Many individuals have been involved in developing this material, and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. This list includes the research assistant on the SARE/ACE project, Sarah Slover, as well as faculty members, extension agents, farmers and farmer-support organizations throughout the southeast. These individuals offered suggestions or reviewed chapters, contributing ideas, photographs, and information. The resulting document is a group effort.

This project was funded, in part, by grants from North Carolina State University Faculty Outreach and Professional Development Grant and Instructional Computing Grants as well as the IPM Program coordinated by Dr. Mike Linker, the Sustainable Agriculture Program, coordinated by Dr. J. Paul Muller, and the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina's State University Agricultural Experiment Station. Funding is welcome from other sources who will also be recognized for their contributions.

No endorsement of named or illustrated products is intended, nor is criticism implied of similar products that are not mentioned or illustrated.