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General Information

  • Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
    The benefits for the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association members are: fruit and vegetable industry promotion and opportunities for networking with growers membership directory, among others.
  • Amber Waves
    This site provides information about the production of the farms, statistics, and very interesting articles.  It is linked with the USDA web page, ERS Newsroom and the Farm Bill resources.
  • Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Connection
    This site provides facts of production of different fruits and vegetables crops. It also provides information about vegetable production like: soil fertility, pest management, post-harvest and storage and market prices.
  • Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
    This site provides information about food safety, irrigation, pest management, small farm resources, management, and marketing and small farm resources.
  • Fruit and Vegetable Processing
    Webpage of FAO, it is a guide about fruit and vegetable processing. It provides information about the general properties of fruit and vegetables, procedures for conservation, packaging, and much more.
  • Greater Des Moines Buy Fresh Buy Local 
    This network of local farms, food businesses, and consumers is committed to increasing the production and sales of fresh, local foods in the eight-county region surrounding Des Moines.
  • The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
    MOSES serves farmers striving to produce high-quality, healthful food using organic and sustainable techniques.
  • The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land
    This     web page provides some good information for all aspects of agriculture in Iowa, ensure consumer protection and promote the responsible use of our natural resources.

 


Production

Vegetables

Fruits

  • Tree Fruit [PDF]
    This spray guide handbook is presented to serve Midwestern tree fruit growers. The states in the North Central region pooled the resources and expertise of the various states. This regional publication presents detailed information that is adaptable over a wide range of climates, soils, and small fruit production schemes.
  • Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
    This pest-management guide is presented to better serve Midwestern tree fruit growers. The states in the North Central region pooled the resources and expertise of the various states. This regional publication presents detailed information that is adaptable over a wide range of climates, soils, and small fruit production schemes.
  • Tree Fruit Production Guide
    This tree fruit production guide from Pennsylvania, revised every other year, "collates information on the full range of commercial tree-fruit production issues."
  • Cornell Fruit Resources: Fruit Trees
    This site provides information about fruit trees such as pome tress and stone tree.
  • Small Fruit Pest-Management Handbook
    This small fruit pest management handbook is presented to better serve Midwestern fruit growers. The states in the North Central region pooled the resources and expertise of the various states, this regional publication presents detailed information that is adaptable over a wide range of climates, soils, and small fruit production schemes.

 


Crops

Vegetables

Fruits

 


Marketing

 


Risk Management

 


Budgets

 


Transportation

  • Agricultural Transportation, USDA Agricultural Marketing Services
    This page of the USDA Agricultural Marketing Services is related to agricultural transportation.

 


Fruit and Vegetable Machinery and Equipment

 


Seed Suppliers

  • Welter Seed and Honey Company
    This company is not specifically for fruit and vegetables, but this supplier does carry a number of specialty seeds.
  • Johnny's Selected Seeds
    Johnny's Selected Seeds is a seed producer and merchant headquartered in in Maine.
  • Ronniger Potato Farm
    This Colorado-based company ships multiple varieties of potatoes, as well as garlic, onions, and artichokes.
  • Seedway
    Seedway is a full-line seed company that offers both commercial and organic seeds.

 


Season Extension

  • Midwest Season Extension
    This site was created for farmers to learn about hte growing opportunities in season extension. Sponsored by the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), Sow the Seeds, and Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).

 


Postharvest and Storage

 


Pest Management

Vegetables

Fruits

 


Calculators

  • Where Do Your Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Come From?, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
    The     Leopold Center’s website provides a calculator to estimate where fruits and vegetables came from.
  • Iowa Produce Market Potential Calculator, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
    The Leopold Center provides a calculator that was designed to help users determine expanding markets in Iowa if consumers ate more locally grown fresh produce rather than produce from conventional sources outside the state.
  • Crop Conversion Calculator, Rodale University
    This site provides a tool that allows the farmer to create a side-by-side comparison of conventional and organic management on his own farm.
  • Ohio State University Farm Management Software
    This site from Ohio State University provides a flexible Cash Lease Calculator and a Crop Share Calculator.

 


Organic Production

  • Scientific Findings About Organic Agriculture
    This site has compiled information from the scientific community, and it focuses specifically on the quality, nutritional characteristics, and production practices used in organic agriculture.
  • ISU Organic Agriculture
  • Midwest Organic Tree Fruit Growers Network
    This site, housed by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), aims to share information and encourage research to improve the organic production and marketing of tree fruit in the Midwest, as well as to represent the interests of growers engaged in such. This is achieved through a quarterly newsletter, field days, an electronic list-serv and this website.
  • Organic Certification Program, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
    This site provides information on organic certification in Iowa.
  • Organic Vegetable Production and Marketing
    This site has peer-reviewed research in the form of seven from the University of California Organic Vegetable Production in California Series.
  • National Agricultural Library Organic Food Production, USDA National Agricultural Library
    This page is the USDA library site for organic production. There are many useful links here.
  • Organic Ag Info
    This site contains information on production, economic data, research results, farmer anecdotes, certification information, transition strategies, as well as many other subjects related to organic agriculture.
  • Organic Materials Review Institute
    The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) provides organic certifiers, growers, manufacturers, and suppliers an independent review of products intended for use in certified organic production, handling, and processing.
  • The New Farm, Rodale Institute
    This page provides information about organic system plan, certifier locator, and organic price report, and it contains a crop conversion calculator.
  • Organic Certification Guide, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
    This guide explains the process of organic certification.
  • National Organic Program, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
    The National Organic Program (NOP) develops, implements, and administers national production, handling, and labeling standards for organic agricultural products.
  • Suppliers of Seed for Certified Organic Production, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
    This site provides a publication that helps U.S. farmers find quality organic seed of regionally suitable varieties.
  • Pesticides for Organic Growers, University of Connecticut Integrated Pest Management

 


Organic Buyers

 


Legalities

  • Agricultural Production Contracts, University of Minnesota
    This fact sheet deals with the legal considerations involved in agricultural production contracts.
  • Production Contracts, National Agricultural Law Center
    This site     provides information about production contracts.

 


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