This booklet, published in 1981, covers issues such as soil preparation, sunshine, planning the garden, selecting the vegetables, cultivation, pest control and diseases, harvesting and storing, and care. Organics Organic refers to a specific method of growing and processing foods, and is defined as produce that is grown, packaged and stored without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or irradiation. Instead, organic farmers use a blend of old and new technologies and scientific research to balance the earth's natural ecosystem. This brochure explains organic standards and the benefits of consuming organically produced produce. . . Deer farming also offers the small landowner a way to raise livestock without the acreage and labor generally needed for traditional cattle ranching.
Deer farming has a promising future as an alternative agricultural enterprise.
This brochure gives a brief introductory overview of deer farming, covering topics such as permits, land and capital requirements, and marketing. Other sources of information are also provided for the interested person to contact. . . The Department tapped the creativity and historical insight of renowned naturalist painter Robert Butler, who created 12 historic artistic depictions of Florida's agricultural heritage. Butler, born the son of a sharecropper, began his career painting the scenes and wildlife around the small farm and ranching community of Okeechobee where he grew up, and is now one of the best-known naturalist painters in the country. This brochure features the 12 paintings created by Butler as well as narratives on each written by the artist.