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January 1989 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Where's the beefalo? It's still around, but the excitement is gone.
Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 By Gary Hickman and Mick Canevari University of California Farm Advisors, San Joaquin County California is noted for its culture of many of the nation's foods. One that is relatively unique to our state is the fava bean (Vicia fabaL.).
Published December 1987 United States of Department of AgricultureCooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Foliage plants come in all shapes-rounded, spread, upright, cascading or weeping, oval and rounded.
January 1995 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The term "herbs" has many meanings. The most accepted one is "plants that are not used solely as vegetables or ornaments.
ABS Extension, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Hunter Johnson, Jr., Extension Vegetable Specialist University of California Riverside Jicama (pronounced he'-cama) is a tropical legume which produces an edible fleshy taproot.
Published January 1990 Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Kiwifruit are produced by a large, deciduous vine botanically known as Actinidia deliciosa.
Published September 1987 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Shiitake (pronounced "shee-tah-kee" and spelled the same whether singular or plural) are said to be the favorite mushroom in Japan.
Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Revised July 1989 The genus Opuntia includes the prickly pear, bunny ears, and beaver tail cacti. It is also called cactus pear and Indian fig (fico d'India in Italian).
October 1994 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The pumpkin reigns as king of the vegetables. The pumpkin was already a staple in the American diet long before the first Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, in 1621.
Revised July 1993 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The relatively low investment and the natural, gradually increasing size of a flock may make sheep ideal for the beginning small and part-time farmer, according to Dr.
