New Illinois Farmers

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Fruit and Vegetable Production topics

Farmers, aspiring farmers, and educators may use any or all of the training materials developed for this project by following the links below. If you use any of this information in any format please include the following acknowledgment "From information developed by the University of Illinois Extension funded by NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Project Grant # 2012-49400-19565."

Click on the X in the table below to link to recorded presentations with audio, Power Point files (in pdf format), and lists of resources.

	Recorded presentations with audio	Power Point files (in pdf format)
Basics of Fruit Production	X	X
Basics of Vegetable Production	X	X
Becoming a Certified Organic Operation	X	X
Beekeeping	X	X
Composting	X	X
Cover Crops	X	X
Farm Safety	X	X
Fertilizers (conventional and organic)	X	X
Greenhouse Production	X	X
High Tunnel Production	X	X
Hydroponics	X	X
Irrigation	X	X
Pollination and Pollinators	X	X
Pruning and Training Fruit Trees	X	X
Soils (intro)	X	X
Soil Quality	X	X
Soil Testing	X	X
Succession Planting
Tools and Equipment for Small Farms	X	X
Transplant Production	X	X
Variety Selection	X	X

Use these links for additional topics ...

Integrated Pest Management, including general background, conventional pesticides, pesticides for organic production, and management of insects, plant diseases, weeds, and wildlife pests

Business, including business structures, business plans, taxes, contracts, labor laws, insurance, USDA programs that assist small farmers, record-keeping, multi-year planning, and financial analyses, marketing options, CSAs, aggregation and food hubs, management and marketing analyses, and wholesale marketing

Postharvest Handling and Food Safety, including storage facilities and conditions, sanitation, GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices for food safety), and cottage food regulations