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Angora Goats

Published April 1993 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Angora goats may be the most efficient fiber producers on Earth.
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Aquaculture

Small Farm News January/February 1992 Fred S. Conte, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis. Adapted from an article by Dr. Conte called, California Aquaculture: Growth Keyed to Diversity and Markets. In World Aquaculture 21(3):33-44,1990.
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Asian Pears

Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 January 1989 By James A.
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Asparagus

Published February 1994 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Easy to plant and care for, asparagus comes back every year(with minimal labor except for harvesting.
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Bees

January 1994 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture More than 211,000 beekeepers maintain about 3.2 million honey bee colonies in the United States. Thousands of beekeepers are small-scale entrepreneurs.
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Use of Commercial Biological-Control Agents for Insects and Mites

Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 April 1991 By L.E. Ehler University of California, Davis Department of Entomology Biological control is a key element in integrated pest management.(IPM) and will continue to be in the foreseeable future.
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Blueberries

This is an archived article. More information is available on the Blueberries page.
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Capers

Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Revised July 1989 By Demetrios C. Kontaxis, Ph.D.
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Cashmere Goats

December 1992 The world is beginning to give goats-nature's best herbicide-more attention. Leafy spurge-poisonous to some animals-is causing even people who laughed about goats to take a more serious look.
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Exotic Fruits

Published January 1989 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Certain potentially high-demand tropical or other exotic fruits growing in Florida or California also have varieties that will bear fruit farther north.
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