USDA Technical Assistance on Organic Farming
USDA Sustainable Agriculture
Research & Education—Program contacts, publications,
funded projects, funding opportunities.
National Agricultural
Library, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center—Information
on sustainable agriculture and community-supported agriculture,
including organic farming.
USDA-funded
ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas)—National
sustainable agriculture information service managed by
a private nonprofit.
U.S. Organic Certification
Cooperative Extension System’s eOrganic, a collaboration
of Land Grant Research and Extension, NGO, and government
partners—offers articles on organic
production and marketing, including an introduction
to the
organic certification process and a discussion of
organic
inputs—and links to local Extension offices.
Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS), National Organic Program—National
standards that govern the marketing of organically produced
agricultural products.
USDA
Accredited Certifying Agents—AMS's list of all
State and private certifiers operating in the United States.
State
Organic Contacts—AMS's list of contacts (name,
address, phone, fax, e-mail, and website) for State-level
information on organics.
University Production Trials and Crop Budgets
University of California-Davis,
Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project (SAFS)—Compares
conventional, low-input, and organic farming systems in
California's Sacramento Valley.
University
of California-Davis, Organic Farming Cost and Returns
Studies—Cost-of-production studies for several
organically produced fruits and vegetables in California.
Center for Environmental
Farming Systems (CEFS)—Information about organic
farming principles, practices, and systems.
Wisconsin
Integrated Cropping Systems Trial—Results from
cropping trials of three cash-grain rotation systems,
including one organic system.
International Information and Statistics
Organic Europe—Country
reports, official European Union documents related to
organic agriculture, a database, and links to others resources.
OECD
Workshop on Organic Agriculture—The Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published
the Proceedings of a workshop that was hosted by the USDA
examining the economic, environmental and social impacts
of organic agriculture in relation to "integrated" and
"conventional" farming systems.
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