USDA Technical Assistance on Organic Farming
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education Program—Program contacts, publications,
funded projects, funding opportunities.
National Agricultural Library, Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center—Information on sustainable
agriculture and community-supported agriculture, including
organic farming.
USDA-funded
ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas)—National
sustainable agriculture information service managed
by a private nonprofit.
U.S. Organic Certification
Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS), National Organic Program—National
standards that govern the marketing of organically produced
agricultural products.
USDA
Accredited Certifying Agents—AMS's list of all State and
private certifiers operating in the United States.
State
Organic Contacts—AMS's list of contacts (name, address,
phone, fax, e-mail, and website) for State-level information on
organics.
University Production Trials and Crop Budgets
University of California-Davis, Sustainable Agriculture
Farming Systems Project (SAFS)—Compares conventional,
low-input, and organic farming systems in California's
Sacramento Valley.
University of California-Davis, Organic Farming Cost and Returns Studies—Cost-of-production
studies for several organically produced fruits and vegetables
in California.
University
of Nebraska, Integrated Farm Project—Progress
report on organic systems as part of the university's
integrated farm project.
Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)—Information
about organic farming principles, practices, and systems.
Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial—Results
from cropping trials of three cash-grain rotation systems,
including one organic system.
International Information and Statistics
Organic Europe—Country
reports, official European Union documents related to organic agriculture,
a database, and links to others resources.
OECD
Workshop on Organic Agriculture—The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) published the Proceedings of
a workshop that was hosted by the USDA examining the economic,
environmental and social impacts of organic agriculture in relation
to "integrated" and "conventional" farming systems.
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