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A Publication of ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service • 1-800-346-9140 • www.
attra.
ncat.
org
ATTRA – National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service is
managedbytheNationalCenterfor
Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
and is funded under a grant
from the U.
S.
Department of
Agriculture’s Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
Visit the
NCAT Web site (www.
ncat.
org/
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more information on
our sustainable agriculture projects.
ATTRA
By Steve Diver and
Lane Greer
Updated June 2008
by Katherine L.
Adam
Agriculture Specialist
© 2008 NCAT
Sustainable Small-Scale
Nursery Production
Introduction
This publication is for small-scale nursery managers who want to use sustainable
practices and large-scale nursery managers
interested in converting from conventional
to sustainable practices.
In this publication,
small-scale defines a nursery with fewer
than five acres in container production and
fewer than 15 acres in field production.
This
publication do
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