Resources
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Benefits of Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens
Published on November 6, 2019
Cover crops are useful to all farms, regardless of their size, and can help address challenges unique to urban growers. This table will assist you to identify some of the ways cover crops can help address urban agriculture challenges.
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Killing Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens
Published on November 6, 2019
A cover crop left to seed can become a weed when growing your next crop. This guide helps growers establish a strategy for killing and incorporating cover crops in their urban farms and gardens.
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Choosing Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens
Published on November 6, 2019
Use this guidance to compare benefits of different cover crops for urban gardens, choose cover crops that meet your needs and then add them to your growing practice.
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Southeast Michigan Small Farm Needs Assessment
Published on April 11, 2019
MSU Extension experts created a comprehensive survey sent out to over 200 small farmers in Southeast Michigan and conducted a focus group in Washtenaw County. The document outlines the results of their research.
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A Consumer’s Guide to Local Food Systems and Greenhouse Gases (E3178)
Published on April 1, 2016
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Michigan Fresh: Poultry (E3232)
Published on November 13, 2015
Michigan Fresh fact sheet for the handling, using and storing poultry.
