http://www.metafilter.com/tags/raising Posts tagged with 'raising' at MetaFilter. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:20:40 -0800 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:20:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/64813/Extended%2Dextension%2Dpost The <a href='http://www.csrees.usda.gov/'>Cooperative Extension Service</a>, founded in 1914 in the US by the Smith-Lever Act, was established in concert with the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university'>land-grant universities</a> to develop practical applications of agricultural research, and spread them to farmers and others throughout the country. As part of this education program, the extension programs have produced and collected an extraordinary amount of practical advice, easily accessible to the layman... As it supports the farming community, much of this information concerns things important mostly to farmers: crop and livestock information, pest control, diseases. A lot of the publications also concern issues in people's personal lives: dealing with money, proper nutrition, food safety, overcoming hardship. There are plenty of articles useful for gardeners and cooks, and plenty of unusual topics to interest the curious. Below are some of the more interesting/useful ones I've found. <small>(Warning: many PDF files below.)</small> <a href='http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/AlligatorProduction.pdf' title='Kentucky'>Raising alligators</a> <a href='http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/WurtsLitpage.htm#TopOtherSp' title='Kentucky'>Raising all sorts of fish,</a> including <a href='http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawauh89001.pdf' title='Hawaii'>tropical ones</a> <a href='http://extension.unh.edu/Pubs/HGPubs/ProdEggs.pdf' title='New Hampshire'>Raising chickens at home for eggs</a> <a href='http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/beekeeping.pdf' title='Florida'>Raising bees</a> <a href='http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8155.pdf' title='California'>Raising pheasants</a> <a href='http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/staff/jmdavis/mushrooms.html' title='North Carolina'>Growing shiitake mushrooms</a> <a href='http://web1.msue.msu.edu/aoe/xmas/ncr479.PDF' title='Michigan'>Growing Christmas trees</a> <a href='http://www.uaf.edu/ces/publications/freepubs/HGA-01023.pdf' title='Alaska'>Growing rhubarb</a> <a href='http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/fb/coffee/coffee.htm' title='Hawaii'>Growing coffee </a>(hint: live in Hawaii) <a href='http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/crops/fruits_and_nuts/tropical_fruits.html#citrus' title='Florida'>Growing citrus trees </a>(you should start <a href='http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS116' title='Florida'>here</a>) <a href='http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/' title='Pennsylvania'>Growing pretty much every other kind of fruit</a> <a href='http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-230.pdf' title='New Mexico'>Growing chile peppers</a> <a href='http://cals.arizona.edu/hydroponictomatoes/overview.htm' title='Arizona'>Growing hydroponic tomatoes</a> <a href='http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-420/426-420.pdf' title='Virginia'>Growing herbs</a> <a href='http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmaple/?Page=onlinepublications.html' title='Vermont'>Making maple syrup </a>(especially <a href='http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmaple/maplesugaringinyourbackyard.pdf' title='Vermont'>this </a>one) <a href='http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/spfiles/SP307-O.pdf' title='Tennessee'>Pressing your own apple cider</a> <a href='http://agbiopubs.sdstate.edu/articles/ExEx14090.pdf' title='South Dakota'>Drying corn </a>for <a href='http://agbiopubs.sdstate.edu/articles/ExEx14105.pdf' title='South Dakota'>Plains Indian dishes</a> <a href='http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/ncr525w.htm' title='North Dakota'>Cleaning and preparing a deer</a> <a href='http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he176w.htm' title='North Dakota'>Practicing the art of sausage-making</a> (with recipes!) <a href='http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/b1039-w.html' title='Georgia'>Organizing a Southern barbecue </a>(also with recipes) <a href='http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/foods/458-223/458-223.pdf' title='Virginia'>Curing a Virginia ham</a> <a href='http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5342.html' title='Ohio'>Making pickles and sauerkraut</a> <a href='http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb0719/eb0719.pdf' title='Washington'>Making your own wine</a> Canning <a href='http://learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf%5CB0430.pdf' title='Wisconsin'>fruit, </a><a href='http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8072.pdf' title='California'>vegetables, </a><a href='http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5330.html' title='Ohio'>meat, </a><a href='http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/pnw/pnw194.pdf' title='Oregon'>fish, </a><a href='http://tcebookstore.org/tmppdfs/21505558-L5310.pdf' title='Texas'>salsas, </a>etc. Drying <a href='http://hgic.clemson.edu/PDF/HGIC3084.pdf' title='South Carolina'>fruits, </a><a href='http://hgic.clemson.edu/PDF/HGIC3085.pdf' title='South Carolina'>vegetables, </a><a href='http://hgic.clemson.edu/PDF/HGIC3086.pdf' title='South Carolina'>herbs, nuts, and seeds</a> Smoking <a href='http://tcebookstore.org/tmppdfs/21505558-L1664.pdf' title='Texas'>poultry </a>and <a href='http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/pnw/pnw238.pdf' title='Oregon'>fish</a> <a href='http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/nf606/build/nf606.pdf' title='Nebraska'>Deep-fat-frying your Thanksgiving turkey</a> Making your own jams and jellies (<a href='http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5350.html' title='Ohio'>with </a>or <a href='http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5348.html' title='Ohio'>without </a>cooking them) Cooking <a href='http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/4198.pdf' title='Maine'>ferns </a>and <a href='http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/4060.pdf' title='Maine'>other wild greens</a> <a href='http://hgic.clemson.edu/PDF/HGIC3165.pdf' title='South Carolina'>Making fruit syrup</a> <a href='http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_e/E-216.pdf' title='New Mexico'>Making homemade cheese</a> <a href='http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/hesguide/foodnut/gh1183.htm' title='Missouri'>Making homemade yogurt</a> <a href='http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ho/2000/sp0026.pdf' title='Nevada'>Starting a worm farm</a> <a href='http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/HG_H_08.pdf' title='Utah'>Composting correctly</a> <a href='http://extension.unh.edu/Pubs/HGPubs/hmkng.pdf' title='New Hampshire'>Making hay</a> <a href='http://extension.unh.edu/Pubs/ForPubs/beaver.pdf' title='New Hampshire'>Controlling your beavers</a> <a href='http://www.uaf.edu/ces/publications/freepubs/HGA-00331.pdf' title='Alaska'>Building a root cellar</a> <a href='http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2271/HLA-6705web.pdf' title='Oklahoma'>Building a greenhouse </a>(with a <a href='http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1284/HLA-6701web.pdf' title='Oklahoma'>few </a><a href='http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1286/HLA-6700web.pdf' title='Oklahoma'>additional </a><a href='http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1287/HLA-6703web.pdf' title='Oklahoma'>considerations)</a> Building <a href='http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1427/build/g1427.pdf' title='Nebraska'>bird </a>and <a href='http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1575/build/g1575.pdf' title='Nebraska'>bat </a>houses <a href='http://extension.unh.edu/Pubs/ForPubs/SafeTimb.pdf' title='New Hampshire'>Harvesting wood (and how to use a chainsaw)</a> <a href='http://extension.usu.edu/htm/publications/by=category/category=30' title='Utah'>Refinishing wood furniture</a> <a href='http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_c/' title='New Mexico'>Making clothes</a> and <a href='http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-601/426-601.pdf' title='Virginia'>Creaing bonsai</a> You can find links to nearby extensions <a href='http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html'>here</a>; <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_extension'>Wikipedia</a> also has a list. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64813 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:20:40 -0800 building canning cook cooking cooperativeextensionservice extension farmer farming gardener gardening growing preserving raising Upton O'Good