Horticultural Sciences Department - NYSAES, Geneva, NY, 14456 USA
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 USA
Cornell Composting Web site - http://www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost/ produced jointly by the Center for the Environment and the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. One section covers composting in schools and focuses on use of composting for student science projects http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/schools.html . The site has received honors or the best online lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools.
Plant Breeding - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
North Central Institute for Sustainable Systems - A regional institute for undergraduate education in sustainable systems is being launched with a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant to Iowa State U. (lead), U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, and U. of Minnesota. With collaboration from U. of Missouri, Ohio State U. and Michigan State U., these partners will direct the three-year pilot project.
Texas Horticulture Program (Aggie Horticulture) - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Postharvest Outreach Program - University of California, Davis, CA 95616
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/san/ - BELTSVILLE, Md.- Farmers and ranchers, researchers, agricultural professionals, students and consumers can access the latest information on sustainable agriculture at a new, user-friendly web site maintained by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). The informative web site - which features on-line books and a database of more than 1,000 research projects funded by the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program - Dr. Andy Clark, Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture Network, Room 304, National Agricultural Library,10301 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/ - New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets - The mission of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is to foster a competitive food and agriculture industry to benefit producers and consumers - 1 Winners Circle, Albany, New York 12235-0001.
http://susag.cas.psu.edu - Sustaining Pennsylvania Agriculture! This web site will serve as a Pennsylvania sustainable agriculture information center and will highlight ongoing activities in sustainable agriculture. Our goal is to provide meaningful information to farmers, extension educators, scientists, and policy makers interested in all aspects of Sustaining Pennsylvania Agriculture.
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/OfficeResearch/SPC/COM/VIC&P.html - Committee for Vegetable Industry Competitiveness and Profitibility - This committee addresses issues pertaining to: Business management and marketing; Environmentally sound crop production; and Increasing crop production efficiency.
The Farmer Direct Marketing web site can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/directmarketing
The Ohio State University Extension Vegetable Crops -http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
Grower Organizations:
A list of grower organizations relating to horticulture.
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