Reduced Chemical Use
*Each
resource within the
See
also:
*Northern
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
Organic Producers Association
Provides education, information, and networking services to promote and
facilitate the production, distribution, and consumption of
http://www.organiccolorado.org/
*Sustainable
Agriculture in
A new website developed by
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/sustag/
*
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
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
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
http://wsare.usu.edu/news/?sub=news&n=arc
Biointensive
Integrated
This publication provides the rationale for biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM), outlines the
concepts and tools of biointensive IPM, and suggests
steps and provides informational resources for implementing IPM.
Farmscaping to
Enhance Biological Control
This publication contains information about
increasing and managing biodiversity on a farm to favor beneficial organisms,
with emphasis on beneficial insects. There is a focus on reduced chemical use
in Farmscaping.
National Agricultural Library: Ecological
Find information about the combination
of complementary methods to control pests that minimize or eliminate the use of
toxic pesticides.
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=1&tax_subject=297
Reduced Chemical Cropping Systems
This resource page from the
http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/naturalagriculture/print/reducedchem.html
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
http://www.iatp.org/labels/envcommodities/index.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
This list contains books, pamphlets and videos all
related to the topic of reduced chemical use agriculture.
http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/library/search.asp?search_val=292
Greenbook 2000:
Marketing Sustainable Agriculture
The Greenbook discusses
farm marketing and its impact on communities, with several thought-provoking
essays on the creation of regional food systems, with examples from around the
state and around the globe. While these systems require producers to take on
additional responsibilities for processing, distribution and marketing, they
also may provide producers with greater profit – a key component of
sustainability.
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/protecting/sustainable/greenbook2000.htm
The New American Farmer: Profiles of Agricultural
Innovation
The
profiles in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition hail from small
vegetable farms and ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres. There
are success stories from farmers all over the
http://www.sare.org/publications/naf2/naf2.pdf
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
http://wsare.usu.edu/about/docs/simplysustainable.pdf
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
http://wsare.usu.edu/news/?sub=news&n=arc