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• - An explanation of the principles of sustainable farming, the ways in which resource use can be minimised, and local biodiversity preserved.
  
• - Searchable site with topics including "what is sustainable agriculture?", biologically integrated farming systems, cover crops, earthworms, soil quality, and sustainable agriculture courses, workshops, and events.
  
• - Publication edited by Rodney Heitschmidt and Jerry Stuth. Out of print.
  
• - Resource on appropriate technologies in the fields of sustainable agriculture, waste management, textiles and renewable energy, primarily in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan.
  
• - A training center for sustainable agriculture in the uplands, located in the southern part of the Philippines.
  
• - A Chapter of Washington Tilth Association, fosters and promotes ecologically sound sustainable agriculture in the interest of environmental preservation, human health and social equity.
  
• - Aims to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of natural grasslands, as well as a high grain yield.
  
• - A detailed account of how sustainable agriculture integrates environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. From UC Davis.
  
• - A sustainable agriculture research center at the University of Wisconsin. Details of research, local involvement.
  
• - Information on sustainable agriculture for producers. Grants available for sustainable agriculture projects.
  
• - The center's objectives are to reduce negative impacts of agriculture on natural resources and rural communities, to develop profitable farming systems that conserve natural resources, and to inform the public of new research findings.
  
• - The objectives of the BIFS in Rice project are to demonstrate alternative rice production methods, promote sustainable agriculture, and monitor pesticide use and make information available.
  
• - Advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture.
  
• - A demonstration site for sustainable agriculture. Details of the site, courses in permaculture, location.
  
• - A coalition dedicated to promoting an ecologically sustainable and socially just food system. Describes group news, events and projects, and related headlines.
  
• - Collects and disseminates information about sustainable agriculture and advocates for agricultural research in the public interest.
  
• - A sustainable agriculture information center that provides technical assistance to farmers, market gardeners and extension agents on farming topics: sustainable, organic, alternative, crops, livestock, and pest control.
  
• - Mission is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support, and promoting sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound managemen
  
• - Advisory software for consultants and extension workers to provide farmers with sustainable nutrition advice for their crops and cropping systems (organic and ecological farming).
  
• - A grassroots, statewide advocacy organization for sustainable agriculture and family farms in Washington State. Mission, programs, links.
  
• - A policy supporting research partnership between Ghent University and K.U.Leuven concerning sustainable agriculture.
  
• - Organization offers research, internships and community assistance with conservation, ecology, marketing and development within the Colo Brus region of Costa Rica.
  
• - Project by Global Service Corps (GSC), to develop sustainable farming in the Eastern Province.
  
• - Offers a practical demonstration of the integration of game and wildlife conservation with profitable farming.
  
• - A study to see, if using trace elements or microbes as replacements for chemicals in feed, pest control, and fertilizer would be financially profitable. Includes summary report. Some pages in PDF format only.
  
• - Describes objectives, which are to improve social auditing processes in agriculture. Also organisational details and partner information.
  
• - Public agricultural and environmental research institute where work focuses on sustainable development in non-urban areas.
  
• - Partnership between the College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota and the Sustainers' Coalition. Cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture.
  
• - Based at UC Davis, LTRAS is a long-term comparison of 10 conventional, organic and alternative cropping systems, both irrigated and nonirrigated.
  
• - Download the proceedings of a series of conferences (held October 1999 through October 2000) on future supply and quality of food for humans and animals, animal welfare and health, the effects of animal production on the environment, the influences of new
  
• - Describes potential new crops, and lost crops, for arid and saline areas, exchanged and field tested by two agricultural environmental schools in Israel and Morocco.
  
• - Promotes improved and sustainable farming through better cultivation methods and crop diversification.
  
• - Aims for poverty alleviation through the promotion of agro-ecological approaches. Includes a collection of links, book reviews, and other information.
  
• - Directory of sites and documents about sustainable agriculture.
  
• - Established in 1985 with the aim of developing and promoting low cost post harvest technologies appropriate for use at the village level. Uttar Pradesh.
  
• - Provides information on events, research, education, links, funding sources, relevant to Iowa.
  
• - Dedicated to educating the US public on the importance of a sustainable food and agriculture system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just, and humane.
  
• - Nonprofit information and data-transfer center promoting economically and environmentally beneficial agriculture and natural resource management. Located in Indiana, USA.
  
• - A journal in support of independent family farmers. Offering information on the use of animal-power, organics and sustainable agriculture. Lynn Miller is editor and publisher
  
• - Provides scientific advice for the sustainable development of Australia's agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries.
  
• - Mission is to increase understanding of plant biology; apply new knowledge to help sustain productivity in agriculture, forestry and allied fields; facilitate the rapid development and commercialization of promising technologies and products; contribute t
  
• - Information about the center, its activities, and sustainable farming systems.
  
• - Details of research and promotion of sustainable farming practices.
  
• - Information on the making and use of seed balls in natural farming, plus other essays on biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, and other environmental issues.
  
• - Independently certifies and labels farmers' use of stringent environmental and sustainable growing standards.
  
• - Works to develop more effective and equitable forms of agriculture and natural resource management.
  
• - Description on how to maintain soil fertility and how to reduce pH, soil erosion, pesticide use and salt levels. Links to other sustainable agriculture pages.
  
• - Information, ideas, and strategies for activists opposed to factory farming. Topics cover the environmental, health, economic, social and animal welfare costs of large-scale animal production, as well as trends toward sustainable alternatives to factory f
  
• - An exercise in sustainable agriculture and farming in Hampshire, UK. Estate and family history, estate map, wildlife, crops, organic farming, livestock including Hampshire Down sheep, and Cleveland Bay horses.
  
• - Courses, internship programs and practicums are offered at Hedgerow Farm, seven miles east of Boulder, Colorado.