"My job is... to pass the farm on in a better form than it was passed on to me so it can survive the next four generations."
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Sustainability Resources
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  Andy Hoxsey
Former CSWA Chairman - Napa Wine Company
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Sustainable Agriculture Resources
LandSmart® is a regional collaborative program that helps land managers meet their natural resource management goals while supporting productive lands and thriving streams. LandSmart® was developed by the Sonoma Resource Conservation District (RCD), Napa County RCD, Mendocino County RCD and Gold Ridge RCD in collaboration with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), land managers, and environmental agencies. A free farm plan template is available for download.
This is a comprehensive website on grape growing and is designed to increase accessibility to the work of university researchers, including faculty and Cooperative Extension specialists and farm advisors. Content is continuously added and updated.
http://www.sustainablewinegrowing.org/docs/2008-Biodiversity_in_Vineyards.pdf This bulletin describes the findings of a biodiversity study carried out by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance in partnership with Cal Poly and UC Cooperative Extension researchers, and was funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Specific biodiversity conservation practices are examined in several northern California locations.
"Sustainable agriculture" was addressed by Congress in the 1990 "Farm Bill" [Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (FACTA), Public Law 101-624, Title XVI, Subtitle A, Section 1603 (Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1990) NAL Call # KF1692.A31 1990]. Under that law, "the term sustainable agriculture means an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long term:
Hosted at the National Agricultural Library, AFSIC specializes in identifying and accessing information related to alternative agricultural enterprises and crops as well as alternative cropping systems. http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=2
The Ecological Farming Association, formerly the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, is a non-profit educational organization that promotes ecologically sound agriculture.
Offered by the Committee for Sustainable Farm Publishing, this site offers sustainable agriculture news, perspectives, production, and marketing information as well as online discussion forums. http://www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection
Engaged in analysis and research to affect U.S. sustainable agriculture and food policy agendas. http://www.wallacecenter.org/
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) is the national sustainable farming information center operated by the private nonprofit National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). ATTRA provides technical assistance to farmers, Extension agents, market gardeners, agricultural researchers, and other agricultural professionals in all 50 states. http://www.attra.org/
Biological Control is the use of living organisms, predators, parasites, diseases, and other antagonists as natural enemies in controlling agricultural/environmental pests. In 1990, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) established the National Biological Control Institute (NBCI) as part of the Department's commitment to implement biological control, sustainable systems, and integrated pest management. NBCI is part of APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). http://www.aphis.usda.gov/subjects/plant_health/
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
SAN is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. SARE is a US Department of Agriculture-funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable agriculture research and education in a regional process nationwide. SAN is dedicated to the exchange of scientific and practical information on sustainable agriculture systems using a variety of printed and electronic communications tools. http://www.sare.org/
SAREP provides leadership and support for scientific research and education in agricultural and food systems that are economically viable, conserve natural resources and biodiversity, and enhance the quality of life in the state's communities. SAREP serves farmers, farmworkers, ranchers, researchers, educators, regulators, policy makers, industry professionals, consumers, and community organizations across the state.
UC IPM promotes the use of integrated, ecologically sound pest management programs in California. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/
This is large interdisciplinary project with three main objectives. The primary objective is to compare conventional, low-input, and organic farming systems. http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/plantsciences/
The Grower Profile series is from a chapter in a SAREP publication on cover cropping in vineyards.
Part 2: www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/newsltr/v7n3/sa-3.htm
LTRAS was designed as a 100-year experiment because short-term trends can be poor predictors of long-term sustainability. At the Rothamsted Experiment Station, in England, yields in one system increased for 40 years, then decreased to near zero over the next 40 years. Soil properties that determine yields, water use, and nitrate leaching change over decades, not years. Organic matter doubled in another system at Rothamsted, but it took 75 years. http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/LTRAS/homepage.htm
Web site providing access to resources available to help identify, manage, and control Pierce's disease and glassy-winged sharpshooters. http://gwss.ucanr.org/
California Energy Commission program assisting the agricultural industry (food and fiber production, food processing, irrigation districts) adopt energy efficient technologies and management practices that reduce production costs and minimize negative environmental impacts while improving economic sustainability. http://www.energy.ca.gov/process/agriculture/
Publishes Grower's Guide to Environmental Regulations & Vineyard Development and The Winegrape Guidebook for Establishing Good Neighbor and Community Relations. http://www.cawg.org/
CCVT is a non-profit grower group whose mission is to promote sustainable vineyard practices and develop the public trust based on science and honesty. Through a collaborative partnership of growers, wineries, consultants, and extension, CCVT developed the Positive Point System, the first protocol for assessing the extent of sustainable management for winegrapes. CCVT members own or manage over a third of the winegrapes in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. http://www.vineyardteam.org
There are three parts to LWWC's Sustainable Viticulture Program: Grower Outreach, Field Implementation, and Area-Wide Implementation. Grower outreach involves providing information to LWWC growers and pest control advisors (PCAs) about sustainable farming practices that are appropriate for use in their vineyards. http://www.lodiwine.com/sustainableviticulture1.shtml
The mission of the Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group is to identify and promote winegrowing practices that are economically viable, socially responsible, and environmentally sound. http://www.nswg.org/infoonnswg.htm
SCGGA (now is Sonoma County Winegrape Commission) provides resources and support to growers in Sonoma County. http://www.scgga.org/
Web page providing "Environmental Facts" for Vintners and Growers in Sonoma Valley. http://www.sonomavalleywine.com/pdfs/TERRAIN_TERROIR.pdf
Fetzer's "Environmental Philosophy" web page. http://www.fetzer.com/philosophy.aspx
Coalition of California business, labor and public policy leaders collaborating on solutions for sound economy and healthy environment. http://www.cceeb.org/
A coalition of California business, labor, and public policy leaders who work together to advance collaborative strategies for a sound economy and a healthy environment. http://www.ceres.org/
Founded in 1978, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a nonprofit member-activist organization. CAFF political and educational campaigns are building a movement of rural and urban people who foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies, and promotes social justice. Members are urbanites, farmers, environmentalists, rural activists, students, and anyone concerned with the social and environmental dimensions of agriculture. http://www.caff.org/
Promotes the advancement of "Agroecology", a scientific discipline that uses ecological theory to study, design, manage, and evaluate agricultural systems that are productive but also resource conserving. http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~agroeco3/index.html
The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems is a research, education, and public service program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability and social justice in the food and agriculture system. http://casfs.ucsc.edu/
Research undertaken at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara. This report explores the environmental impacts and socioeconomic contributions of the wine industry in California, along with differences between organic and traditional viticulture. http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/research/Group_Projects/2000Group_Projects/Wineries
A nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and certifying the use of environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture practices through the development of stringent, transparent and quantifiable standards and incentive-based eco-labeling and public education. http://www.protectedharvest.org/
The Fish Friendly Farming Program is a voluntary certification program for grape growers who implement land management practices that restore and sustain fish habitat on their property. http://www.fishfriendlyfarming.org/
Low Input Viticulture & Enology, Inc. program (LIVE, Inc.) is a program providing vineyards and wineries official recognition for sustainable agricultural practices that are modeled after international standards. The certification program provides growers with a list of vineyard practices that are either prohibited or required; in addition the program requires that growers institute a number of ecological options. A point system for ecological options was developed and growers are required to obtain at least one-half of the points to become certified. http://www.liveinc.org/
Certification program in the Pacific Northwest that provides recognition to agricultural operations that work to conserve resources and maintain viable runs of salmon and steelhead. http://www.salmonsafe.org/
The Food Alliance (TFA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable agriculture by recognizing and rewarding farmers who produce food in environmentally and socially responsible ways, and educating consumers and others in the food system about the benefits of sustainable agriculture. http://www.thefoodalliance.org/
CCOF's purpose is to promote and support organic agriculture in California and elsewhere through an organic certification program, awareness building initiatives, and advocacy for governmental policies that protect and encourage organic agriculture. http://www.ccof.org/
A report authored by W. Douglas Gubler of the Department of Plant Pathology at University of California, Davis covering the production of organic grapes in California.
A report authored by V.A. Bourbos et al. on the use of sulfur to suppress powdery mildew in grapes. http://www.landwirtschaft-bw.info/servlet/PB/menu/1043197_l1/index1136800037856.html
Download the complete manual. http://www.ccof.org/standards.php#man_1
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