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Participating institutions and contact persons
US
Lead: University of California, Berkeley
Partner: University of Nebraska
US lead contact:
Miguel A. Altieri
University of California,
Berkeley 201 Wellman Hall
Berkeley, California 94720
Tel: (510) 642-9802
e-mail
Brazil
Lead: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Partner: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Brazil lead contact:
Paulo Lovato
Centro de Ciências Agrárias
Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina, C. P. 476 8040-970
Florianópolis SC
Tel:55-48-331-5435
e-mail
Agroecology course outline
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Links to organizations and initiatives
Links to organizations and initiatives / Links para organizações e iniciativasA. Sustainable Agriculture Related Organizations & Initiatives
B. External Links:
Agroecology (UC Berkeley)
Ecology Action, Santa Cruz California
Center for Agroecology and Sust. Food Systems (UCSC)
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Occidental, California
Principles of Agroecology and Sustainability (CASFS, UCSC)
Agroforestry Series - ATTRA On-Line Publications
International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The Overstory Journal Archive
A free on-line journal focusing on trees and crops in agroforestryAgroforester.com
Free publications on Agroforestry
Agroforestry for Farms & Ranches (NRCS, USDA)
Center for Agroforestry (Univ. of Missouri)
Association for Temperate Agroforestry (University of Missouri)
Focuses on temperate agroforestry, with an emphasis on North America)Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net)
Look under "Publications" for the FACT sheets which provide a quick guide to multipurpose trees from around the worldCenter for Subtropical Agroforestry (Univ. of Florida)
Tropical Agroforestry and Organic Agriculture (Cornell Univ.)
Guardian| Special reports | GM debate
Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies (Cornell Univ.)
Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests (Unv. of Nebraska, Linkoln)
BugPeople.org, A SF Bay Area Entomology
CitybugsCommunity IPM (FAO)
Ag BioTech InfoNet - Chuck BenbrooK
An excellent resource. It contains hundreds of articles on the many issues surrounding biotechnology. Best plase to start looking!Biotechnology Industry Organization
lists news, information, links and more about the biotechnology industry. It discusses a wide array of topics such as Bt corn and Monarch butterflies, food lableling, government regulations, and specific products, all from the point of view (vigorously pro-GMF!) that one would expect from an association of hundreds of giants and upstarts in and around the international biotechnolgy industry. Most of their GMF-related information can be found at www.bio.org/food&ag/main.html.Cetos, the Center for Ethics and Toxics
FAO:AG21:Magazine:Spotlight:Biotechnology
Favorite Quotes from Biotech proponents
Friends of the Earth
FOE oppose GMFs. They tell you why you should too, and offer a copious quantity of information about their positions and links to other sites starting in their Real Food pages.Guardian | GM rice promoter gone too far
GeneWatch - Ethics and Risks of Genetic Engineering
Greenpeace
Its genetic engineering pages and "True Food" genetically engineered food pages offer discussions about why genetic engineering and GMFs are bad, and links to information and like-minded sites.Institute of Science in Society
The Institute of Science in Society is an independent non-profit research and educational organization founded on the principle of promoting open, independent, responsible, sustainable science that is integrated with society and not contrary to its interests. It does not like GMFs, and presses its case against biotechnology aggressively and with scientific specificity.
Monsanto As befitting one of the giants of GMFs, they have created an unceasingly and completely positive picture of GMFs at their web site. They offer a polished advocacy of a technology they have had a large hand in shaping, and are a good source of friendly and supportive information about most aspects of the industry. Check their articles library:
Backgrounders | Monsanto: Food, Health, Hope™
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
is "one of the seven UK Research Councils which fund and manage research in the UK. NERC is the leading body in the UK for research, survey, monitoring and training in the environmental sciences." Its GMF pages offer a brief overview of what genetically modified organisms are, genetic engineering techniques, questions and answers about concerns with GMFs, and sort case histories of some particular products. This site looks at potential benefits and dangers, and does not advocate one position over another.Northern Light Special Edition: GMOs
UC Biotech resources
This website, a part of the UC DANR, provides science-based information to the public on issues relating to the application of biotechnology to crops. Check also the UC Biotechnology STAR ProjectEducational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture: A Directory (AFSIC-USDA)
U.S. and international institutions and organizations are listed in this directory, based on their curricula or programs offering education, training, or information in organic, alternative, or sustainable agriculture.Organic Education & Courses (CABI Publiching)
Another source to search for information on organic agriculture courses.Sustainable Farming Internships And Apprenticeships (ATTRA, 2002)
For more than a decade, this one-of-a-kind resource has helped hundreds of family farms find interns and apprentices. The listing is free, and includes contact information and detailed descriptions of the farm, room and board arrangements, timeframes, etc.Land, debt,seeds of wrath..the new peasants revolt (UNESCO Courier Jan 2001)
Information on peasant resistance movementsModern Agriculture and Pesticides
Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against ...
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR)
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)Economics of Organic Grain and Soybean Production in the Midwestern United States (H. Wallace Inst.)
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Organic gardening: Journey to Forever organic...
Organic Monitor
Provides Strategic Research & Marketing Consulting on the international organic food industry.Rothamsted - The Classical Experiments
Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research(SCOAR)
A collaboration of producers and scientists to develop and conduct a national research agenda for organic agriculture.)Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (UC Davis)
Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics
Soil Biology Info Resources booklet (PDF) (USDA)
Soils Data Bases, Survey Section
Soil Ecology (Penn State)
Soil Quality Institute (USDA)
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (USDA)
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Development (ATTRA)
Biodiversity Support Program
Promoting conservation of the world's biological diversity from a consortium of three partners, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Resources Institute (WRI).Centre for Information on Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)
Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
International Forum on Food and Agriculture (IFA)
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Develolpment (NCAT)
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP)
Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry
(RUAF)
Sustainable Agriculture Related Organizations & InitiativesUnited States
Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group (NSWG)
Formed in October 1995, to promote integrated pest management practices in Napa County.American Farmland Trust
ATTRA - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural...
Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against Pesticides
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR)
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food (UCSD)
Community Alliance With Family Farmers
Earth Island Institute
Ecological Farming Association (ESA)
Ecology Action, Santa Cruz California
Ecology Center | Berkeley, California
Food First
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Mothers & Others Online
NRDC ONLINE
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Organic Consumers Association and BioDemocracy
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Rocky Mountain Institute
Seeds of Change
The Rodale Institute
The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Union of Concerned Scientists
WRI Sustainable Agriculture Page
International
ILEIA-Centre for Info on Low-External-Input & Sustainable Agriculture
CGIAR-NGO Committee
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (UN)
Greenpeace International : Genetic Engineering
HDRA - the organic organisation (UK)
IATP's Environment and Agriculture
IFOAM - International Federation of Organic Ag Movements
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)