Sustainable Ag Working Group
The PSU Sustainable Ag Working Group (PSU-SAWG) is a multi-disciplinary initiative, begun in 2002, that brings together interested Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty and staff, farmers, and representatives from the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO), and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. PSU-SAWG promotes unbiased scientific inquiry, collaborative discussion, cooperative program development, and informed public engagement to support diverse pathways toward more sustainable agricultural and food systems.
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Vegetable and Small Fruit Gazette
Department of Horticulture at Penn State University
Agricultural Alternatives
Enterprise fact sheets on alternative production and marketing practices.
All Organic Links Resource
Forest design developed All Organic Links as a result of our deep commitment to the organic industry, and companies that share our concern for the health of our planet.
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (USDA)
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). We specialize in identifying and accessing information related to alternative agricultural enterprises and crops as well as alternative cropping systems.
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, and organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable ag activities.
Soil and Health Library
This is a specialist library about holistic agriculture, holistic health and self-sufficient homestead living. Most of the titles in this library are out of print. Many are quite hard to find.
Organic Ag Info
Developed by the Organic Agriculture Consortium (OAC)/Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research (SCOAR) and funded by a grant from the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS) through the USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (CSREES).
Selected Fact Sheets for Vegetable and Berry Growers
The University of Vermont Extension
The Rodale Institue
The Rodale Institute®, a global leader in regenerative agriculture, is devoted to innovative agriculture research, outreach and training through The New Farm® programs. The Institute works with people worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that renews and improves environmental and human health, working with the philosophy that "Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People ®."
Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network
ACORN aims to enhance the viability and growth of the Atlantic Canadian organic agricultural community through a unified regional network.
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) is a unique partnership between the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota and the Sustainers' Coalition, a group of individuals and non-profit organizations. The purpose of MISA is to bring together the diverse interests of the agricultural community with interests from across the University community in a cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and beyond.
Iowa State University Organic Agriculture
Information on research and extension activities on Organic Agriculture.
Organic Statistics
Organic farming has been one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture for nearly a decade. Certified organic cropland for corn, soybeans, and other major crops more than doubled from 1992 to 1997, and doubled again between 1997 and 2001.
Organic Statistics in Europe
Organic Newsline, News Service of the Organic Trade Service
International news information
The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Over the past 35 years, instructors at the University of California, Santa Cruz have taught organic farming and gardening skills to more than a thousand apprentices through the UCSC Farm & Garden Apprenticeship program.
