Introduction to Farming Resources

Resources

Hardcopy Resources and Sources for Materials

Agriculture Alternatives Resources
Agricultural Business Resources
Agroforestry Resources
Dairy Resources
Equipment Resources
Field Crop and Forage Resources
Horticulture Resources
Livestock Resources
Marketing Resources

American Farmland Trust
1200 18th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
202-331-7300 fax: 202-659-8339
email: info@farmland.org website: http://www.farmland.org/

ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702
800-346-9140 website: http://www.attra.org
Master Publication List http://www.attra.org/publication.html
Agweb http://www.attra.org/searchAgWeb.html
Extensive informational articles and publications on all aspects of agriculture. Excellent resource.

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
USDA, ARS, National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave., Room 132, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
301-504-6559 fax: 301-504-6409 http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/
"Great Places to Find Information about Farming Alternatives"
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/findinfo.htm
"List of Alternative Crops & Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification"
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/altlist.htm

Business and Marketing Resources for Agricultural Entrepreneurs from Entrepreneurship Education and Outreach Program (EEO) http://www.eeo.aem.cornell.edu of Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University 607-255-1611

Canadian Organic Growers
COG National Office, 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7Z2
613-216-0741 Fax: 613-236-0743
email: office@cog.ca website: http://www.cog.ca/

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/

Cornell Small Farms Program
135C Plant Science Bldg., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-9227 http://www.smallfarms.cornell.edu
Large list of resources both on and offline and information sorted by topic

Cornell Waste Management Institute
Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences,
100 Rice Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-5601
607-255-1187 Fax 607-255-8207
email: cwmi@cornell.edu website: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/

Farm Bureau (American)
Washington D.C. Office, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W.,
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024
(202) 406-3600 Fax: (202) 406-3604
website: http://www.fb.org/

The New Ag Network
Online Newsletter and resources for sustainable and organic ag http://www.ipm.msu.edu/new-ag.htm

New England Small Farm Institute
275 Jackson St., Belchertown, MA 01007
413-323-4531 fax: 413-323-9594
email: info@smallfarm.org website: http://www.smallfarm.org/

NY Ag Innovation Center
http://agviability.cornell.edu

NY FarmNet
415 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801
1-800-547-3276 website: http://www.nyfarmnet.org/

Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
c/o Bill Duesing, Box 135, Stevenson, CT 06491
203-888-5146 website: http://www.nofa.org

Northeast Regional Food Guide - tool to help educate consumers on eating locally and seasonally

The Savory Center (Holistic Management Center)
1010 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-842-5252 Fax: 505-843-7900
email: savorycenter@holisticmanagement.org website: www.holisticmanagement.org

Northeast Center For Food Entrepreneurship (two locations) http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/
Cornell University New York State Food Venture Center
NYS Agricultural Experiment Station
630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2274
and
University of Vermont Center for Food Science
Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences
200 Carrigan Building, 536 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405-0044
802-656-8300

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
website: http://www.usda.gov to locate a service center near you go to http://offices.usda.gov

Web Resources for Agriculture compiled by Kathy Chiang and Howard Raskin, Mann Library, Cornell University