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Drawing on 35 years of teaching organic farming. and gardening the staff of the UCSC Farm & Gar. den Apprenticeship and seven invited authors have ...

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Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for InstructorsPage 1Now available from the UC Santa CruzCenter for Agroecology and Sustainable Food SystemsTeaching Organic Farming and Gardening:Resources for InstructorsDrawing on 35 years of teaching organic farming and gardening the staff of the UCSC Farm & Garden Apprenticeship and seven invited authors have developed a resource for instructors based on many of the skills and concepts taught in the sixmonth Apprenticeship training program. This 600page manual covers practical aspects of organic farming and gardening applied soil science and social and environmental issues in agriculture. Units contain lecture outlines for instructors and detailed lecture outlines for students field and laboratory demonstrations assessment questions and annotated resource lists. Although much of the material has been developed for field or garden demonstrations and skill building most of the units can also be tailored to a classroom setting.The training manual is designed forThis is an excellent resource for us because of its content organization and flexibility. The CASFS staff instructors who developed this manual have tremendous knowledge of not only the subject matter but also how to teach it to students and interns. Mark Van Horn DirectorUC Davis Student FarmPrice:$45 (plus $5 shipping and handling) colleges and universities with programs in sustainable agriculture student farms or gardens and onfarm education programs urban agriculture community garden and farm training programs farms with internship or apprenticeships agriculture extension stations school gardening programs organizations such as the Peace Corps US AID and other groups that provide international training in food growing and ecological growing methods master gardener programs The manual can also be downloaded in PDF format for free at www.ucsc.edu/casfsPage 2Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening:Resources for InstructorsPart 1 Organic Farming ...

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