Pesticide and/or Herbicide Free Production

 

 

Arizona Resources

Colorado Resources

New Mexico Resources

Regional Resources

Marketing Pesticide and/or Herbicide Free Products

 

*Each resource within the Four Corners region will be marked with an asterisk

 

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Arizona Resources

 

*Northern Arizona University: Center for Sustainable Environments: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Research

The Center for Sustainable Environments is currently involved in several projects focused on sustainable agriculture and promoting local food security.

http://home.nau.edu/environment/food.asp

 

Colorado Resources

 

*Colorado Organic Producers Association
Provides education, information, and networking services to promote and facilitate the production, distribution, and consumption of Colorado organic food products. COPA members represent all segments of agriculture-production, processing, wholesale, retail, and consumer.

http://www.organiccolorado.org/

 

*Sustainable Agriculture in Colorado
A new website developed by Colorado State University focusing on sustainable agriculture and the ways its can help improve Colorado's economy, communities, and livelihoods.

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/sustag/

 

New Mexico Resources

 

*New Mexico Organic Producers Marketing Guide

This guide is designed to help you explore which markets might work best for you and give you some ideas about how to access those markets. Marketing topics include Farmers’ Markets, CSAs, Selling to Retail Outlets, Selling to Restaurants, and Selling to Wholesalers.

http://nmocc.state.nm.us/pdf/MarketManual.pdf

 

Regional Resources

 

Simply Sustainable: People & Projects Sustaining Western Agriculture

The projects in this book reach deep into Western agriculture, ranging from conventional to organic to alternative production. The stories are of creative and ingenious farmers, ranchers and their professional and nonprofit supporters who have applied Western SARE dollars to sustainable solutions.

http://wsare.usu.edu/pub/

 

Simply Sustainable: WSARE Newsletter

This newsletter from the Western Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program of the USDA highlights funded research projects in the western region of the US. There are several examples of innovative sustainable agriculture operations.

http://wsare.usu.edu/news/?sub=news&n=arc

 

Marketing Pesticide and/or Herbicide Free Products

 

Adding Value through Environmental Marketing: Opportunities for Food Producers, Processors and Retailers: Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the Environmental Marketing conference that took place December 6-7, 1999, in Madison, Wisconsin. Provides links to a number of papers that discuss agriculture marketing strategies and related topics.

http://www.iatp.org/labels/envcommodities/index.htm

 

Diversity Crops to Boost Profits and Stewardship

This article explains how producers can mix new crops into a rotation to not only make money from an alternative crop, but also raise yields of the traditional crops in the rotation.

http://www.sare.org/publications/diversify/diversify04.htm

 

Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture

"Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture" defines sustainable agriculture by providing snapshots of different producers who apply sustainable principles on their farms and ranches.

http://www.sare.org/publications/exploring.htm

 

“Green Markets” for Farm Products

ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, January 2001.This publication addresses the topic of raising food for customers seeking organic or otherwise identifiable "earth-friendly" products.

http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/greenmarkets.html

 

Sustainability in Agriculture: National Agricultural Library

Sustainable food systems integrate many disciplines, goals and agricultural practices. Find guides and links to sustainable agriculture information related to economic and social issues as well as food choices and food security.

http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=2&tax_subject=292