General | Manure/Feces | Water Quality Protection | Pest Management and IPM | Harvest and Processing | Cider Making | Farm Workers | Risk Management and Liability

General

• Extension contacts

• State and local contacts with the Cooperative Extension Service, CSREES - http://www.reeusda.gov/statepartners/usa.htm



• Food safety

• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information - http://www.foodsafety.gov
• FDA Guidance for Industry Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables - http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/prodguid.html



• Apples generally

• Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide 2000-2001, with sections on IPM and cider production, Penn State - http://tfpg.cas.psu.edu/default.htm
• Tree fruit publications, University of Wisconsin-Extension - http://www1.uwex.edu/ces/pubs (Look under Horticulture for publications on tree fruits.)

Manure/Feces

• Cornell Composting - http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/Composting_homepage.html
• OnFarm Composting Handbook, NRAES-54, Natural Resource, Agriculture and Engineering Service, description available at: http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes54.html

Water Quality Protection

• Farm*A*Syst and Home*A*Syst publications to protect private wells and prevent pollution by farm sources, available state-by-state - http://www.uwex.edu/farmasyst
• Washington State Department of Health, Drinking Water Serving Temporary Farm Camps: Update and Action Plan - http://www.doh.wa.gov/Report/update.htm

Pest Management and IPM

• Michigan Orchard*A*Syst and Seasonal IPM Checklist for Orchards, Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program - http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/orchard.htm
• Vermont Apple IPM Focus, University of Vermont - http://orchard.uvm.edu/uvmapple/pest
• 2000-2001 New England Apple Pest Management Guide, University of Maine - http://pmo.umext.maine.edu/apple/PestGuidePDF/2000-2001NEAPMGdirectory.htm
• A Guide for Sampling and Managing Major Apple Pests in New York State, New York State IPM Program - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ipmnet/ny/fruits/tree_fruit/apple.man/contents.html
• Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production in Ohio, Ohio State University - http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/organic-apple.html
• Agricultural Impact of the Sudden Elimination of Key Pesticides under the Food Quality Protection Act, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Issue Paper Number 11, March 1999 - http://www.cast-science.org/fqp1_ip.htm
• Managing Apple Pests after FQPA, University of Maine Extension - http://pmo.umext.maine.edu/apple/FQPAslides/sld001.htm
• Codling Moth and Leafroller Control with New Insecticide Chemistry, Washington State University Treefruit Research and Extension Center - http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu/staff/jfb/growerarticles/newchems/newchems.pdf

Harvest and Processing

• Postharvest Information Network-Apples, Washington State University Treefruit Research and Extension Center - http://postharvest.tfrec.wsu.edu/applehome.html
• Fruit and Vegetable Crops Handling/Harvesting/StorageVideos, National Ag Safety Database (NASD) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd/video/vidaph.html

Cider Making

• Cider Stuff, Rutgers Cooperative Extension resource for information regarding the current public issues related to cider manufacturing - http://www.virtualorchard.net/rce/ciderstuff.html
• Successful cider making: Sanitation is the Key, 15 minute video, $20 order from Professor Steven C. Ingham, Babcock Hall 211, 1605 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706, scingham@facstaff.wisc.edu, 608-265-4801.
• Apple Cider Food Safety Control Workshop, July 15-16, 1999, Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/cidw-toc.html
• The Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide, Cider Production describes how to make, handle, and market safe, high quality apple cider including good Manufacturing Practices for cider production - http://tfpg.cas.psu.edu/part7/part71a.htm
• Fresh Apple Cider - Good Manufacturing Practices, UNH Extension - http://ceinfo.unh.edu/cider.htm
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) For Michigan Apple Cider, Michigan Apple Cider Advisory Committee - http://www.mda.state.mi.us/hot/cidergmps/gmps.html
• Good Manufacturing Practices Fresh Apple Juice, Cornell University - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/faculty/mclellan/apple/gmps.html
• Guidance for Industry, Warning and Notice Statement Labeling of Juice Products Small Entity Compliance Guide, Food and Drug Administration - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/juicguid.html

Farm Workers

• Farm Employment Rules and Regulations, USDA Chief Economist's Office - http://www.usda.gov/oce/oce/labor-affairs/emplrule.htm
• Managing Farm Labor (G700), University of Missouri Extension - http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agecon/g00700.htm
• Food Code, Chapter Two (Employee Health, Personal Cleanliness, Hygienic Practices) Food and Drug Administration - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodcode.html

Risk Management and Liability

• Summary of state food safety laws, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture - http://www.nasda.org/nasda/nasda/Foundation/foodsafety/index.html
• Search state statutes and regulations for current laws related to food processing and safety, Legal Information Institute, Cornel University - http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
• Search for state departments of agriculture for information related to food processing and safety, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture - http://www.nasda.org/nasda/nasda/member_information/Csd.htm
• Legal Framework for Risk Management, From the Train the Trainer Handbook, Risk Management Agency Online - http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/training/trainer/copeland.html
• Liability Insurance, Arkansas Fruit Grower Vol. 3 (No. 2), April, 1997 - http://www.uark.edu/ArkHort/pubs/afg/afg03_02.html
• Liability of Farm Employers (G451), University of Missouri Extension - http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agecon/g00451.htm
• The Legal Guide for Direct Marketing, available from Neil Hamilton for $20 at Drake University Agricultural Law Center, Des Moines, Iowa 50311, more information available at Drake Law School publications - http://www.law.drake.edu/lawCenters/agLawCenter/publications.html
• Understanding the Farmers Comprehensive Personal Liability Policy: A Guide for Farmers, Attorneys, and Insurance Agents, Available for $20 from the National Ctr. for Agric. Law Research and Info, 147 Waterman Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 - http://law.uark.edu/arklaw/aglaw

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