels Cold frames Season Extension

42. Field crops Kale Cabbage Brussels Sprouts Broccoli Hoophouse crops Lettuce Asian greens Winter Crops Seed catalogs Spinach Pea Garlic Leeks Chinese Cabbage Celery

43. Row Cover

45. Low tunnel

46. High Tunnel Hoop House No added heat or light

47. Field hoophouse http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1825/eb1825.html

50. High Tunnel

53. Peak maturity Labor Sorting - quality control Field cooling – hydrocooling and fan Storage - The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks, USDA ARS Ag Handbook No. 66 Harvest

54. Local Direct Food from the field Customer information Market Labeling

55. High-Value Vegetable Crops New, alternative crops Not commonly available http://vegetables.wsu.edu

56. Edamame http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/pnw0525/pnw0525.pdf

57. Icebox Watermelon http://vegetables.wsu.edu/Watermelon.htm

58. Pea Shoots http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/pnw0567/PNW0567.pdf

59. http://vegetables.wsu.edu/dryBeans.htm Niche Market Dry Beans

60. Molasses Face Trout/Jacobs Cattle Calypso Rockwell Orca

61. http://vegetables.wsu.edu/NicheMarket/SmallScaleHarvesting.html Dry Bean Threshing and Cleaning

62. http://vegetables.wsu.edu/wasabi.htm Wasabi

63. Baby Butternut Squash Honey Nut