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Agricultural Links
General Agricultural Information and Links
- American Farm Bureau
- Yahoo - Agriculture Links
- EliteFarmer.com - a portal for products, services, and information for people with small farms or rural property. Topics include livestock, agriculture,gardening, farming and more. Most documents are in pdf format.
- Oregon Small Scale Farming - the Oregon State University Extension Small Farm Program
- AgricultureB2B - Sustainable Agriculture Links encompassing organizations, agencies, research groups, consulting firms and companies.
Government and Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Oregon Department of Agriculture - check here for local information, agricultural alerts, and state databases
- THOMAS Legislative Information
- Oregon State Legislature
National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
Farming Magazines
- Successful Farming Magazine - Agriculture Online
- American Small Farm Magazine Online
- Small Farmer's Journal - Natural farming and stock raising, featuring practical horse-farming information.
Marketing Information
- Oregon Farmers Market Association
- Washington Farmers Market Association
- Buy Local Think Global - U.S. and Canadian listings for farmers markets, growers, organic growing, enabling consumers to search out local producers and retailers easily and efficiently.
- AgriSeek.com - Agriclutural international marketplace including livestock, crops, equipment and news headlines.
- ForFarmers.com - a marketplace for buying and selling livestock, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, poultry, seed, crop, ag products and a wide range of services including job opportunities.
- FarmFoody - A social networking service to connect farmers to their customers.
- Buy Sell Cows - Buy and sell all types and breeds of cattle all over the world.
- Niche Meat Processor Asistance Network - Deisgned to help the small to mid-sized meat processing facilities that provide market access for local, grass-fed, and organic niches. Research, news and learning modules. Initiative of the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service.
- Local Harvest - Find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area.
Livestock
Camelids:
- Gateway Alpacas A comprehensive source of information about alpacas. In addition to articles on the unique characteristics of the alpaca, husbandry, shearing, shelter, fencing, etc., there are discussions about the alpaca's role in sustainable, value added agriculture.
- Alpaca.com Everything you need to know about alpacas, breeders, farms, products, and services. Alpaca Online Auction site.
Cattle:
- Beef and Dairy links at NetVet
- Owenlea Farm Home Page - Dairy, grazing, herd management
Sheep and Goats:
- Small ruminant links at NetVet Includes information on llamas and alpacas.
Swine:
Organics
- Whitney Farms - Products and information on organic gardening.
- Gardening.com
- Avant-Gardening: Creative Organic Gardening - "YOU CAN GROW" using sustainable organic gardening as a medium for creative expression and spiritual growth.
Greenhouse Growing
- Hydroponics:
- Hydroponic Society of America - Website has a sign-up for the Hydrolist, a hydroponic mailing list.
- The Growing Edge - information on hydroponic gardening focusing on innovative and environmentally sound horticultural practices.
- GreenhouseCatalog.com - The Greenhouse Catalog is your year round gardening source for greenhouse kits, supplies, accessories, and helpful greenhouse garden tips
Alternative Energy
- Skystream Wind Turbine - Hardy solar pioneer in alternative energy since 1977 is now specializing in the Skystream product line.
- Solar Energy Home Page - Oregon information on laws, tax credits, incentives, and events.
- Oregon Wind Resource Map - US Dept of Energy. Shows wind speed estimates at 50 meters above the ground and depicts the resource that could be used for utlity-scale wind development.
- Methane Digesters - Oregon Dept. of Agriculture. Information, successful projects, tax credits and other support available.
DISCLAIMER:
We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the content of these sites. If there are other links you think would be of interest to us, please drop us a note and let us know. And, of course, if you find any of these links no longer work, feel free to notify us.
Some photographs courtesy of Oregon Dept of Agriculture.
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