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Community Gardening Toolkit, Page 6
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Download sample community gardening forms and find myriad resources to guide your vision.
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Community Gardening Toolkit, Page 4
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Community gardens have been used in American cities since the 1890s. They were important during the World Wars and the Great Depression. In the 1970s, they experienced a rebirth in response to urban abandonment, rising inflation, environmental concerns and a desire to build neighborly connections.
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Community Gardening Toolkit, Page 7
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These web addresses in the Community Gardening Toolkit changed as of April 2015. Note that others have likely changed since then.
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Community Gardening Toolkit, Page 2
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Community gardening advocates today claim that community gardens have permanent, long-term functions that provide a number of benefits to individuals, families and communities.
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Community Gardening Toolkit, Page 5
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Read about four community garden experiences of building community, giving back, school gardening and intergenerational gardening.
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Turfgrass Disease Identification Form
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Managing Thatch in Home Lawns
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Thatch is a layer of living and dead roots, crowns and lower shoots that often develops in lawns (Figure 1). It can weaken and even destroy a lawn if not prevented or removed.
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Cool-Season Grasses: Lawn Maintenance Calendar
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Learn how to maintain a beautiful lawn of cool-season grass such as Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, tall fescue or fine fescue. Monthly steps plus info on fertilizing, mowing, watering, aerating, controlling thatch and weeds, top-dressing, rolling
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Establishment and Care of Buffalograss Lawns
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Brad S. Fresenburg
Turfgrass State Specialist
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Top Money-Saving Practices on Missouri Dairy Farms
New
Dairy operations use a substantial amount of energy to move and cool milk. However, substantial energy and monetary savings can be realized by implementing energy-efficient measures recommended in an energy audit.
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Top Money-Saving Practices on Missouri Poultry Farms
New
The poultry industry continues to be an important component of Missouri's economy, with the 2007 census reporting $1,676,632,000 in sales. This figure represents 16.8 percent of Missouri's agricultural sales and ranks third in sales in Missouri only behind grain crops and cattle. Poultry operations are highly efficient environments in which temperature, humidity and lighting are closely monitored to raise high-quality birds.
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Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Instructor Resource Kit
New $260
This Instructor Resource Kit provides easy storage and all the instructional materials needed throughout a course based on Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, Third Edition. The IRK allows instructors to store and transport all instructional materials to any teaching location.
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Implementing Quality Deer Management on Your Property
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Improve the overall quality of a deer herd — and the deer hunting experience — on your land using quality deer management (QDM) practices. QDM works even on small acreages. Learn how to implement QDM in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
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Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology, Sixth Edition Manual
New $69 to $78
This manual acquaints new firefighters with the history, traditions, terminology, organization, and operation of the fire and emergency services. It also contains an extensive fire and emergency services glossary and typical job and operation descriptions that should provide insight into the inner workings of the fire service.
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Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Curriculum
New $180
This curriculum covers the material in the Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, Third Edition. The curriculum design is based on current research that provides for the most effective instructional design for adult training classrooms. All the tools an instructor needs to deliver a course with successful outcomes for today’s students are provided in this comprehensive package.
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Fire Service Technical Search and Rescue, Eighth Edition Manual
New $70 to $77
This manual is a primary training text for Level I Rescuers, presenting the knowledge and skills for fire service search and technical rescue for Level I Rescuers to safely and effectively conduct Operations-level rescues as defined in NFPA 1006. It also supports the corresponding chapters of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents (2014 Edition).
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Insect/Mite Identification Form
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Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology, Seventh Edition Curriculum
New $90
This curriculum covers all 10 chapters of the Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology, Seventh Edition Manual. It equips fire and emergency services instructors with valuable resources that are easy to customize and are up to date on all the latest practices.
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Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Exam Prep
New $30
This Exam Prep is intended to prepare the student for end of course tests based on Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, Third Edition and for written portions of certification exams. It includes 953 questions from all 20 chapters of the handbook and references page numbers with correct answers.
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Fire Officer Principles and Practice, Enhanced Third Edition Manual
New $105
This manual covers the entire spectrum of the 2014 Edition of NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications.
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Command and Control: ICS, Strategy Development, and Tactical Selections, Book 2, Second Edition Manual
New $74 to $90
This book details the basic processes that apply to all incidents as well as some of the specific procedures necessary to make effective decisions at certain common occupancies. It covers incident scene decision-making in depth, presenting the two current and successful methodologies for making emergency decisions.
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Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Handbook and Exam Prep Package
New $100
Save when you purchase the Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Handbook and Exam Prep Package.
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Fire and Emergency Services Safety Officer, Second Edition Manual
New $65 to $70
Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is available for purchase as an e-book.
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Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator, Third Edition Manual E-book
New $60
The new editions of these best-selling IFSTA fire apparatus driver/operator training materials mark a new approach to training driver/operators.