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New Farm's Organic Price Index![ota](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/icon_ota.gif) The New Farm's Organic Price Index provides a practical online tool to help farmers price their organic grains and produce competitively.... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Diversifying Cropping Systems Today's crop farmers, with their prices global and their costs local, are ensnared in an ever-tightening profit squeeze. Many of them have begun... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Speciality Crop Handbook from University of California, Davis This updated second edition of the Speciality and Minor Crops Handbook provides detailed information that will help you make intelligent decisions... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Alternative Agricultural Enterprises: A Listing of Resources from Texas A&M University This web page provides an a to z listing, by type of enterprise, of an extraordinary number of resources on specific alternative agricultural... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Alternative Livestock Production & Marketing: A survey of Marin and Sonoma County Livestock Producers This survey was conducted by the natural and organic livestock working group of the University of California Extension Service, whose goal is to... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Alternative Opportunities for Small Farms: A Series from the University of Florida This series covers several specific opportunities for small farms in Florida: bait minnow production, blueberry production, catfish production,... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Family Farm Series from UC-Davis Small Farm Center: Farm Management This series from the Small Farm Center at University of California, Davis, includes articles on:
* Considerations in Enterprise Selection
* How... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Global Market Booming for Organic Cotton This article profiles world organic cotton production, the current top manufacturers of organic cotton products, and projections for a growing... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
List of Alternative Crops and Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification In addition to a variety of resources and links, this page from the Alternative Farming Systems Center provides an exhaustive list of potential... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Marketing Strategies for Vegetable Growers This article provides general guidance on strategies for marketing vegetables. Topics covered are: marketing methods, production decision, pricing... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Organic Business News' Organic Price Information & Market News![fee](uploads/images/cms/icon_fee.gif) This website offers weekly farmgate and wholesale prices on over 100 organic commodities, by e-mail or fax. | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
SARE Farm Grants SARE offers producer grants typically between $1,000 and $15,000 for research, marketing and demonstration projects. They also fund on-farm... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Specialty Crops Program at Colorado State University The Specialty Crops Program at Colorado State University aims to help growers master production systems, and explore and develop market... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
Specialty Livestock: The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |
USDA Fruit & Vegetable Prices Farmers can find wholesale organic fruit and vegetable prices on this website. Organic prices are limited and are identified as organic in the... | ![arrow](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116172028im_/http://www.howtogoorganic.com/uploads/images/cms/web_link.gif) |