- About.com: Farming Industry
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- IFOAM: International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements
- Organic Farming in Europe
- Organicfood.co.uk
- Organic-Research.com
- Science and Engineering of Composting
- What is Organic Farming?
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- About.com: Farming Industry
- Offers original articles and features about the farming industry, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include agricultural analysts, commodity exchanges, crop varieties and forecasts, farm safety, government departments, organic farming, regulations on use of pesticides, and women in agriculture.
Author: About.com
Subjects: agriculture links, crops, food production, organic farming, pest control
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: forum, index, news
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- An educational charity which aims to achieve the best cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds, by testing, living with and displaying strategies and tools for doing this. There is an online tour of the Centre's 40 acre site near Machynlleth in mid-Wales, which has working examples of wind, water and solar power, energy conservation, environmentally sound buildings, organic growing and alternative sewage systems.
Author: Centre for Alternative Technology
Subjects: energy consumption, environmental technology, organic farming, renewable energy
DeweyClass: 338.927
Resource type: documents, institution
- IFOAM: International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements
- Concerned with the dissemination of information to promote a worldwide holistic approach to the principles of organic farming. Resources provide access to basic standards of crop production, aquaculture, genetic engineering, and animal husbandry. Additional information includes press releases and reports, worldwide statistics, and the IFOAM comments on the proposed US Department of Agriculture rule.
Author: IFOAM
Subjects: organic farming
DeweyClass: 631.584
Resource type: document collection
- Organic Farming in Europe
- Graphs showing organic land area in Europe, number of organic farms in Europe and organic land area as a proportion of total agricultural area in Europe.
Author: Welsh Institute of Rural Studies
Subjects: organic farming
DeweyClass: 631.584
Resource type: reference data
- Organicfood.co.uk
- Online magazine promoting the use of organic foods and knowledge of a healthier lifestyle. Resources include a news archive of relevant issues from around the world, reasons to use organic foods, a searchable database of retailers, and information on herbs and their medicinal qualities.
Author: Barrow, John
Subjects: alternative medicine, food production, genetic engineering, organic farming
DeweyClass: 641.302
Resource type: magazine
- Organic-Research.com
- Offers information on organic farming research and education resources. Coverage is international, with a focus on US and British sources. Additionally, a news archive dating back to 1997 is offered, along with organic farming laws and regulations, and access to the Database of Organic Standards in the EU.
Author: CAB International
Subjects: organic farming
DeweyClass: 631.584
Resource type: document collection
- Science and Engineering of Composting
- Information about the composting of plant and kitchen waste aimed primarily at municipal and commercial composting operations but of interest to gardeners and others. Includes invertebrates, microbes, chemistry, moisture content, bio-availability, temperature, pH, door management, and water quality protection.
Author: Cornell University Center for the Environment
Subjects: horticulture, organic farming, water quality
DeweyClass: 631.875
Resource type: documents, images
- What is Organic Farming?
- Concise definition of organic farming.
Author: Welsh Institute of Rural Studies
Subjects: organic farming
DeweyClass: 631.584
Resource type: document
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