BIFS Resources/Publications

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For information on BIFS projects and other on-farm demonstration projects in California, see the following:

BIFS program reports and conference proceedings

• BIFS Biennial Reports to the California Legislature
• UC SAREP, Conference Proceedings from Partnerships for Sustaining California Agriculture: Profit, Environment and Community, March 27-28, 2001

Sustainable Agriculture newsletter articles

• Ransom, Bev, Stuart Pettygrove and Jenny Broome. 2006. Dairy BIFS survey highlights knowledge, use of new manure management practices. Sustainable Agriculture 18(2): 1-2,6.
• Ransom, Bev. 2005. BIFS rice project leads to new approach with weeds. Sustainable Agriculture 17(3): 5.
• Halprin, Lyra and Bev Ransom. 2005. Central Coast Vineyard Team BIFS project wins EPA award. Sustainable Agriculture 17(3): 3-4.
• Halprin, Lyra. 2005. UC ANR receives $200,000 for sustainable table grape project. Sustainable Agriculture 17(2): 5.
• Monterey County CE hires entomologist for lettuce aphid control research. 2005. Sustainable Agriculture 17(1): 5.
• Ransom, Bev. 2004. Aphid control, pruning options for dried plum growers. Sustainable Agriculture 16(3): 5.
• Bugg, Robert. 2004. SAREP receives US-EPA grant for biological control of lettuce pests. Sustainable Agriculture 16(1-2): 1,5.
• Ransom, Bev. 2004. Growers assist SAREP's Buy California Initiative BIFS outreach project. Sustainable Agriculture 15(3): 7.
• Broome, Jenny, Jeri Ohmart, Bev Ransom and Marco Barzman. 2003. New report highlights BIFS program 2001-2002. Sustainable Agriculture 15(1): 8-11.
• Ransom, Bev, Joe Grant and Jenny Broome. 2003. Walnut BIFS project: San Joaquin County Walnut Growers Survey. Sustainable Agriculture 14(3): 4-7.
• Barzman, Marco and Randall "Cass" Mutters. 2001. BIFS Rice Survey: Status of straw and weed management, opportunities for input reduction in rice, Sustainable Agriculture 13(3):3-6.
• Stevenson, Max. 2001. BIFS Project Update: Rice, Walnut, Citrus, Strawberry, Apple, Prune, Dairy BIFS Projects Reduce Chemicals, Sustainable Agriculture 13(1): 1-4.
• Broome J.C. and W. C. Liebhardt. 1997. Agricultural Partnerships in California, Sustainable Agriculture, 9(3):1-4.

Buy California Initiative – Outreach materials

• Anderson, K.K, J. Grant, S.A. Weinbaum, and S. Pettygrove. 2006. Guide to Efficient Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in Walnut Orchards. Publication 21623. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Oakland, CA.
• Grant, J., K.K. Anderson, T. Prichard, J. Hasey, R.L. Bugg, F. Thomas, and T. Johnson. 2006. Cover Crops for Walnut Orchards. Publication 21627. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Oakland, CA.
• Ristow, P.L., G.S. Pettygrove, D.M. Meyer, D. Lewis, N. Petersen, and J.C. Broome. 2006. California Dairies: Protecting Water Quality. Publication 21630. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Oakland, CA.
• Lanini, W. and J. Grant. Organic Weed Management in Walnut Orchards. (Handout from Innovations in Walnut Orchard Floor Management Field Day, August 15, 2003.)

Other articles and publications

• Smith, H.A. and W.E. Chaney. 2007. A survey of syrphid predators of Nasonovia ribisnigri in organic lettuce on the Central Coast of California. Journal of Economic Entomology 100:1 (39-48).
• Warner, K.D. 2007. The quality of sustainability: Agroecological partnerships and the geographic branding of California winegrapes. Journal of Rural Studies 23:2 (142-155).
• Warner, K.D. 2006. Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks. Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Warner, K.D. 2006. Extending agroecology: Grower participation in partnerships is key to social learning. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 21:2 (84-94).
• Getz, C. and K.D. Warner. 2006. Integrated Farming Systems and Pollution Prevention Initiatives Stimulate Co-Learning Extension Strategies. Journal of Extension 44:5 (# 5FEA4).
• Andrews, S.S., C.B. Flora, J.P. Mitchell and D.L. Karlen. Farmers perceptions and acceptance of soil quality indices. Geoderma 114 (3-4): 187-213, June 2003.
• Grant, J.A, W. Bentley, C. Pickel, and J. Groh-Lowrimore. 2003. BIOS approach tested for controlling walnut pests in San Joaquin Valley. California Agriculture 57:3 (85-92).
• Burnham, T.J. Nutrient Caldron. California Farmer, March 2002. pp. 12-14.
• Bull, C.T., Koike, S. T., and Shennan, C. 2001. Performance of commercially available strawberry cultivars in organic production fields. Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions, San Diego, CA. Pp 28(1-4).
• Mitchell, Jeffrey P., Peter B. Goodell, et.al. Innovative Agricultural Extension Partnerships in California's Central San Joaquin Valley in Journal of Extension, December 2001, Vol 39, No. 6.
• Pence, R.A. and J.I. Grieshop. 2001. Mapping the road for voluntary change: Partnerships in agricultural extension. Agriculture and Human Values 18:2 (209-217).
• Swezey and Broome 2000. Growth predicted in biologically integrated and organic farming systems. California Agriculture 54 (4), July-August 2000: 26-35.
• Pence, Robert A. September, 1998. Leveling the Learning Fields: An Assessment of the Agriculture Partnership Model of BIOS-Merced and BIFS-Lodi. Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis.
• Schaefer, Kristen S., ed.1997. Learning from the BIOS Approach: A Guide for Community-Based Biological Farming Programs. Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA and World Resources Institute, Washington D.C.
• Dlott, J., T. Nelson, R. Bugg, M. Spezia, R. Eck, J. Redmond, J. Klein, and L. Lewis. 1996. California, USA: Merced County BIOS Project in: L.A. Thrupp, ed. New Partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.

Abstracts

• Bull, C. T. 1999. BIOS, BIFS, BASIS-OASIS: acronyms for success in agricultural research partnerships. Proceedings of the 2nd National Small Farms Conference, November 1999. pp. 73-75.
• Bull, C.T. 2000. Participatory research for the dynamic California strawberry industry. In Sustainable Agriculture…Continuing to Grow: A Proceedings of the "Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Conference. Western Region SARE, March 2000. p. 25.
• Bull, C. T. 2000. Research Models for Maximizing the Impact of Organic Research Conducted with Limited Resources. in Proceedings of the 13th International IFOAM Scientific Conference. T. Alfoldi, W. Lockeretz, U. Niggli (eds.). p. 712.
• Bull, C. T., Joel Stryker, Steven T. Koike, and Carol Shennan. 2000. Use of mycorrhizal inoculants in organic production of strawberries. in Proceedings of the 13th International IFOAM Scientific Conference. T. Alfoldi, W. Lockeretz, U. Niggli (eds.). p. 272.
• Eagle, A.J., R.J. Zasoski, E.S. Littlefield, G.S. Pettygrove, and M.C. Mathews. 2000. Determination of ammonium and organic N in dairy waste pond water. Annual Meeting Abstracts. Nov. 5-9, 2000. Minneapolis, MN. ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Madison, WI.
• Eagle, A.J., S.C. Mueller, D.H. Putnam, and G.S. Pettygrove. 2002. Successful use of liquid dairy manure applied by border check irrigation to alfalfa. Annual Meeting Abstracts. Nov. 11-14, 2002. Indianapolis, IN. ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Madison, WI.
• Eagle, A.J., M.J. Arana, C.A. Frate, M.C. Mathews, D.M. Meyer, and S.C. Mueller, G.S. Pettygrove, and D.H. Putnam. 2002. Improved dairy manure nutrient management systems for irrigated forage crops. Annual Meeting Abstracts. Nov. 11-14, 2002. Indianapolis, IN. ASA-CSSA-SSSA. Madison, WI.
• Grant, Joe. 2000. Extending the Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) model to northern San Joaquin Valley walnut orchards. In Sustainable Agriculture…Continuing to Grow: A Proceedings of the "Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Conference. Western Region SARE, March 2000. p. 26.
• Mutters, R.G. and J.W. Eckert. 2000. Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) in California rice. In Sustainable Agriculture…Continuing to Grow: A Proceedings of the "Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Conference. Western Region SARE, March 2000. p. 27.
• Obenauf, Gary L. 2000. Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) for California prunes: dormant organophosphates, secondary pests and participants. In Sustainable Agriculture…Continuing to Grow: A Proceedings of the "Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Conference. Western Region SARE, March 2000. p.28.
• Ohmart, Clifford P. 2000. Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission's Biologically Integrated Farming System for Winegrapes. In Sustainable Agriculture…Continuing to Grow: A Proceedings of the "Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Conference. Western Region SARE, March 2000. p.28.