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Agriculture Program (ASAP)
At the University of Illinois (UI), sustainable
agriculture programs and activities are coordinated through the Agroecology/Sustainable
Agriculture Program (ASAP). ASAP seeks to be an active presence on campus and
across the state to, "facilitate and promote research and education which protects
Illinois' natural and human resources and sustain agricultural production forever."
Activities are focused in three areas: (1) Outreach, (2) Training, and (3) Research.
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC)
The AFSIC specializes in identifying resources about sustainable food systems and practices in support of USDA's effort to ensure a sustainable future for agriculture and farmers worldwide.
- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
Looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? We feature all that, plus in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable ag activities.
- Center for Sustaining Agriculture
& Natural Resources (CSANR)
- Cornell
Small Farms Website
- CSREES Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program is offering a new online national continuing education program in Sustainable Agriculture for Extension and other agricultural professionals.
The course provides a detailed introduction to sustainable agriculture and what it means for farmers, ranchers and communities. It explains how sustainable concepts and principles relate to the roles of educators as they try to improve farming and ranching systems.
- Farmland
Information Center
The Farmland Information Center
(FIC) is America's clearinghouse forinformation on farmland protection and
stewardship. Since 1994, staff specialists have provided an online collection
of laws, literature and technical resources, answered questions, monitored
programs and developed educational materials. The new site brings the FIC into
the 21st century with more resources, access to full text and an advanced search
feature.
- SARE
Western Region
The SARE Western Region covers Alaska, American Samoa,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Micronesia, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, N. Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
- Soil and Water Conservation Society
- State & Private Organic
Certification
This list is provided for producers and handlers, who
must be certified by a USDA-accredited certifying agent to sell, label, or represent
their products as "100 percent organic," "organic," or "made with organic specified
ingredients or food group(s)".
- Sustainable
Agriculture Farming Systems Project
This program at the University
of California, Davis compares conventional, low-input, and organic farming systems
in California's Sacramento Valley
- The Sustainable
Agriculture Network is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. SARE is a U.S. Department of
Agriculture-funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable
agriculture research and education in a regional process nationwide.
- Sustainable
Development Partnerships This website provides one-stop-shopping for information
regarding the U.S. Government s partnership efforts to advance economic growth,
social development, and environmental stewardship in the developing world.
- UC
SAREP (University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program)
- USDA
Sustainable Development is committed to working toward the economic, environmental,
and social sustainability of diverse food, fiber, agriculture, forest, and range
systems.
- Western
Integrated Ranch/Farm Education (WIRE)
- Western
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
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