Resources
This is a list of just a few of the books, publications, and websites that have helped us bring this project to life. We will finish adding appropriate links to this page on our next rainy day.
Books
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook (Richard Wiswall, 2009)
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (Eliot Coleman, 2009)
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Long (Eliot Coleman, 1999 rev. edition)
The New Organic Grower (Eliot Coleman, 1995 edition)
How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine (John Jeavons, 2006, 7th edition)
Making Your Small Farm Profitable (Ron Macher, 1999)
The New Farmer's Market: Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers & Communities (Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig & Eric Gibson, 2001)
Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture (Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En, 1999, 2007)
Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide (Mary Louise Flint, 1998)
The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control (Rodale Press, 1992)
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Toby Hemenway, 2000)
Desert Gardening: Fruits and Vegetables (George Brookbank, 1997 rev. ed.)
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Brad Lancaster, 2006/2008)
The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse (Bill Yanda and Rick Fisher, 1976)
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener (John Seymour, 2008, rev. ed.)
The Art of Salad Gardening (Annie Proulx)
The New Seed Starter’s Handbook (Nancy Bubel, 1988)
The Chicken Health Handbook (Gail Damerow, 1994)
Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock (Jay Rossier, 2004)
Magazines
Growing for Market
Mother Earth News
Organic Gardening
Zone 4: Living in the High Country West
Urban Farm
Edible Front Range
Websites
Grow Local Colorado www.growlocalcolorado.org
SPIN Farming http://www.spinfarming.com/
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service http://attra.ncat.org/
SARE
www.Localharvest.org - find sustainably grown food near you.
SBA – Small Business Administration
USDA
Urban Farm Hub www.urbanfarmhub.org
Sustainable Economies Law Center wiki library on Legal Issues in Urban Farming
Young Farmers Coalition
Beginningfarmers.org
New Farm http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/new_farm
Seed and Supply Catalogs
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
Seeds of Change
Seed Savers Exchange
Territorial
Johnny’s
Fedco
Baker Creek Heirlooms
FarmTek
Books
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook (Richard Wiswall, 2009)
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (Eliot Coleman, 2009)
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Long (Eliot Coleman, 1999 rev. edition)
The New Organic Grower (Eliot Coleman, 1995 edition)
How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine (John Jeavons, 2006, 7th edition)
Making Your Small Farm Profitable (Ron Macher, 1999)
The New Farmer's Market: Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers & Communities (Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig & Eric Gibson, 2001)
Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture (Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En, 1999, 2007)
Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide (Mary Louise Flint, 1998)
The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control (Rodale Press, 1992)
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Toby Hemenway, 2000)
Desert Gardening: Fruits and Vegetables (George Brookbank, 1997 rev. ed.)
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Brad Lancaster, 2006/2008)
The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse (Bill Yanda and Rick Fisher, 1976)
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener (John Seymour, 2008, rev. ed.)
The Art of Salad Gardening (Annie Proulx)
The New Seed Starter’s Handbook (Nancy Bubel, 1988)
The Chicken Health Handbook (Gail Damerow, 1994)
Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock (Jay Rossier, 2004)
Magazines
Growing for Market
Mother Earth News
Organic Gardening
Zone 4: Living in the High Country West
Urban Farm
Edible Front Range
Websites
Grow Local Colorado www.growlocalcolorado.org
SPIN Farming http://www.spinfarming.com/
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service http://attra.ncat.org/
SARE
www.Localharvest.org - find sustainably grown food near you.
SBA – Small Business Administration
USDA
Urban Farm Hub www.urbanfarmhub.org
Sustainable Economies Law Center wiki library on Legal Issues in Urban Farming
Young Farmers Coalition
Beginningfarmers.org
New Farm http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/new_farm
Seed and Supply Catalogs
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
Seeds of Change
Seed Savers Exchange
Territorial
Johnny’s
Fedco
Baker Creek Heirlooms
FarmTek
“First you pretend to be a farmer. Then you keep doing it.
And the next thing you know, you actually are one.”
Jim Dunlop, TLC Ranch