Agroecology Resources

• Dade County Farm Bureau
• Miami-Dade Property Appraiser - Agricultural Classification
• Miami-Dade Regulatory & Economic Resources - Agriculture
• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Agriculture Research Service (ARS)
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  • Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
  • Forest Service (FS)
  • National Organization of Professional NRCS Employees (NOPHNRCSE)
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• US Food and Drug Administration
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - Census of Agriculture
• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Annual Reports
• Florida Agriculture Overview
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Food and Agriculture Data

Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association

• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
• Earth Learning Eco Classes
• Master Gardener Program
• ECHO
• Archbold Biological Station

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Organic Agriculture at FAO 
• CGIAR global research partnership
  • Biodiversity International
  • CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture
  • CYMMIT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
  • ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
  • IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
  • IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Central Carolina Community College
Sustainable agriculture

University of California, Berkeley
Agroecology research, training and development activities

University of California, Davis 
Agroecology Group

Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture

University of California, Santa Cruz
Agroecology research and education, apprenticeship program

Evergreen State College
Ecological agriculture/Sustainable agriculture program

University of Hawaii
Agroecology, environmental quality

Iowa State University 
Agroecology, Leopold Center for Sustainable Development

University of Minnesota's Southwest Experiment Station
Elwell agroecology farm, cropping systems research, water quality research

Montana State University 
Agroecology, weed ecology

Pennsylvania State University
Agroecology program

Prescott College
Wolfberry Farm. An experimental agroecology farm.

University of Vermont 
Provide undergraduate students with rigorous, experience-based programs in both Sustainable Landscape Horticulture and Ecological Agriculture. Training for professionals in M.S. and Ph.D. programs for careers in the disciplines of soils, entomology, horticulture, agroecology, and plant pathology.

University of Wyoming
Agroecology program for undergraduates

The Food Project
The goal of the Food Project is to develop sustainable, local food systems that bridge race, class, age, and more to ensure food security for all.

The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
A research and education group at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Operates a training and research farm.

Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS)
Collaborative effort between UC researchers and farmers comparing the dynamics of conventional and organic farms.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
U.S. Department of Agriculture funded project that administers competitive grants for sustainable agriculture research and education.

University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP)
Publications, news releases/media, courses, workshops, events, crop and livestock production information, competitive grants, and biologically integrated farming systems.

Sustainable Harvest International
Projects in over thirty rural communities in Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama help people raise their standard of living by restoring the natural environment by providing technical and material support to farmers and local organizations that want to implement sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, reforestation and other appropriate technologies.

IFOAM
The worldwide umbrella organization of the organic agriculture movement, with about 639 member organizations and institutions in some 101 countries all over the world.

The Farm School
A nonprofit educational farm in Western Massachusetts to promote farming through educational programs for school children and through a year-long practical training program for adults.

Sustainable Farming Connection
Managed by former staff members of The New Farm magazine, this site will help you tame costs, add value to what you sell and keep you informed of the latest news from the sustainable farming community.

ATTRA- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
University programs and contacts, sustainable agriculture.

Eldis Agriculture Guide
Links for international agriculture and development.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
California based organization promoting family-scale farming that is environmentally sound and sustains local economies.

The WWOOF International Association (World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms)
Helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms internationally.

Trees for the Future (TFTF)
A non-profit organization to initiate and support agroforestry self-help projects in developing countries.

Cedar Meadow Farm
The Groff family farm, progressive farmer/experimenters in Pennsylvania, USA. Includes details of no-till vegetable production and other sustainable cropping systems.

Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
Provides educational and business opportunities for farm workers and aspiring farmers to grow and sell crops grown on two organic farms in Monterey County, California. Their mission is to advance economic viability, social equity and ecological land management among limited-resource and aspiring farmers.

Heifer International
Works to build sustainable communities. One of their global initiatives focuses on agroecology through teaching environmentally sound agricultural techniques in communities around the world.

The Land Institute
The Land Institute seeks to develop an agriculture that will save soil from being lost or poisoned while promoting a community life that is prosperous and enduring.

Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy 
The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy - Food First - is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger.