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 Growing
Information for Project Vegetables [back
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Find
information sheets on growing these seven
delicious vegetables
Cherry
Tomato Video
QuickTime
(24,619 kb)
Windows Media (12,854 kb)
Composting
and Soils [back
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Websites
www.mastercomposter.com
Includes teacher resources.
Florida
backyard composting center
Tutorial, FAQ's.
Veggies
Unite!: Composting guide
Composting
guide.
Compost
and Manure Menu
Compost and manures.
Sustainable
Agriculture in Hawai`i
Cover crops and green manures.
The
U.S. Composting Council
Publications, contacts,
products
Cornell
Composting - Composting in Schools
Compost quiz, FAQ,
Teacher's page, Student research projects ideas.
Soils
Soils
and Substrates
Sciences
of Soils.
USDA,
NRCS Soil Quality Institute
Covers soil quality, soil biology.
Printed material
· Building Soils for Better Crops. Second Edition. Fred Magdoff and Harold
van Es. 2000. Sustainable Agriculture Network. Handbook Series Book 4. You can
purchase from the SARE website www.sare.org.
Cost $19.95 plus $6.00 shipping.
· Western
Fertilizer Handbook. Eighth Edition. Soil Improvement Committee, California
Fertilizer Association. 1995.
· Backyard
Composting Handbook - CTAHR, CES, USDA RC&D, C&C of Honolulu Dept. of
Public Works Recycling office. Versions compiled by Mark Takemoto, Debbie Ward,
Richard Ebesu.
· Backyard
Composting. Recycling a Natural Product. CTAHR Instant Information Series 21,
Oct. 1996.
· Composts
For Hawaii. Wade McCall & Keichi Mihata. CTAHR Circular 471. Revised 10/75.
· Composting
at a glance….Compiled by James Tavares. CTAHR Instant Information No 17.
· Compost
For The Home Garden. Wade McCall and Yukio Nakagawa. CTAHR General Home Garden
Series No. 6.
· Composting
For Home Gardens. Richard Ebesu, CES-Kauai. March 1995.
· Soils
for the Home Garden. Wade W. McCall. CTAHR General Home Garden Series No.3.
Video:
· Introduction to Soil - Dr. Goro Uehara, CTAHR, Farming Preparation
for Discharged Sugar Workers. Produced by Steve Fukuda.
· The Science
of Biological Decomposition: Effective Composting Methods. San Luis Video. $95.
www.slvideopublishing.com/
Phone: 805-528-8322, Fax: 805-528-7227, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6715, Los
Osos, CA 9341
Food Education [back
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Nutrition Education for Wellness
links:
Horticulture Therapy
Know Your Pest - Integrated Pest Management
Rot For Your Plot (Soils and Composting)
Why Organic Gardening?
Activities:
Local Fruits
and Vegetables:
Nutrition for Hawaii High School Students
[Zip file; 6.5M]
Click on the above
link to download this fun activity to help boost your knowledge about local
fruits and vegetables!
After downloading and extracting the files, double-click on HS4Player.exe to
begin.
(Note: You will need Quicktime installed on your computer to be able
to run the activity.
[ Click here to download
Quicktime ]
Food Safety
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Web sites:
NEW:
Food Safety
Horticultural Therapy
[back
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Web sites:
American
Horticultural Therapy Association.
Garden
Forever
Articles on horticultural therapy for disabled gardeners.
The
Growing Center, Inc.
What is horticultural therapy? How does it work?
Horticultural
charity in the United Kingdom
Material for order, cost is in pounds (£). Also information on design
ideas for a range of gardens, practical advice about garden features, advice
on creating a low-maintenance garden, and back to basics worksheets are available
on this website.
horticultural-therapy.com
Ideas in horticultural therapy activities and links.
Horticulture
Therapy: How to help others and yourself
Human
Issues in Horticulture
A article by Dianne Relf. Similar to her section in chapter 2 in the book Horticulture
As Therapy Principles and Practice. Sharon P. Simson and Martha C. Straus, Editors.
Kansas
State University Horticultural Therapy
Urban
Agriculture Notes: Let's Get Growing!
A perspective from leisure services in care facilities and a rationale for gardening
programs.
Books:
· Horticulture As Therapy Principles and Practice. Sharon P. Simson and
Martha C. Straus, editors. Order through the American Horticultural Therapy
Association website listed under the websites of this section.
· The Complete
Book of Edible Landscaping. Rosalind Creasy. Sierra Club Books. Can be ordered
from Borders Books.
Video:
· Seasons of the Mind. CECOM, $115. The philosophy of horticultural therapy,
how it is practiced, what it can do. Contact CECOM at the Hospital Riviere-des-Prairies;
7070, boul. Perras; Montreal, Quebec; H1E 1A4, Canada. Telephone: 514-328-3503;
FAX: 514-323-4163.
Organic
Gardening [back
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Web sites:
Biological
Control Virtual Information Center
Includes links to biological control and Integrated Pest Management sites.
CTAHR
knowledge master database for crop and urban pest management
Dr.
Hector Valenzuela's Vegetable Crops: Organic Farming Industry in Hawaii
Updated newsletter on the organic farming industry in Hawaii,
April 1999. Downloaded from Free CTAHR Publications.
The
National Organic Program
The National Standards on Organic Agricultural Production and Handling.
Organic
Gardening Basics
Organic gardening magazine on-line.
Organic
Production (University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences.)
Links to resources, and on-line publications.
Sustainable
Agriculture in Hawai`i
CTAHR sustainable agriculture homepage includes cover crops and green manures.
Powerpoint
Presentations:
Why Organic Growing?*
Dr. Hector Valenzuela, CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service.
*Web-based powerpoint, please use Internet Explorer 3 or higher for best results.
Printed material:
· Organic
Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture: Organic Sources of Nitrogen, Phosphorus,
and Potassium. N.V. Hue and J.A. Silva. Chapter 15 in Plant Nutrient Management
in Hawaii's Soils: Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture. CTAHR.
· Pacific
Islands Farm Manual. Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP)
Project. Cover Crop Leaflets #1-8.
· Average
Composition of Some Organic Fertilizer Materials. Wade W. McCall. CTAHR Instant
Information General Home Garden Series No. 15.
Videos:
· Organic
Coffee Production. CTAHR, Virginia E. Smith & H.C. Bittenbender.
· Nature
Farming for a Sustainable Agriculture. Nature Farming Research & Development
Foundation.
· LISA (Low
Impact Sustainable Agriculture) for Hawaii '93. CTAHR Video Production.
· Ho'olaulima
for Hawaii's Sustainable Agriculture. CTAHR Video Production.
· Organic
Farming Workshop, Tape 1,2, &3. CTAHR Video Production.
· Gather
the Leaves, Nourish the Roots - Sustainable Taro Culture in the Pacific. CTAHR
Video Production.
Pest
Management [back
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Web sites:
Biological
Control Virtual Information Center
Includes links to biological control and Integrated Pest Management sites.
CTAHR
knowledge master database for crop and urban pest management
Section on integrated pest management.
Integrated
Pest Management Virtual Center
IPM net links.
The
National Organic Program
The
National Organic Program's Final Rule of the National Standards on Organic Agricultural
Production and Handling. Subpart C. Organic Production and Handling Requirements,
subsection 205.206 Crop pest, weed, and disease management practice standard.
University
of California Integrated Pest Management Program
Solve your pest management problems with UC's best information, personalize it with interactive tools, or find out about pest management research and extension projects.
Powerpoint
Presentations:
Common Insects & Control
Methods*
Richard Ebesu, CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service.
*Web-based powerpoint, please use Internet Explorer 3 or higher for best results.
Books:
The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control. Edited
by Barbara W. Ellis and Fern Marshall Bradley. Rodale Press. 1996. $17.95 from
Rodale www.rodalestore.com
or Peaceful Valley Farm Supply www.groworganic.com.
Video
· Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture. San Luis Video. $95. www.slvideopublishing.com
Phone: 805-528-8322, Fax: 805-528-7227, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6715, Los
Osos, CA 93412
· Introduction to Entomology. Randall Hamasaki. CTAHR, Farming Preparation
for Discharged Sugar Workers. Produced by Steve Fukuda.
· Important Insect & Mite Pest Groups. Randall Hamasaki. CTAHR, Farming
Preparation for Discharged Sugar Workers. Produced by Steve Fukuda.
· Introduction to Weed Control. CTAHR, Farming Preparation for Discharged
Sugar Workers. Produced by Steve Fukuda.
· Introduction to Plant Disease in Hawaii - Part 1: Fungal and Bacterial
Diseases. CTAHR, Farming Preparation for Discharged Sugar Workers. Produced
by Steve Fukuda.
· Introduction to Plant Diseases in Hawaii - Part 2: Viral, Nematode,
Abiotic Diseases, Principles of Disease Control. CTAHR, Farming Preparation
for Discharged Sugar Workers. Produced by Steve Fukuda.
· CTAHR
Video Series (1985-Present)
Supplies
Teachers can purchase pest control devices and soil test kits from Gempler's
at www.gemplers.com, 1-800-382-8473.
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply, www.groworganic.com,
(530) 272-4769.
Service-Learning
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Hawaii
4-H Service-Learning Program
Local 4-H service-learning project, resources, and more.
Evaluation
[back
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Hawaii
Department of Education: Standards-Based Reform, Performance Standards
University
of Wisconsin-Extension: Logic Model -- Program Performance Framework
Project-Based
Learning [back
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Project-Based
Learning: A Primer
When students are challenged to get to work solving real-life problems,
the whole world becomes a classroom. Here we offer a guide for getting
started.
Agriculture
in Hawaii [back
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Web sites:
University
of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resource
Hawaii's
Agricultural Gateway
Links to Hawaii agriculture, gardening, education, government agencies and more.
CTAHR
Farmer's Bookshelf for crop production
Botany
[back to top]
Web sites:
botany.com
Encyclopedia of
botany terms.
Irrigation
[back
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Web
sites:
University
of Florida, Efficiencies of Florida Agricultural Irrigation Systems
Best
Management Practices for Irrigation Management (Colorado State University)
In PDF format.
University
of Florida Lesson plan in microirrigation
Basic Irrigation
Scheduling in Florida
Landscaping with Vegetables
[back to top]
Web
sites:
Ohio
State University
Edible Landscaping
Sustainable Agriculture
[back to top]
Web
sites:
USDA
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education
Site includes publications and resources
Appropriate
Technology Transfer for Rural Areas - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Science
Site includes publications and resources.
Alternative
Farming Systems Information Center
University
of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Sustainable
Farming Connection
Links to soil health, cover crops, weed management, composting.
Sustainable
Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
Includes sustainable production techniques, IPM, crop profiles, other sources
and links to sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, agriculture,
food safety and nutrition.
CTAHR
sustainable agriculture in Hawaii and the Pacific
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