DVDs by Pleasant Valley Productions ALL Mix and Match Items!

Amish Farm Economics DVD. Presentation by Randy James, author of Why Cows Learn Dutch. Filmed at the American Small Farm Center at the 2005 Farm Science Review, London, Ohio.

Take a break with Jim Long on his beautiful herb farm and learn how to make your own rustic trellises for your garden or for a gift. 

Commercial Blueberry Production DVD by Maurus Brown, Ph.D Ohio State University Small Fruit Specialist. From planting your first plant to setting up your business plan, Brown walks you through every aspect of becoming a commercial berry grower.

Direct Farm Marketing DVD by Kelly Klober. Klober has 35 years experience in marketing farm products, has written on agriculture, especially the small farm field, for 20 years. Learn how to make money from your farm.

 

Family Friendly Farming:: How to Keep Your Kids on the Farm DVD. It also includes structuring and scaling the farm to make room for the next generation.

 

This is the companion DVD to the production manual of the same name. DVD shows field operations for meat chickens and turkeys, small-scale commercial slaughter and investigates different marketing models.

 

Fruit Tree Pruning DVD & Booklet. Join a live demonstration by Purdue Extension's Jim True as he gives a hands-on demonstration of fruit tree pruning. Then take the 36 page booklet along with you as a guide when you prune your own trees.

 

How to Apply for SARE Farmer/Rancher Grants DVD presented by Alan Sundermeier, Ohio State University Extension, Wood County at the Small Farm Center during the 2005 Ohio Farm Science Review. All Power Point slides have been edited for clarity. Sundermeier outlines the process and procedure to apply for a Sustainable Producer Grant. These grants range from $6,000 for individuals up to $15,000 for cooperative projects.

 

How to Make $100,000 Growing Vegetables DVD. How to raise your profit margin by using High Tunnel, Ecological design, Bio-diversity, and Raised beds to increase vegetable production.

An Introduction to Grass-Based Chicken & Turkey Production, DVD by Herman Beck-Chenoweth. During this 60 minute live presentation taped at the 2006 Ohio Farm Science Review in London, Ohio.

Irrigation Considerations for Small Farms features Professor Larry C. Brown Extension Agriculture Engineer and covers many details for irrigating large and small gardens, fields and massive areas of crops, orchards, landscapes and inside greenhouses. Professor Brown demonstrates the various parts and pieces it takes to make up the exact system you will use to meet your irrigation needs.

 

Let's Talk Turkey DVD. Free-Range Turkey Production features Herman Beck-Chenoweth as he details a very flexible, inexpensive, secure and bird-friendly system of raising just 15 or up to 20,000 turkeys per year on range. feeders, feed formulas, guard animals, slaughter, ageing and marketing. An extensive array of PowerPoint slides have been edited in for clarity.