September-October 1994

Cover: UC researchers are comparing organic, low-input and conventional farming systems in the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems project at UC Davis. At the research site, dried pinto beans (in the foreground) mature black beans and corn are ready for fall harvest, Photo by Jack Kelly Clark

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California Agriculture, September-October 1994

Volume 48, Number 5
Farming in transition: Can farmers reduce inputs, maintain profit?

peer-reviewed research articles

Farming in transition Overview: Society pressures farmers to adopt more sustainable systems
by Jill Shore Auburn
pp7-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p7
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Sidebar: CSAs: the consumer-farmer connection
by Gail Feenstra
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p8
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Conventional, low-input and organic farming systems compared
by Steven R. Temple , Oscar A. Somasco , Mary Kirk , Diana Friedman
pp14-19, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p14
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Transition from conventional to low-input agriculture changes soil fertility and biology
by Kate M. Scow , Oscar Somasco , Nirmala Gunapala , Sean Lau , Robert Venette , Howard Ferris , Robert Miller , Carol Shennan
pp20-26, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p20
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In low-input and organic systems: Researchers find short-term insect problems, long-term weed problems
by W. Thomas Lanini , Frank Zalom , James Marois , Howard Ferris
pp27-33, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p27
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Alternative systems aim to reduce inputs, maintain profits
by Karen Klonsky , Peter Livingston
pp34-42, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p34
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Selecting the right cover crop gives multiple benefits
by Chuck Ingels , Mark Van Horn , Robert L. Bugg , P. Rick Miller
pp43-48, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p43
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Can ‘sustainable’ be defined? New directions in research needed
by Montague W. Demment
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p2
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EDITORIAL: Farming in transition – Editor's note
Editors
pp4, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p4
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Farming in transition: News Briefs
Editors
pp5-6, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p5
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Farming in transition: Analysis – Scientists and farmers try new approach to researchpeer-reviewed
by Stephen Kaffka
pp11-13, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n05p11
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