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Current Issue
December 2008 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Local Meats for Local Meals: An Assessment of Demand for a Mobile Slaughtering Unit in Pierce, King, Kitsap and Thurston Counties, for the Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative
- The Experiences and Perspectives of Washington’s Certified Organic Producers: Results from a Statewide Survey
- Rootstocks Promote Earlier Ripening in Western Washington Wine Grapes
Archives
Fall 2008 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from an Irrigated AgroEcosystem
- Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiencies in Dryland Cereal Crops With Precision Nitrogen Management Technology
- Innovations in Anaerobic Digestion at WSU
- Climate Change Policy and Agriculture in Washington State
- Food Safety Starts on the Farm: Produce and Pathogens: Factors Influencing Presence, Survival and Growth
- Davenport Living Snowfence Demonstration
Spring 2008 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Diversifying the Family Farm
- Soybeans Successfully Produced in the Treasure Valley
- Food Safety Starts on the Farm: Introduction to Foodborne Illness and Foodborne Pathogens
- Grains Website for Western Washington
- Organic and Beyond – Consumer Demand Growing for Differentiated Farm Products
Winter 2008 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Storing Winter Vegetables
- Soil Amendment with Limestone for Management of Fusarium Wilt in Spinach Seed Crops in the Pacific Northwest
- Material Registration for Organic Production
- International Exchange: Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, & Natural Resource Management
Summer 2007 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- High Residue Farming Under Irrigation – Why Wait?
- Effect of Mustard Seed Meal on Early Weed Emergence in Peppermint and Potato
- Nutritional Value of Winter and Spring Wheat: A Comparison of Historic and Modern Varieties
- High Tunnels: Improving Crop Quality, Extending the Season, and Increasing Farm Profitability
- 25x'25 is the Path to a Secure and Clean Energy Future
- Tidbits
- First Year BIOAg Funding First Year BIOAg Funding Produces Valuable Results
- Urban Farms Transform Food Deserts
- Is Our Farmland Ready for the Challenge?
- Pesticides Disrupt Nitrogen Fixing
- Study Details Economic Impacts of Organic Conversion
April 2007 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Research Brief: Market and Opportunities for Organic Feed Production in Eastern Washington
- WSU Small Farms Program Sponsors Series of Tractor Repair Workshops
- 2006 Specialty Carrot Cultivar Evaluation – Othello, WA
- An Organic Pesticide is Still a Pesticide
- Switchgrass Production in Washington – Biofuel Feedstocks in Washington Part II
December 2006 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Dairy Waste in the Horticultural Industry
- Chemigation and Fertigation in Washington State
- Mobile Livestock Processing Units Rolls into Northeast Washington
- Drip Irrigation For Vegetable Production
- Agricultural Plastics Recycling Program Serves as National Model
September 2006 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Biofuel Feedstocks in Washington
- Organic Fertilizer Calculator: A New Planning Tool for Comparing the Cost, Value, and Nitrogen Availability of Organic Materials
- Perennial Wheat in the Pacific Northwest
June 2006 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- New wireworm Pests in Western Washington
- Bird Flu vs. Pandemic Flu: Connections, Concerns, and Clarifications
- Estimated Certified Organic Crop Acreage in Oregon and Washington States
- Save Big on the Farm by Conserving Fuel
- Coordinating Sustainability Via General Education
- Climate Friendly Farming™ Symposium and Field Day
- Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture, Communities, and Environments in the Pacific Northwest
March 2006 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Forest Certification in North America
- Developing Quality Seed: Seedfolks Celebrate Successes at 4th Organic Seed Grower’s Conference
- Initial Trials Using Native Grass Plugs with a Biodegradable Weed Film
- Washington’s Statewide Agricultural Employment Mediation Program
- Sustainability at Washington State University Dining Services
December 2005 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Survivability of Fecal Coliform in Soil after Winter Application of Dairy Slurry on a Transitional-organic, Grazing Based Dairy.
- New Crop of Farmers Ready to Go in Washington: Where’s the Land?
- Can the Way We Eat Change Metropolitan Agriculture? The Portland Example.
- Small-scale biogas: Can it work in the Pacific Northwest?
- New Book: Participatory Biological Monitoring Guidelines.
September 2005 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Surviving and Thriving in Urban-Edge Agriculture
- The USDA Disconnect: Nutritional Guidelines and Farm Subsidies
- Using Leguminous Cover Crops as a Nitrogen Source for Organic Grape Production
- WSU CSANR Organic Agriculture Program is On the Move
- Livelihood Strategies of Mushroom Pickers and Buyers in Western Montana: An Exploratory Case Study
- Anaerobic Digesters and Water Quality: Helping Hood Canal
June 2005 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- New Farm Finder on Web
- Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter Wins Award
- Inventorying & Monitoring of Non Timber Forest Products on National Forests: An Explanatory Study
- Alternatives to Plastic Mulch for Organic Vegetable Production
- Organic Teaching Farm at Tukey Orchard
- Direct Marketing Farms Benefit from WSDA Grants
- Thinking about Bioenergy
- Alternative Dispute Resolution System (ADRS)
- CSANR Climate Friendly Farming™ Project Updates
- Water Quality Education Workshop a Grand Success
March 2005 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Plants Chatter to Defend Themselves Against Pests and HIPPOs Can Improve Conversation
- Community Youth Garden Projects – Vancouver, WA
- Sugar Level Contents of Different Icebox Watermelon Varieties and Their Effect on Consumer Preferences
- Tomato Yield and Late Blight Study
- Annual Farmers’ Market Conference
- Farmer to Farmer Program
December 2004 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- WSDA Compost Sampling Study Shows Clopyralid Ban is Working
- Anaerobic Digestion
- CSANR On the Move
- Local with A Vengeance
- Communal Farming with the Women of Iscayachi: Rock Phosphate and Manure Use in Small Farming Systems in Bolivia
- Making the Bugs Work for You: Biological Control in Organic Agriculture
- Liability & Public Use of Your Land
- Washington Soil to be in Smithsonian
September 2004 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Vegetation Management the Natural Way with Goats and Sheep
- Dry Bean Variety Trial comparison – WSU Vancouver REU & Moses Lake
- CSANR On The Move: Climate Friendly Farming™ – Moving from Source to Sink
- What’s Really Going On in the Field?
- On-farm Composting for Residue Management and Soil Quality Improvement
- The Conservation Security Program: Linking Farm Payments to Clean Air, Land & Water
- Reed Canarygrass – A Formidable Foe for Washington’s Riparian Areas
- Soil Organic Matters
March 2004 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Farmer Profile – Thundering Hooves Farm: Land in Stewardship
- Organic Certification in the United States and Europe
- Local and Direct Food Purchasing in Washington
- What to Look for When Buying Hay
- Farm Family Support Network
- Cultivated Wild Rice
- Why Sustainability is Catching On: A Look at WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources
December 2003 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Mobile Meat Processing
- The Importance of Direct Markets for Washington Farmers
- Spring 2003 Sudden Oak Death Detection Survey in Washington State
- Shepherd’s Grain: A Farmer’s Strategy for Survival in the Global Marketplace
- Research Program on Nematodes & Their Economic Importance in Washington State
- The Precision Irrigation Development and Demonstration Project
- 2003 Graziers Conference: Grazing According to Gerrish
- Washington State University Campus Sustainability Initiative
September 2003 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Alternative Strategies to Transition to Organic Grain Production
- Organic Tree Fruit Production Continues to Expand
- Farm Visit to S & S Homestead Farm
- What a Farmer Gains from a Farm Stay
- Western Region Training on Organic Farming
- A Partnership for Fish & Farms
- Measuring Soil Quality – Initial Considerations
June 2003 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Tracking and Managing the Cherry Bark Tortrix
- Farm Entrepreneurship Course Helps Established Farmers Take on New Role
- Federal Program Links Land Protection to Farm Succession
- Green Manuring Mustard: Improving an Old Technology
- Vanquishing the Vole
March 2003 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Organic Farming Continues to Expand in Washington
- Bat houses for IPM – Benefits for Bats and Organic Farmers
- Institutional Sales for Small Farms: A New Marketing Opportunity
- Nontimber Forest Products & Biodiversity Conservation in the US
January 2003 Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter
- Learning to Grow Organic Seed
- WSU Organic Wheat Breeding Program
- Northwest Symposium on Organic and Biologically Intensive Agriculture
- Organic Certification Available for Many Agroforestry Products
- Food & Farm Connection Website Serves Washington