Links
para organizações e iniciativas / Links to organizations and initiatives
A.
Sustainable Agriculture Related Organizations & Initiatives
B. External
Links:
Agroecology
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)
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to top of page)
Agroforestry
Agroforestry
Series - ATTRA On-Line Publications
International
Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
UK
Agroforestry Forum
The
Overstory Journal Archive
A free on-line journal focusing on trees and crops in agroforestry
Agroforester.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 world
Center
for Subtropical Agroforestry (Univ. of Florida)
Tropical
Agroforestry and Organic Agriculture (Cornell Univ.)
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Alternative
News Sources
Common
Dreams NewsCenter
Guardian
| Special reports
Guardian|
Special reports | GM debate
IGC
Internet's Progressive Gateway
Independent
Media Center
Network
For Change- News Headlines
Biological
Control
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
Citybugs
Community
IPM (FAO)
UC
Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project (UC IPM)
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Biotechnology
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
True
Food Network | GMO FACTS
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 Project
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Educational
Opportunities NEW!
Educational
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.
Environmental
Activism
Land,
debt,seeds of wrath..the new peasants revolt (UNESCO Courier Jan
2001)
Information on peasant resistance movements
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Food
Security
Center
for Agroecology & Sustainable Food-UCSD
FoodFirst
Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (UN)
Modern
Agriculture and Pesticides
Beyond
Pesticides/National Coalition Against ...
Californians
for Pesticide Reform (CPR)
Pesticide
Action Network North America (PANNA)
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to top of page)
Organic
Agricultrure
California
Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
Don't
Panic Eat Organic
Economics
of Organic Grain and Soybean Production in the Midwestern United States
(H. Wallace Inst.)
GardenWeb
Home Page
International
Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Organic
Agriculture at FAO
Organic
Farming Research Foundation
Organic
gardening: Journey to Forever organic...
Organic
Monitor
Provides Strategic Research & Marketing Consulting on the international
organic food industry.
Rodale
Institute
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.)
Soil
Association
Sustainable
Agriculture Farming Systems (UC Davis)
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Soil
Biology & Fertility
Keys
to Soil Taxonomy
Management
of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics
Soil
Biology Info Resources booklet (PDF) (USDA)
Soil
Biology Primer
Soils
Data Bases, Survey Section
Soil
Ecology (Penn State)
Soil
Foodweb Incorporated
Soil
Quality Institute (USDA)
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Sustainable
Agriculture
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)
Union
of Concerned Scientists
World
Resources Institute (WRI)
Urban
Agriculture
Resource
centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry
(RUAF)
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Sustainable Agriculture Related Organizations & Initiatives
United
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)