Sustainable
Farming Connection |
Where
farmers find and share information. | What's New -- Sept. '97
A chronological list of additions to this site.
Alternative Ag News [9/30/97] --
October issue featuring update on federal sustainable ag funding, USGS finds
pesticides in water, rise in children's cancer, new USDA Office of Pest
Management.
Link to My Father's Garden
[9/30/97] -- Info about an award-winning documentary that features North Dakota
organic farmer Fred Kirschenmann, from our Hotlink page reviewing his
thought-provoking essay, Can
Organic Agriculture Feed the World?.
Local
Contacts: Texas Organic Growers
Association and the University of California's Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems
(SAFS) Project
-- [9/29/97]
ATTRA's
Organic Certification List -- Link from our Organic
Farming, Marketing, and Certification Resources page [9/26/97]. Access
from the menu after registering at their
On-Line Publications List. Lists
about 70 U.S.certification groups, organized by region.
Coalition Applauds Harkin Animal Ag Reform
Act [9/25/97] -- 'A good starting point' for cleaner water and healthier
rural communities.
Action Alert: Help Rein In Bt Crops
[9/25/97] -- Uncontrolled genetically engineered Bt crops are bad for farmers
and the environment. Letters to EPA are urgently needed to keep insects from
developing resistance to one of sustainable ag's most useful, safe, and
environmentally friendly pest management tools -- timely sprays of microbial Bt
insecticides.
Elegy for a Giraffe [9/24/97]
-- Roger Wentling stuck his neck out so farmers could reap the benefits of
rotational grazing. A tribute to the late controversial grazing advocate by
Ruth Tonachel.
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
[9/23/97] -- ATTRA, a federally funded clearinghouse for sustainable farming and
marketing info, celebrates its 10th year with a new website. Features online
versions of some of the program's most-asked-for publications on subjects
including farmscaping for biocontrol, livestock, fruit, herbs, mushrooms,
organic certification and more.
The New Organics Index [9/22/97] --
Trends in the fast-growing organic industry.
New Wildlife Habitat
Incentive Program (WHIP) [9/22/97] -- WHIP provides technical assistance
and cost-share up to 75 percent (not to exceed $10,000) to improve wildlife
habitat. USDA news release.
Link to Bt crops news release
from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements and the Genetic Engineering menu at Pest Management at the Crossroads
[9/22/97] -- Good background information on Bt crops controversy.
Sign
Up for Email Updates [9/19/97] -- Just fill out the short form to be
notified periodically by email about what's new at Sustainable Farming
Connection.
News: EPA
violated law in approving Bt crops [9/17/97] -- Reuters news story
reports that a coalition of environmental and farming groups filed a legal
petition calling for EPA to ban genetically engineered Bt crops.
Link to Sustainable Ranching Research and
Education Project from the Hot Links on our
Grazing Menu [9/16/97] -- University of
California Extension project, includes controlled grazing basics, extensive
nutrition info, fencing design and construction, events calendar, links and
more. Don't miss the online
low-stress livestock
handling tips featuring info from stockmanship guru Bud Williams.
Link to Fencing
Companies from our Online
Fence-Building References page [9/16/97] -- Great list of links at Oregon
State University's Forage
Information System website.
Sustainable
Farming Classics [9/16/97] -- Links from our Rural
Writings Menu to new online versions of hard-to-find classics such as Sir
Albert Howard's
An
Agricultural Testament at
The
Holistic Agriculture Library and
Ye Olde Forage Library.
Link to 1997
National Organic Directory from our Organic
Farming, Marketing, and Certification Resources page. [9/16/97] -- Great
hard-copy yellow pages for the organic industry.
Organic Farming, Marketing, and Certification
Resources [9/12/97] -- Organic farming and marketing groups and other
web resources of particular interest to organic farmers.
Earthworms
and Crop Management by Purdue University soil scientist Eileen Kladivko
and Drought
Proofing Your Farm by Walter Goldstein, agronomist at the Michael Fields
Agricultural Institute [9/12/97] -- New links from our
Soil Health Menu.
Email Ag News Services from the University of Guelph
[9/11/97] -- An easy way to stay up-to-date on ag, livestock and food-safety
happenings.
Forage Alternatives
[9/11/97] -- Link from our Livestock Menu.
Short on forage? Beef up your reserves with this Michigan State University
resource. It provides you with the how-to (as well as the what you can expect
from) winter and spring grains, overseeding pastures with legumes, field pea
mixes, small grain nurse crops, summer annuals, and more.
Make A Well-Grounded (Earthed) Fence
[9/11/97] -- Tips from a New Zealand grazing farmer and consultant to keep your
fence hot and your livestock in.
Online Fence-Building References [9/11/97]
-- Links to fencing tips and techniques for management-intensive grazing
systems.
Link to
OFMA's Virtual Market
from our Marketing Links page [9/10/97] --
Listings of certified organic products for sale or processing from the Organic
Farmers Marketing Association. Also check out
OFMA's Consumer Connection
listings of prospective buyers.
Link to
Internet
offers new pastures for farmers selling produce from our
'Net Marketing feature.
[9/10/97]
Link to
Forage
Systems Update Newsletter from our Grazing
Links Page [9/5/97] -- Forage System Research Center, University of
Missouri. Just three articles posted so far (9/8/97). Hoping for more because
the hard-copy edition has dynamite summaries of the excellent beef grazing
research conducted at the FSRC by Jim Gerrish and others.
Link to
Sample
Pastures Right from our Grazing Menu
[9/5/97] -- In this graze-l post, Minnesota grazing expert Doug Gunnink tells
how to get the best results from a fresh forage analysis.
Link to Free ATTRA Grazing
Publications from our Grazing Menu.
[9/5/97] -- Toll free call gets you info on Grass-Based and Seasonal Dairying,
Alternative Fly Control, Sustainable Chicken Production and more.
Aerenchyma --
Lifelines for Living Underwater [9/5/97] -- Link from our
Soil Health Menu to an article from USDA-ARS
magazine describes how special cells in the roots of warm-season grasses allow
them to grow in saturated soils, penetrate compacted layers, and tolerate both
drought and flood. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader to view. Interesting
reading!
Free-Range
Poultry Production, Processing and Marketing. [9/5/97] -- Link from our
Pastured Poultry Resources page
to more information about a SARE-funded guidebook that describes a low-labor
method using long portable skid houses holding up to 400 chickens each. Also
free info pack on Sustainable Chicken Production from ATTRA:
800-346-9140
Link
to Farmland Information Library
[9/5/97] -- Great farmland protection and land-use resources. Full text of state
farmland protection statutes, abstracts and links to literature, discussion
groups, organizations, maps and more.
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Seeks
Policy Associate [9/5/97] -- An "inside the Beltway" job for
the right person.
Alternative Ag News [9/4/97] --
September issue featuring "silver-bullet" ag research, organic
standards, BGH-free case settlement, pesticides and birds, in-flight organic,
and more.
Link to
Alberta Weed Management
Guides [9/3/97] -- From our Weed
Management links page. Some good culture advice for taming weeds such as
Canada thistle.
Link to Forgey's River-View
Farm [9/3/97] -- Indiana seasonal dairyman Dave Forgey has started his
own website. It's still in it's embryonic stages, but will be worth checking as
he adds to it. For more on his farm, see
The Forgey Files.
Dakota Rural Action [9/3/97] --
New listing on our local contacts list.
Form response added to our
Sign-Up
for Local Contacts List [9/2/97] -- Now it's quicker and easier to add
your group to our website.
Ag-related discussion
groups listed on our Coffee Shop Menu
[9/1/97] -- Join in conversations about grazing, CSAs, vegetable production,
composting, food systems and more.
What's
New Menu -- Previous additions.
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