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Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.9, Managing Plant Pathogens

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the basics of plant pathology, including the causes of disease, biology of causal organisms, disease diagnosis, and ecological management.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.4, Transplanting and Direct Seeding

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the tools and techniques used to transplant and direct seed crops in the garden and field, including a discussion of environmental conditions to consider.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.3, Propagation, Greenhouse Management

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the techniques used to propagate crops from seed, and the basics of managing greenhouses.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 2.3, Soil Biology and Ecology

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces students to the biological properties and ecosystem processes of agricultural soils, including the processes that can be managed to improve soil quality.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.11, Reading and Interpreting Soil Test Reports

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit discusses the use of soil tests to assess soil quality, the properties measured in a soil analysis, and the methods for applying soil amendments and fertilizers.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.10, Managing Weeds

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the classes of weeds found in farming systems, and the tools and techniques involved in managing weeds.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.2: French Intensive Soil Cultivation Demonstration: Double Digging Sequence

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the concepts and skills used for French intensive garden beds as well as mechanical tillage techniques.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.8, Arthropod Pest Management

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the basic biology and ecology of insects, and outlines the various practices for managing arthropod pests in organic cropping systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 2.1, Soils and Soil Physical Properties

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introducesstudents to the components of soil and soil physical properties, and how each affects soil use and management.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.1–Managing Soil Health

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces students to the ways that farmers and gardeners develop and maintain healthy, fertile soil in certified organic farming systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.5, Irrigation—Principles and Practices

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the principles, practices, and decision making involved in irrigating crops in the garden and field, including overhead and drip irrigation systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 3.3, Environmental Issues in Modern Agriculture

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this unit students will learn about the major agricultural, environmental, and human health concerns that have arisen as a result of conventional agricultural practices over the past century.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.7, Making and Using Compost

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces the techniques and benefits of making and using compost at both a garden and field scale, including the biology of the composting process.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 3.4, Sustainable Agriculture & Sustainable Food Systems

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit draws on information presented in Units 3.1-3.3 to help students understand efforts to promote greater sustainability and social justice in U.S. food and agriculture systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 3.2, Social Issues in Current Agriculture

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introduces some of the significant social issues and social consequences of the development of U.S. agriculture.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 3.0 & 3.1, Introduction, Development of U.S. Agriculture & the Food System

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

These units introduce Part 3, Social and Environmental Issues in Agriculture, and provide students with the historical context for current issues in the U.S. food and agriculture system.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 1.6, Selecting and Using Cover Crops

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit discussed the different types of cover crops and their various benefits and drawbacks, and how they fit into organic farming systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Unit 2.2, Soil Chemistry and Fertility

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This unit introducesstudents to the basic concepts in soil chemistry, with an emphasis on how soil chemistry relates to the development and maintenance of soil fertility.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Part 1 - Skills and Practices

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Part 1 of the manual, Organic Farming and Gardening Skills and Practices, emphasizes the “how-to” aspects of organic gardening and farming, including propagation, irrigation, tillage, transplanting, and compost production. This 11-unit section also introduces students to critical skills and considerations in the management of soil fertility and agricultural pests (arthropods, diseases, and weeds) in organic systems. The information included in the manual is based on certified organic production practices that meet or exceed the National Organic Program (NOP) standards. Included throughout is an overview of principles and practices used in NOP-certified production.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Introduction

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Drawing on nearly 50 years of teaching organic farming and gardening, the staff of the University of California, Santa Cruz Farm & Garden Apprenticeship and invited authors have developed an updated and expanded resource for instructors based on many of the skills and concepts taught in UCSC’s annual Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program. Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3^rd Edition addresses practical aspects of organic farming and gardening, applied soil science, and social and environmental issues in agriculture.

New features of the 3rd Edition include revised and expanded lecture outlines, new demonstrations and exercises, detailed narrative supplements to support lecture topics, and new appendices and illustrations. Although much of the material has been developed for field or garden demonstrations and skill building, most of the units can also be tailored to a classroom setting.

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Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Part 3 - Social and Environmental Issues in Agriculture

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Part 3, Social and Environmental Issues in Agriculture, first outlines the history and development of agriculture in the U.S. and then introduces students to social and environmental issues associated with conventional agriculture practices and the current organization of the food system. This section also introduces the concept of sustainable agriculture and current food justice efforts, and some of the existing obstacles to more sustainable food and agriculture systems.

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition. Part 2 - Applied Soil Science

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Part 2, Applied Soil Science, covers basic information on soil chemistry, soil physical properties, and soil biology and ecology, providing a more detailed overview of the underlying scientific principles that inform many of the organic farming practices covered in Part 1.