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8A Daily News – Saturday, May 14, 2011 Agriculture & farm A new edition of the "Small Farm Handbook" has been published by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The 2011 edition is a collection of expertise from 31 University of California authors, including UC Cooper- ative Extension farm advisors and specialists. The handbook, first published in 1994, has been updated to include an important new chapter on postharvest handling and food safety for small-scale producers of perishable crops. The authors have also expanded the marketing and labor chapters of the sec- ond edition. "One thing that's different about this edition is that we really tried to focus on the business aspects of farm- ing," said Laura Tourte, one of the book's two technical editors and director of UC Cooperative Extension in Santa Cruz County. "In California, we know that a wide diversity of crops can be grown, and the business aspects of it –- from managing your finances to marketing your prod- ucts –- are absolutely critical if you want to stay viable and sustainable over the long term," said Tourte, who has expertise in farm management and small-scale farms. This 188-page book has 11 chapters covering both the business side and the farming side of operating a small-scale farm: Requirements for Successful Farming; The Basics; Enterprise Selection; Farm and Financial Management; Marketing and Product Sales; Labor Management; Growing Crops; Postharvest Handling and Safety of Perishable Crops; Raising Animals; The Vitality and Viability of Small Farms; California's Small Farms: An Overview The book also includes six profiles of farmers from throughout the state who produce a diverse array of agri- cultural goods, from apples to coffee, lamb to ong choi. The 2011 edition of the "Small Farm Handbook" costs $25, plus applicable tax, shipping and handling. It can be ordered online from anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu. My story last week about flagging (stopping) motorists when moving cattle along county roads brought this story from an Alameda County Cattle- Woman friend. “We had a similar inci- dent happen a number of years ago here in Liver- more on the north side of town. “Same thing, only we had to go about a half mile down the road. Notified the county sheriff when and where and how we were going to do this. A deputy showed up and helped halt the traffic. “The road we were using was a short cut for a lot of commuters trying to cut off the freeway. So on a Saturday it would be less traveled. Kind of like it usually was, a quiet coun- try road until the Mercedes, BMWs and Lexuses crowd discovered it. “When the sheriff's deputy stopped the traf- fic in one direc- tion with his squad car, and I stopped the other direction (on horseback), we started to move our cattle herd down the road to the adjacent pas- ture. “The Deputy did not turn his lights on as he didn't want to cause a diversion for the cattle. About 8 cars had piled up on the deputy side waiting for the 15 minutes it was going to take to move ranch Revised Small Farm Handbook Impatient drivers at cattle crossings Tehama County Cattle- Women had an opportunity to furnish an all beef hot- dog luncheon to the ninety plus third grade students from Williams Elementary School when they visited Ide Adobe State Historical Park, along the Sacramento River. Courtesy photo Third-graders from them. Williams Elementary School were washing clothes at Ide Adobe on their field trip. of. “One impatient Mer- cedes driver whipped out of the lane and started flying down the road on the other side. “The Deputy Jean Barton it open. “Screeching brakes and sliding to miss the sheriff's car door. “The Mercedes ended up across the road in a ditch he wasn't going to drive out saw him coming and just when the Deputy thought this might make an impact (on the driver not his car), he opened his door. “You can imagine what happened when the Mercedes driver saw the sheriff's emblem and word ‘Sher- iff’ on his side door as he swung “Harsh words by the sheriff's deputy to the embarrassment of the dri- ver, in front of the other dri- vers who were now out of their cars looking at the Mercedes in the ditch. And as the deputy wrote the ticket he admonished the driver that he should be arrested. “The incident was reported in our local news- paper a couple of days later by the Sheriff's Dept. It was a good lesson to remind everyone that agriculture and animals are still respected in our urban Bay Area. “Thank you for sharing your friend’s experience with all, but I think Joe showed some major restraints with that cranky, old guy. And I loved the ‘lawyer’ thing that Joe said to him. “From Patti Ising” *** COMFORT SERVICE INC. Air Conditioning & Heating LIC #808524 Call For Free Information Toll-Free (800) 464-1403 or (530) 365-1403 6183 MEISTER WAY ANDERSON, CA 96007 (530) 365-1403 (800) 464-1403 Tehama Counties Factory authorized Bryant Dealer Your First Call For Comfort • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • NEW CONSTRUCTION • SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS 24 HOUR SERVICE 530 529-1990 Lic #593323 www.CascadeComfort.com $10 OFF SERVICE CALL Mention this ad for Whatever it takessm CASCADE I was pleasantly sur- prised when one of the teachers greeted me, since I didn’t recognize Jennifer Holzapfel Martin, one of my District 1 California High School Rodeo kids. 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