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Urban Food Systems http://www.cce.cornell.edu/~newyorkcity/urbanFood/index.php Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City These programs develop, support, and maintain viable urban food systems by partnering with organizations that seek access to foods produced by local urban growers and regionally by New York State farmers.

Just Food: The City Farms http://www.justfood.org/cityfarms/ Just Food http://www.justfood.org/ The City Farms project goal is to encourage New York City community gardeners to understand and appreciate the concepts of community food security, and to be motivated to grow, distribute, and market more food within their communities. The program works to increase food production, marketing, and distribution via community gardens throughout NYC. Available for purchase on the Just Food site is The City Farms Toolkit, a comprehensive guide to urban agriculture in NYC. The City Farms Toolkit is comprised of over 70 tipsheets touching on everything from planting calendars to soil care to season extension. This toolkit also contains a resources directory linking community gardeners to over 100 relevant agencies and organizations. Although this toolkit was developed specifically for city farmers in New York, most elements are useful to hobby gardeners, urban farmers and organic growers everywhere.

City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes http://www.cityfarmer.org/ A huge compilation of urban agriculture resources. The site includes local (Vancouver) city farmer stories and urban agriculture information from around the globe.

Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF) http://www.ruaf.org/ RUAF is a global resource center initiated by the international Support Group on Urban Agriculture and is funded by DGIS (The Netherlands) and IDRC (Canada). The main aim of RUAF is to facilitate the integration of urban agriculture in the policies and programs of national and local governments, technical departments, research centers, and NGOs, and to facilitate the formulation of projects on urban agriculture with active involvement of all local stakeholders.

Urban Agriculture: An Abbreviated List of References & Resource Guide 2000 http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/urbanag.htm Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture This list is meant to serve as a starting reference point for those interested in learning more about urban agriculture and the various organizations dedicated to its study as an agriculturally sustainable system.

The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens http://www.fairviewgardens.org/ The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens is a California non-profit organization that was established in 1997 to preserve and operate Fairview Gardens, the historic farm where its products are grown. Founded in 1895, Fairview Gardens is considered by some to be the oldest organic farm in southern California, and is now preserved in perpetuity through an agricultural conservation easement. Fairview Gardens P.O. Box 396 Goleta, CA 93116 Phone: (805) 967-7369 Fax: (805) 967-0188 E-mail: mail@fairviewgardens.org

Sustain's Urban Agriculture Site http://www.sustainweb.org/urban_index.asp Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming was launched at the UNED-UK hosted Healthy Planet Forum on June 17, 1999. It was formed by merging The National Food Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance, both of which had been established for over 10 years. The site contains publications available to order and project information.

Iowa State Extension Urban Agriculture http://www.extension.iastate.edu/urbanag/ Extension Urban Agriculture programs provide information and services that connect people with the land. Urban agriculture programs promote sustainability and improve quality of life in urban communities through an appreciation and understanding of our natural resources. Linda Naeve Reiman Gardens 1407 Elwood Dr. Ames, IA 50014 Phone: (515) 294-8946 E-mail: lnaeve@iastate.edu