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Washington State University
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News

Renewing the Countryside: Washington – Coffee table book about leaders in agricultural stewardship available now.

Allen Foundation awards $3.75 million grant to CSANR

A Place at the Table. Washington farmers fight for their fair share of the consumer dollar by putting taste, face – and place – back into food.

Climate Friendly Farming Moves into Energy Recovery

WSU Lauded for Gains in Organic Research and Education
 

CSANR Databases

The Northwest Dryland Cereal/Legume Cropping Systems Database is a compilation of research and experience in dryland agriculture in the northwestern U.S. from the past 100 years. The database is full-text searchable.

The Washington State Organic Agriculture Project Database is a web database of WSU organic agriculture projects. The database can be searched by keyword, project title, or name of faculty/staff who conducted the work.
 

CSANR Technical Report Series

Small Farms: the Heart of Washington Agriculture (PDF) 2005-01-06

King County Food Atlas (PDF) 2005-05-10

Chelan County Food Atlas (PDF) 2005-06-11

Sustainable Agriculture in Washington State, CSANR Report # 5 (PDF)
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Current Trends in Organic Tree Fruit Production

Assessment of Organic Farming Research, Teaching and Extension at WSU, CSANR Report # 3 (PDF)

Reducing Food Safety Risks in Apples: A Self Assessment Workbook for Producers of Apples, Juice and Cider, CSANR Report # 2 (PDF)

Trends in Organic Tree Fruit Production in Washington State: 1988-1998, CSANR Report # 1 (PDF)
 

CSANR Research Reports

Alternatives to fumigation for control of apple replant disease in Washington State orchards. Field trials and research reports.

Climate Friendly Farming Project. Publications include anaerobic digestion, bioprocessing and bioproducts, renewable energy, and carbon sequestration.

On-farm Composting of Offal in Organic Poultry Production. Report of a demonstration project conducted at Middle Farm, Lopez Island in 2001. The project objectives were to develop a successful composting process using poultry offal produced on the farm and to produce finished compost that is environmentally sound, economically feasible and returns nutrients to the farm.
 

CSANR Research Briefs

Consumer Food Purchasing: Interest in Local and Direct Markets (PDF) CSANR Research Brief 2005-02-07

The Importance of Direct Markets for Washington Farmers (PDF) CSANR Research Brief 2005-03-08

Washington Farmer Views on Environmental Policy (PDF) CSANR Research Brief 2005-04-09

Alternative Pest Management Strategies For Integrated Pest management
 

CSANR Proceedings

Proceedings Farming for Food Quality Symposium, November 10, 2006, Vancouver, Washington.

Organic Tree Fruit Symposium Proceedings

Proceedings Tilth 30th Symposium – Getting the Bugs to Work for You: Biological Control in Organic Agriculture

Ecological and Organic Farm Management Workshop Proceedings

Proceedings NW Symposium on Organic and Biologically Intensive Farming
 

Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter

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

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
   

Biotechnology

Biotechnology Resources

Agriculture Biotechnology: Critical Issues and Recommended Responses from the Land Grant Universities (PDF)

Transgenic Crops: An Environmental Assessment (PDF)
 

WSU Related Sites

Alternative Crops for Dryland Areas

Drought Alert. This WSU site provides access to WSU Extension publications and news releases about drought concerns and issues, a list of experts on related subjects, and a list of useful links from other organizations and agencies.

Farming West of the Cascades

Gardening in Western Washington

GrowServ PNW-Agriculture

HortSense: Yard and Garden Pest Management

Water Quality

Western Center for Risk Management Education
 

Other Resources

Washington Food System Directory Now Online

HumanLinks Foundation is pleased to announce the online publication of the Washington Food System Directory: http://wafoodsystem.jot.com. Designed as a resource for learning about sustainable food and agriculture in Washington, the directory provides online access to more than 80 nonprofit organizations and public agencies.

Organized in thirteen categories, ranging from Children’s Gardens and Culinary Community, to Land Preservation and Urban Agriculture, the Washington Food System Directory provides an overview of organizations and agencies devoted to healthful, sustainable food production, both urban and rural.

2006 Farming Sourcebook – download as a PDF (48 pages, 4.8 MB). The Sourcebook features regional information and resources on:

• Marketing
• Certification and labeling
• Management practices
• Soil health
• Water use and quality
• Pest management
• Habitat conservation
• Seeds and starts
• Smart energy use

The focus of the publication is on sustainable and certified production. Brought to you by the publishers of the Sustainable Industries Journal by the Celilo Group. Sponsors include the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon State University Extension, Washington State University Extension and Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Building a Healthy Future for Washington Family Farms (PDF – 147KB) Although family farms continue to dominate Washington’s countryside, they have been failing at alarming rates, contributing to an overall decline of rural communities. More than 300 diverse stakeholders came together at the Washington Family Farm Summit in 2003 to examine the causes and consequences of this situation, to envision a preferred future, and to develop potential strategies for reversing this trend.

 

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Updated September 21, 2007