The Center for Agroecology produces a variety of publications for researchers, farmers, students, educators, and home gardeners, many of which are available for free download (see below). Find our publications archive at escholarship.org.
Organic Specialty Crop Grower Guides
This series offers resources for beginning farmers focused on organic and sustainable production practices, small-scale diverse systems for direct marketing, and production efficiencies to help small-scale producers develop economically and environmentally sustainable operations.
Guías para agricultores principiantes de cultivos especializados
Esta serie ofrece recursos para los agricultores principiantes enfocados en prácticas de producción orgánicas y sostenibles, sistemas diversos a pequeña escala para comercialización directa, y eficiencias de producción para ayudar a los pequeños productores a desarrollar operaciones económicas y ambientalmente sostenibles.
For the Gardener
This “tip sheet” series offers information on all kinds of organic gardening topics, including fruit tree care and maintenance, growing flowers, composting and cover cropping, as well as food crop-specific topics.
Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening: Resources for Instructors
This 700-page manual covers practical aspects of organic farming and gardening, applied soil science, and social and environmental issues in agriculture. Units contain lecture outlines, field and laboratory demonstrations, assessment questions, and annotated resource lists.
Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors
Growing crops is just one step in running a successful farm—making the farm or market garden economically viable requires another suite of skills, including finding land, planning what crops to grow, ensuring food safety, marketing the crops, and managing income, expenses, and labor.
Rose Primer: An Organic Approach to Rose Selection and Care
In this primer, Alan Chadwick Garden manager Orin Martin discusses the basic steps involved in cultivating a healthy rose plant. Organic pest and disease control options are addressed, but the emphasis here is on selecting, establishing, and caring for your roses in a way that gives them the best chance to thrive in an organic setting — what Martin calls a “plant positive” approach.
UCSC Campus Food & Garden Guide
Published annually since 2006, this guide offers a range of information on UCSC’s classes, internships, farm and gardens, volunteer opportunities, and other articles and activities related to the campus and community food system. Measure 43 funding supports production, printing, and distribution of the UCSC Campus Food and Garden Guide.