Vegetable Production

The foothills are home to an array of vegetable crops and many are direct to consumer sale at farmers markets. 

• Organic Certification, Farm Planning, Management, and Marketing, UC ANR Publication 7247
• Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production, Online resource from Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)

Harvest Calculators

• This is a good resource for Estimating Crop Yields.
• The Seed Quantity Calculator figures the number of seeds or plants you need for a given amount of space. It is available in two options.
• The Seed-Starting Date Calculator figures the dates when it’s safe to plant outside, based on the frost-free date that you specify.

Pest Management

University of California's official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests in agriculture. 

• IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Agricultural Crops, Information about managing pests, including University of California's official IPM guidelines for agricultural crops.
• WeedCUT, a UC IPM tool for weed management

University of California Web Resources

• Current Cost and Return Studies, UC Davis
• Vegetable Research and Information Center (VRIC), UC Davis

Vegetable UC ANR Publications

• Cover Cropping for Vegetable Production, UC ANR Publication 3517
• Efficient Nutrient Management in California Vegetable Production, UC ANR
• Pests of the Garden and Small Farms, UC ANR Publication 3332
• Small Farm Handbook, 2nd Edition, UC ANR Publication 3526
• Vegetable Pest Identification for Gardens and Small Farms, UC ANR Publication 3553
• Postharvest Disease and Insect Control, UC ANR Publication 21659