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Tillage & Cultivation


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Fortier, Jean-Martin. 2014. The Market Gardener: A
Successful Grower’s Handbook for Small-Scale Or-
ganic Farming. Gabriola Island, British Columbia:
New Society Publishers.


Includes a section on permanent raised beds,
tillage equipment for small-scale production,
and minimum tillage.

Grubinger, Vernon. 1999. Sustainable Vegetable
Growing from Start-Up to Market. Ithaca, NY:
Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering
Service.


Includes a section on tillage equipment and field
preparation.

Jeavons, John. 2012. How To Grow More Vegeta-
bles, Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops
Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land
Than You Can Imagine, Eighth Edition. Berkeley,
CA: Ten Speed Press.


An overview of the French-intensive,
biodynamic method of horticulture, with
information on cultivation and bed preparation.

Martin, Orin. 2007. French-Intensive Gardening: A
Retrospective. News & Notes of the UCSC Farm &
Garden, Winter 2007. Center for Agroecology &
Sustainable Food Systems.


Summarizes the history and practice of French-
intensive organic gardening, as introduced
by Alan Chadwick at UC Santa Cruz and in
use today at UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden.
Available for free download from casfs.ucsc.edu/
about/publications/for_the_gardener.html

Plaster, Edward. 2014. Soil Science and Manage-
ment, 6th Edition. Delmar Publications.


Contains a chapter on tillage and cropping
systems.

Pressman, Andy. 2011. Equipment and Tools for
Small-Scale Intensive Crop Production. NCAT Pub-
lication #IP417.


Focuses on equipment and tools for intensive
crop production on small-scale commercial
farms. Includes information on field-scale and
hand tools used for soil preparation, planting

and weed management, and an extensive list of
tool suppliers.Available for online purchase at:
attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.
php?pub=373

WEB-BASED RESOURCES
ATTRA, National Sustainable Agriculture Service
attra.ncat.org
ATTRA provides a wide range of free and low-
cost resources, including publications on organic
farming, field crops, horticultural crops, and
resources for beginning farmers.
Agricultural Network Information Collaborative
http://www.agnic.org/
AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural
information on the Internet as selected by the
National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant
Universities, and other institutions.

Estimating Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance,
USDA NRCS Program Aid Number 1619
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/mt/
newsroom/?cid=nrcs144p2_056492
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/sam/moisture.pdf
This user-friendly guide describes how to use
the “feel and appearance” method to estimate
soil moisture. Includes photos of a range of
soils at various moisture levels and provides
useful guidelines for estimating soil moisture
conditions, e.g., by using the “squeeze test.”

Good Fruit Grower
http://www.goodfruit.com/buyersguide/
Includes a listing of national equipment
retailers.

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Uni-
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln
cropwatch.unl.edu/tillage
Tillage system descriptions and comparisons.

Rodale Institute—Organic No-Till
rodaleinstitute.org/our-work/organic-no-till/
Describes the Rodale Institute’s work on
organic no-till cropping systems.

Resources
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