CAFF Farm School Instructor discusses how to lay out beds in the small-scale intensive plots to maximize productivity and efficiency, and get the most out of a few acres of vegetable production.
Resources Category: Organic Crop Production
Explore best practices in organic crop production. Get expert tips on soil management, crop rotation, and sustainable farming techniques to boost your organic yields.
Learning about Cultivation (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
CAFF Farm School students learned about site preparation using tractor equipment and preparing plots by hand. Joe worked with students one-on-one to teach them how to operate vintage cultivation tractors, including a Kubota L245H and an International Farmall 140.
Components of a drip irrigation system (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Joe from the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) walks through the components and assembly of a drip irrigation system.
Transplanting Beets & Leeks (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
The Center for Arkansas Farms and Food farm school students transplanted beets and leeks into small-scale plots.
Peebles Organic Farm Field Day (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Uncut recording from the Peebles Organic Farm Field Day in Augusta, Arkansas on May 23, 2024.
Field Day Toolkit
Podcast Series 2: “Organic Odyssey”
Ongoing podcast series produced by Cal Poly Students. Episodes are released monthly. Season 2 began on September 23, 2024.
Treated Lumber Fact Sheet
1-page fact sheet providing guidance on treated lumber on certified organic or transitioning operations.
Crop Planning Template and Info Guide
This crop plan is a template made from the existing systems at Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center’s production farm for the last 20+ years. It’s intended to ease the winter planning process and take some of the guess work out of crop planning.
Podcast: Organic Weed Management Series – Part 3: Allis G and more (Episode 36)
We continue our Organic Weed Management podcast series by discussing the Allis G, Tilmor 520 cultivator tractor and other row crop tractors and their variants.