Posts Tagged: organic

Feed big; start small

Adapted from an article by Eileen Ecklund in Breakthroughs magazine.Scaling up — that’s always the sticking point with organic farming when it faces the question of whether it can feed the world’s hungry millions. But a group of UC Berkeley scientists...

Are weeds taking over your garden?

My calendar says November but the weeds in my garden think it’s spring. That nice rain last month followed by warm, sunny days has prompted them to grow like, well, weeds and that’s not good news for my winter crops. What’s a gardener to do? Like so...

Alternatives to fumigation and improving fumigant efficacy

Synthetic soil fumigants such as chloropicrin and 1,3-D are used by some commercial growers to control soilborne pathogens, weeds and nematodes prior to planting strawberries, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and spinach. These fumigants and all...

U-pick organic strawberry season opens on coast

The U-pick strawberry fields at Swanton Berry Farm near Davenport on the coast are formally opening on May 28, but if you drive out there now, you’ll get a chance to pick without a crowd. Talking to Barrett Boaen, the U-pick manager, I got to the bottom...

Swanton's farmstand

Growing organic farmers

Well before Safeway launched a line of organic products or Craigslist posted openings for school garden coordinators, UC Santa Cruz was training students for careers in organic farming. The UC Santa Cruz Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture started...

The apprenticeship program takes place at UC Santa Cruz's farm and Chadwick Garden

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