User talk:IvoShandor/Christmas tree farm

WikiProject Holidays

United States

 * UIUC extension
 * History of the Christmas tree
 * Live Christmas tree a holiday tradition: for cultural significance section
 * Cutting a Christmas tree not always bad if you do it right
 * Introduction to growing Christmas trees in Virginia
 * Hispanic Labor in North Carolina’s Christmas Tree Industry: Employer and Laborer Perspectives
 * Christmas trees is this crop for you?
 * National Agricultural Library - Christmas trees
 * Safety in Christmas tree production
 * National Resources Conservation Service - Christmas tree facts
 * Woodland Crops: 1997 and 2002
 * U.S. Census PR: many links to good sources
 * Tree grades USDA
 * NH grades: growers use their own systems, based on USDA
 * More on grades: seems to recommend "basing" grades on USDA standard unless both customer and producer know the USDA ones.
 * Same as above: plus harvest information


 * WSU: a wealth of links and information
 * Various links, Miss St. Univ
 * Christmas Tree Area of Expertise Team: Michigan State University
 * USDA essay on economics of tree farms
 * Live trees

Canada

 * Ontatio Xmas tree production
 * Number grown
 * Christmas tree production: Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Ministry
 * Govt sales stats
 * Import/export restrictions

U.K.

 * Guardian
 * British Christmas Tree Growers Association
 * BBC
 * Effects of tree shortage
 * Northern Ireland Forest Service
 * Christmas trees: NETREGS
 * [Legal issues in UK
 * Value and acerage of crop

Europe

 * 2006 Danish tree shortage
 * International Herald Tribune

Images

 * Image:ChristmasTreeFarm.jpg
 * : VA tree farm source
 * : MO aerial shot source

Cultural/sentimental

 * Tennessee tree farms: govt release
 * Tree farm traditions: article
 * New Hampshire article
 * Farragut, TN article
 * Florida article
 * Topeka article: Christmas tree selection transcends things such as "weather" and "economy." Pish posh.
 * State AG talks of tradition in NY
 * More blathering about tradition

Australia

 * Growing cut Christmas trees-Victoria
 * Overview: Dept of Primary Industries

Real v. fake (and the market)

 * Scripps Howard: 2005
 * AP: 2004
 * ABC News: 2004 Poll
 * Smith Harroff agency overview
 * Wall Street Journal: 2006
 * 80s and 90s oversupply: KGW 8 News: 2006
 * New York Times: 1992, oversupply
 * OSU market info and other stuff]
 * Including Canada —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 10:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

History

 * New York Times: 1990: gives name and founding info on first farm
 * Info on first commercial Xmas tree market

Environment

 * More on issues: Guardian: 2006
 * A bit on potted natural trees

Canada

 * Net farm income after reclassifying Xmas tree farms —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 09:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * CFIA: Canadian laws —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 06:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

United States

 * Classification: Washington state
 * Classification: Washington state
 * Classification: Wisconsin
 * Occupational classification: DOL
 * Forest law and tree farms
 * Ohio Board of tax appeals: fuzzy nature of definitions
 * Are not farm products, US DOL
 * Now they are: USDA
 * Federal crop disaster insurance —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 21:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)