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What's New
A chronological list of additions to this site.
Inside The Beltway --
August 2000 [8/2/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Links to USDA-NRCS
Soil
Quality Institute [8/2/2000] -- Good introduction and
resources including The
Soil Biology Primer, Soil Quality
Information Sheets, Soil
Quality Card Design Guide, and Agronomy
Technical Notes Series summaries of the effects of cover crops, rotations
and no-till on soil quality.
Links to The
Holistic Agriculture Library website [8/2/2000] -- Including complete
texts of:
Link to Alternative
Agriculture News -- August 2000 [8/2/2000]
Link to CropChoice.com
[8/2/2000] -- An alternative news source for American farmers about GMOs
(genetically modified organisms).
Link to 21st
Century Lives: Joel Salatin [7/22/2000] -- If you missed the
pioneering grazier, pastured poultry producer, and relationship marketer on ABC
News, you can read the text or view the video.
Link to emarket
farm [7/22/2000] -- Resources for farmers markets and market
farmers.
Link to Sterling
College [7/22/2000] -- Offers BA in Sustainable Agriculture.
Inside The Beltway --
July 2000 [7/16/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to Alternative
Agriculture News -- June 2000 -- [6/6/2000]
Inside The Beltway --
May 2000 [6/3/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to Alternative
Agriculture News -- May 2000 [6/3/2000].
Link to Timbergreen
2000 [6/3/3000] -- Site for forest owners who want to maximize the
benefits of sustainable forestry management.
Inside The Beltway --
April 2000 [4/20/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Great
Plains Institute for Sustainable Development [4/8/2000] -- Local
contact.
Link to U.S.
Composting Council discussion group [4/8/2000] -- Compost issues.
Link to Alternative
Agriculture News -- April 2000.
Inside The Beltway --
March 2000 [4/2/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to Alex
Avery and Chuck Benbrook debate GMO crops [3/22/2000]
Link to Alternative
Agriculture News -- February 2000 [2/20/2000]
Inside The Beltway --
February 2000 [2/20/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to Northern
Plains sustainable Agriculture Society [2/20/2000] --
Includes direct marketing directory, newsletter articles, position papers and
more.
Greenbook
'99 -- A decade of tools [2/20/2000] -- Excellent
collection of reports (mostly .pdf files) from the Minnesota Dept. of Ag.
Sustainable Ag program. Topics include alternative crops, soil fertility,
fruits and vegetables and livestock.
Market
Farming discussion group [2/20/2000] -- Production-oriented
mailing list for small-acreage farmers of small acreage
making a living providing food and fiber to consumer-direct
markets.
Alternative Ag News
[1/12/2000] -- New Wallace Center created at Winrock, anti-biotech efforts
attract "serious" money, organic product list from OMRI, Monsanto
sued, chemicals and pancreatic cancer.
Inside The Beltway --
January 2000 [1/7/2000] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Sustainable
Farming Program at Central Carolina Community College [1/3/2000] --
Local contact listing.
Hoop House Building
[12/10/99] -- Step-by-step photo essay at the brand-spankin' new Practical
Farmers of Iowa website.
Links to Community Supported
Agriculture sites [12/10/99] -- Spurred on by a recent mention in Parade
magazine, there are many new and improved CSA resources on the 'Net, including
some that list information for CSA operations around the country. (Find a list
of the mirror sites at this USDA site.)
There are many worth exploring, including:
Link to Sustainable
pork production [12/10/99] -- At Texas Tech University. Outdoor
pig topics, a tour and information about the sustainable
pork farm, and much more.
Link to PasturedPigs
discussion group [12/10/99] -- Share tips with fellow pasture pig
producers. Scan archives or receive individual or digest email. Sign up first at the onelist.com
homepage.
Link to Barn
Owl Headquarters [12/10/99] -- Help control rodents by attracting these
predators. Nest box designs, produccts and info attract raptors, bats and
other beneficial wildlife.
Link to American
Livestock Breeds Conservancy [12/10/99] -- A nonprofit
membership organization working to protect nearly 100 breeds of cattle, goats,
horses, asses, sheep, swine and poultry from extinction. Great profiles of
rare breeds.
Alternative Ag News
[12/9/99] -- International organic agreement, GMO warnings, surviving the
"new agriculture," biotech companies launch PR campaign.
Inside The Beltway --
December '99
[11/25/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Inside The Beltway --
November '99
[11/11/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Organic
Certification Association of Montana -- Local contact listing.
Link to Amaizing
graize [11/10/99] -- Baldridge
Hybrid corn varieties bred specifically to fill the summer pasture slump.
Alternative Ag News
[11/5/99] -- Minimal gains in 2000 budget, floods reveal flaws in N.C. farm
policy, Monsanto terminates terminator technology.
Link to New
Farm Options [10/28/99] -- A wealth of information on alternative
enterprises and value-added marketing opportunities from Univ. of Wis.
Extension. While there are still some information gaps that need to
filled, you won't find a site with more to offer. Be sure to check out the
Alternative Field Crops & Livestock
database, business
planning resources and discussion
group. Highly recommended.
Link to Seed
Savers Unite -- [10/28/99] Organic farmers collaborating with USDA's
National Plant Germplasm System to preserve traditional plant varieties.
Link to Organics
Outlook [10/28/99] -- Info on compost, mulch, grasscycling
and related topics from the Calif. Integrated Waste Management Board.
Don't miss the Farming
Outlook page.
Louisiana
Organic Association [10/28/99] -- Local contact listing.
On
the Prairie [10/28/99] -- This educational resource is great for helping
kids understand and appreciate prairie ecology. Kids agree, the build
a prairie page is a way cool interactive feature. Next best thing to a
field trip.
Link to Rural
America [10/28/99] -- A column in In
Motion edited by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
features articles on family farm, livestock, GMO, environmental and other
issues.
Link to Garden
Web Forums [10/28/99] -- Many threads of interest to high-value crop growers and
marketers. See especially the active Market
Gardener forum.
Link to New
Farm Options Discussion Group [10/28/99] -- New group (10/99) focused on
alternative crops, livestock and marketing.
Link to How
to conduct research on your farm or ranch [10/23/99] -- New guide
from USDA-SARE program, also available in print and .pdf formats.
Link to 10
Reasons why farmers should think twice before growing GE crops [10/18/99]
-- Well-documented advice from agronomist Dr. Ann Clark, Univ. of Guelph.
Alternative Ag News
[10/11/99] -- Consumer Union calls for GMO labeling, OMRI list of allowable
organic products, plant extinctions threaten food supply.
Inside The Beltway --
October '99
[10/6/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to New
vegetable production guide [9/29/99] -- "Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market"
is a 280-page book for experienced vegetable growers, newbies and
educators. Penned by Vern Grubinger, vegetable and berry specialist and
director of the Univ. of Vermont's Center
for Sustainable Agriculture, the guide includes in-depth profiles of 32 vegetable producers,
sample budgets, and sections on financial planning, marketing, soils,
composting, rotations, cover crops, equipment, irrigation, pests, diseases,
weeds, season extension and more. Targeted for Northeast growers, but also
valuable in other regions.
Link
to
Whole Earth Magazine [9/10/99]
-- Special section in Summer '99 issue "Farms -- Globalocal Soy." Web
versions of two features, Donella Meadows'
Poor Monsanto
and Soybean of
Happiness.
Back
issues cover many other sustainable ag issues, including
soil,
Natural Systems
Agriculture by Wes Jackson,
Visions for Rural
Kentucky by Wendell Berry, and more. Link to Seedsaving and
Seedsavers'
Resources [9/10/99] -- One-stop shop of links to seedsaving techniques,
sources of organic, heirloom, open-pollinated and non-GMO seed and plants,
seed-swapping, varietal information and more. Link to GrazePro [9/10/99] --
Software program designed to ease grazing recordkeeping and management from
Softpro Business Solutions. Link to Organic Valley / CROPP Cooperative
[9/9/99] -- The largest producer of certified organic dairy in the United
States, a farmer owned and operated marketing cooperative, CROPP distributes
dairy, eggs and vegetables from more than 160 small to mid sized family farms
in 10 states. Their
Organic Trader lists
organic feed grains, forages, livestock and more for sale. SustainableBusiness.com [9/9/99]
-- Local contact listing. Link to Biological Control: A
Guide to Natural Enemies in North America [9/9/99] -- Photographs and
descriptions for approximately 100 natural enemies of of insect, disease, and
weed pests in North America. Alternative Ag News [9/8/99] -- GM
food threat to trade, schools offer organic food, resistance to BT cotton faster
than expected. Inside The Beltway -- August '99 (II)
[8/12/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [8/9/99] --
Canadian organic standards, Wendell Berry on failed farm policy, Rockefeller
Foundation asks Monsanto to stop terminator gene. Avery vs. Salatin Debate
[8/8/99]-- Sustainable farmer Joel Salatin and think-tank analyst Dennis Avery
-- who both reside in tiny Swoope, Va. -- square off on talk radio (82K). Link to smallfarms.com [8/3/99] -- Hawaii small
farmer Glenn Oshiro started this database-driven site to connect consumers and
farmers directly, eliminating the middleman. Officially opens Sept. 1, but you
can sign up now. Listings start at $29/year. Link to Graze-r
Discussion Group [8/3/99] -- Share tips with other graziers. This page
has the latest digest and index to previous digests. (You must subscribe first
to view digests.) To recieve digests or individual messages via email, sign up
starting from the onelist.com homepage. Link to Pasture
Poultry Discussion Group [8/3/99] -- Share tips with other pasture
poultry producers. This page has the latest digest and index to previous
digests. To recieve digests or individual messages via email, sign up starting
from the onelist.com homepage. Link to North Central Region SARE
[8/3/99] -- Updated and expanded, this site provides information about the
USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program in the Midwest and
much of the Plains. Of special interest are the
Field Notes fact sheets
on cover crops, alternative swine production, composting and more. Link to Corporate Pigs
[8/3/99] -- Simple text and photo essay shows how "factory farms hog-tie
rural communities." Nothing gory, unless manure spills make you squeemish.
While you're at the Corporate Watch
website, check out the
Greenwash Award
they presented to Monsanto a few years back. Those aren't Monarch
butterflies in the Monsanto graphic, are they? Inside The Beltway -- August '99
[7/27/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Farming Systems Information
Center [7/26/99] -- Local contact listing. Link to Campaign for Food Safety [7/26/99] --
Covers a wide range of food issues including organic standards, genetically
modified organisms, irradiation, BGH, Mad Cow disease and more. Includes a page
of links to farmer, retailer or
wholesaler selling organic food. Affiliated with the
Organic Consumers Association. Link to Gifts and Graces of
the Land [7/21/99] -- Photojournalist Cynthia Vagnetti's images and the
wisdom of sustainable farmers captured on RealAudio make an inspirational
multimedia presentation. Link to GRACE Factory Farm Project [7/21/99] --
Links to facts, news, and ideas about the
problem of factory farming and sustainable alternatives. Link to The National Campaign for
Sustainable Agriculture [7/8/99] -- New webiste for this diverse
network of groups that is working to shape public policies to foster a
sustainable food and agriculture system. Inside The Beltway -- July '99
[7/8/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [7/7/99] -- Organic
more profitable, AMS program boosts organic exports, GMOs worry industry, first
organic restaurant. Alternative Ag News [6/18/99] -- Bt corn
may kill monarch butterflies, UK doctors call for GE labeling, Merrigan to head
USDA-AMS, new uses for alfalfa. Link to Max-Flex Fence Systems
[6/7/99] -- Information on different fence types, energizers. Contacts for
dealers, additional print information.
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