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What's New -- June '98 to May '99
A chronological list of additions to this site.
Inside The Beltway -- May '99
[5/4/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [5/4/99] -- Natural
food market strategies report, USDA small farm campaign, European biotech
protests, USDA criticized for "terminator" seeds.
Link to Farming for Profit,
Stewardship & Community [4/22/99] -- These 10 tip sheets
from the USDA SARE program list publications and links especially for
small-scale farmers and ranchers. (Large-scale operators will
find them helpful, too.) Topics include:
soil quality,
marketing,
pests,
organic production,
livestock,
weeds,
planning,
networking,
diversification, and
agroforestry. Highly
recommended.
Link to Jako Inc. [4/15/99] -- Scalders and
pluckers designed with the pastured-poultry producer in mind.
Link to Time to Act! Campaign
[3/30/99] -- Promoting the recommendations of the USDA
National Commission
on Small Farms.
Link to Rural Advancement Foundation International
[3/30/99] -- RAFI is an international organization dedicated to the conservation
and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity. A good place to start
educating yourself on issues of ag biotechnology.
Link to Woods End Research Laboratory
[3/29/99] -- Extensive compost and soil analyses, including an inexpensive
compost maturity and
soil microbial respiration test
kits.
Inside The Beltway -- Spring '99
[3/28/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [3/26/99] -- Organic
standards improvements, group asks for livestock antibiotic ban, factory farm
clean-up strategy, peach oil replacement for methyl bromide, Audubon
chronicles organic.
Link to OrganicHub.com [3/23/99] -- Online
database provides an easy yet powerful way to find information about organic
products, producers, wholesalers, retailers, and
organizations. Don't forget to
add yourself to the
list.
Link to Badgersett Research Farm [3/16/99] --
Minnesota-based research farm developing woody plants for real-world staple food
production. Info about "Woody Agriculture" and cultural and ordering
information for the hybrid Hazelnuts and hybrid Chestnuts they breed, grow, and
sell.
Local
contact: Kansas State University
Sustainable Agriculture [3/14/99].
Alternative Ag News [3/4/99] -- Organic
farmers expanding, study finds unacceptable pesticide levels for children, Avery
flawed, federal budget update, EPA brochure available, protests against Monsanto
'Terminator' technology.
Inside The Beltway -- February '99
[2/20/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Local
contact listing [2/14/99] -- Alternative
Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
Link to Whole Farm Planning
[2/4/99] -- Tools for managing complex farming systems profitably. Includes
back issues of the
Whole Farm Planner
newsletter and local contacts for the Great Lakes Whole Farm Planning Network.
New Weed Management Links [2/4/99] to Flame Engineering (manufacturers of
row crop and
alfalfa flamers and Sandy's Links
(more weed links than you can shake a stick at).
Alternative Ag News [2/3/99] -- Avery
wrong on E. coli, shade-raised coffee, Gulf "dead zone" grows,
Canada rejects BGH, USDA allows organic meat labels.
Link to
Diversify Crops to
Boost Profits and Stewardship [1/25/99] -- Online version of new
bulletin from USDA's Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education program features information about
alternative crops, cover crops and agroforestry.
Link to
University of Missouri Center
for Agroforestry [1/18/99] -- Includes
Green Horizons
newsletter.
Inside The Beltway -- January '99
[1/15/99] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Local
contact listing for Food Circles
Networking Project -- University of Missouri Outreach and Extension
[1/6/98]
Alternative Ag News -- [1/6/98] EPA
tones down pesticide brochure, factory farm pollution, chefs support GE
labelling.
Inside The Beltway -- December '98
[12/10/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to
Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
[12/10/98] -- 10th Anniversary for this can't-miss conference, March 4-6,
Sinsinawa, Wis.. Keynotes by Elizabeth Henderson and Cynthia Vagnetti, workshops
and seminars galore, 70 exhibitors, and 1,000 other folks interested in organic
and sustainable agriculture. Be there.
Link
from our University programs links page
[12/5/98] to the Univ. of Calif.
Small Farm Center.
Link
from our Agroforestry page [12/5/98] to
Putting
Forests on Farms and Farms in Forests -- Agroforestry feature from
USDA's Agricultural Research magazine.
Link
from our Agroforestry page [12/5/98] to
Tree Nuts -- "A
few nuts who see forests and woodlots as a cost-effective alternative to
'modern' farming practices or the enevitable residential development."
Worth checking out.
Links
from our 'Net Marketing page
[12/5/98] to Internet
Marketing for Farmers (.pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) at the
Publications for Farmers
page at the King County (Washington) Cooperative Extension website.
Local
contact listings [12/5/98} for the Upper
Green Valley Preservation Society, WSU Cooperative Extension King County,
and Malabar Farm.
Alternative Ag News [12/2/98] -- voters
call for factory farm rules, sustainable ag may reduce greenhouse gases,
comments sought on animal feeding plan.
Link to
Links2Go Agriculture
[11/20/98] -- Nice collection of ag links.
Link to
A Guide to USDA and Other Federal
Resources for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Enterprises
[11/20/98] -- Your tax dollars at work. A great online listing of federal
programs that foster innovation and sustainability.
Hometown Creamery Revival
[11/20/98] -- Local contact listing.
Virginia Association for Biological Farming
[11/20/98] -- Local contact listing.
Organic Dairy Discussion Forum [11/20/98]
-- It's up and running again. Share organic dairy production and marketing
information.
Alternative Ag News [10/30/98] --
Biotech threat, federal budget news, USDA Small Farms Council, organic papers,
Guatemala grows organic, Youngberg resigns.
Inside The Beltway -- November '98
[10/28/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Action Alert: Stop factory farming and
support sustainable livestock production [10/17/98]
Inside The Beltway -- October '98
[10/13/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Link to
1,000 Ways to Sustainable
Farming -- Project seeks sustainable farmers and ranchers for case
studies, profiles.
Alternative Ag News [10/3/98] --
USDA/EPA plan to clean up CAFOs, hogs on the ballot, organic acres up in Iowa.
Link to
prairiefare.com [9/16/98] --
Five western Minnesota farmers, working with the Land Stewardship Project, use
this new website to sell beef, pork, poultry, apples and other products. They
also share information about their goals and farming practices. For more
examples, see 'Net Marketing.
Alternative Ag News [9/2/98] -- Groups
work to improve USDA initiative, new EPA pesticide testing guidelines,
composting resources.
Link to
Managing
Cover Crops Profitably [8/28/98] -- New 212-page book from the USDA's
SARE program helps farmers zero in on the right cover crops and manage them for
maximum benefits.
Link to
Organic Farming Research Foundation
[8/28/98] -- Offers modest grants for
research projects to help
foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming practices.
Features online newsletter
and summaries of their National
Organic Farmers' Survey.
Link to
Educational
and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture -- Lists hundreds
of institutions, organizations and farms across the U.S. and around the world
that offer education and training. Compiled by the USDA's
Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center (AFSIC).
Link to
Soil Foodweb Incorporated
[8/18/98] -- SFI offers tests for the critical living components of your soil,
including bacterial and fungal biomass, protozoans, nematodes,
vessicular-arbuscular mycorrhize (VAM), and microarthropods. Site includes
interesting articles and
an excellent
photo gallery of soil
critters at work. SFI evolved from the pioneering work of soil ecologist Elaine
Ingham at Oregon State University.
Action Alert: Urge Gore to support strong
organic rule [8/17/98]
Link to
Virtual
tour of Cedar Meadow Farm [8/8/98] -- Great pictures of Steve Groff's
innovative practices, including no-till
transplanting into cover crops. Visit other
Harmony Farms at
the Foundation Earth website.
Don't forget to check out online video of
Groff's stalk-chopper and transplanter.
Growing 'International Markets'
[8/1/98] -- A humorous look at an exciting new "crop."
Link to
Fertile Ground Books [7/31/98]
-- New home of the agAcess book catalog. Lots of sustainable ag titles, farming
reference books and much, much more.
Tool box measures success from the ground up
[7/31/98] -- New resource helps farmers track soil quality, wildlife, water, and
quality of life as well as finances.
Alternative Ag News [7/31/98] -- Report
profiles sustainable farmers, funding survives Senate, EPA grants, honeybee
decline.
Inside The Beltway -- July '98
[7/24/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [7/4/98] -- SusAg
funding crushed, Okla. cracks down on hog farms, coffee co-op, SARE highlights,
supermarkets welcome natural products.
Inside The Beltway -- June '98
[6/29/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
Alternative Ag News [6/6/98] -- USDA
abandons "Big Three," alternative pollinators, animal waste summit,
whole farm planning.
Inside The Beltway -- May '98
[5/25/98] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group.
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