LINKS

   
     

Federal and Tribal Agencies

If you have a website with information about sustainable agriculture that is relevant to North and South Dakota and not already listed please pass along the link to Frank Kutka frank.kutka@ndsu.edu
State Agencies
Universities and Colleges
General Sustainable Agriculture
Soil/Water/Wildlife Conservation
Consumer/Marketing
Rural Development and Rural Life
On-farm Breeding
Commodity Groups and Breed Associations
Funding Organizations
State SARE Programs from across the Region  


Federal and Tribal Agencies

Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/

US Department of Agriculture Agencies (Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, etc.) http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=AGENCIES_OFFICES_C&parentnav=AGENCIES_OFFICES

USDA National Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program www.sare.org

USDA North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program www.sare.org/ncrsare/

US Department of Commerce Site Map (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Census Bureau, Economic Development Administration, etc.) http://www.commerce.gov/sitemap.html

US Department of Interior Index and Agencies (Park Service, Geological Survey, Fish and Wildlife, etc.) http://www.doi.gov/subject.html

US Department of Labor Agencies (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, etc.) http://www.dol.gov/dol/organization.htm

 

State Agencies

North Dakota State Agencies http://www.nd.gov/agency.htm

South Dakota Departments and Programs http://www.state.sd.us/state/govern/index.asp

 

Universities and Colleges

Cankdeska Cikana Community College http://www.littlehoop.edu/cccc/home.html

Dakota State University http://www.dsu.edu/

Fort Berthold Community College http://www.fbcc.bia.edu/

North Dakota University System http://www.ndus.nodak.edu/campuses/

Northern State University http://www.northern.edu/index.html

Oglala Lakota College http://www.olc.edu/

Sinte Gleska University http://www.sintegleska.edu/

Sisseton Wahpeton College http://www.swc.tc/

Sitting Bull College http://www.sittingbull.edu/

South Dakota State University http://sdaes.sdstate.edu/

Turtle Mountain Community College http://www.tm.edu/

United Tribes Technical College http://www.uttc.edu/

University of South Dakota http://www.usd.edu/

 

General Sustainable Agriculture

Agronomy Society of America Committee on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture http://www.cosagroup.org

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) www.nal.usda.gov/afsic

American Grassfed Association http://www.americangrassfed.org/

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) http://attra.ncat.org

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.html

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at University of Wisconsin http://www.cias.wisc.edu/

Center for Environmental Farming Systems http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu

The Colorado Organic Producers Association http://www.organiccolorado.org/

Dakota Rural Action http://www.dakotarural.org/

Dakota Resource Council www.drcinfo.com

Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants http://www.nativeplants.msu.edu/

Food Alliance http://www.foodalliance.org/

The Food Project http://www.thefoodproject.org/

The Foundation for Agriculture and Rural Resources Management and Sustainability http://www.farrms.org/

Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-50-00-00

Growing Minds Farm to School Program http://growing-minds.org/

Healthy Farmers, Healthy Profits Project http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp

Holistic Agriculture Library http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html

I-FARM Virtual Farming Model http://i-farmtools.org

Iowa State University Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu/

Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture http://www.kccua.org/index.htm

The Land Institute http://www.landinstitute.org

The Land Stewardship Project http://www.landstewardshipproject.org

The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/

Manitoba - North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmer's Association http://www.mandakzerotill.org/

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, East Troy , Wisconsin http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/

The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service http://www.mosesorganic.org/

Montana Alternative Energy Resources Organization http://www.aeromt.org/

Montana State University Extension http://extn.msu.montana.edu/ag.asp

The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.sustainableagriculture.net

National Immigrant Farming Initiative http://immigrantfarming.org/

The Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society http://www.nebsusag.org

The New Farm: Farmer to Farmer Know How from the Rodale Institute http://www.newfarm.org/index.shtml

North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-47-00-00

North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/research/

NDSU Extension Service http://www.ext.nodak.edu/

North Dakota Association of Agriculture Educators http://www.ndaae.utma.com

North Dakota Soil Conservation Districts http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsscc/dirscd/soildist.htm

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-45-00-00

Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-36-00-00

Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society http://www.npsas.org/

NRCS Alternative Crop Plants http://plants.usda.gov/

Oglala Lakota College Agriculture and Natural Resource Department Extension http://www.olc.edu/~lhenry/ag/

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association http://www.oeffa.org

Organic Agriculture Information Access http://www.hti.umich.edu/n/nal/

Organic Agriculture Consortium, OrganicAgInfo http://www.organicaginfo.org/

Organic Agriculture Publications http:// www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/tracing/tracingshtml

Organic Eprints http://www.orgprints.org/

The Organic Farming Research Foundation http:// www.ofrf.org

Organic Grassfed Beef Coalition http://www.organicgrassfedbeef.org/about.html

Practical Farmers of Iowa http://www.practicalfarmers.org

Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-42-00-00

Rodale Institute (Pennsylvania) http://www.rodaleinstitute.org

Soil Biology Classroom Activities http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/publications/files/activities.pdf

SDSU Agriculture Experiment Station Research Centers http://sdaes.sdstate.edu/aes_website/research_centers.cfm

SDSU Cooperative Extension Service http://sdces.sdstate.edu/

South Dakota Association for Career and Technical Education http://sdacte.southeasttech.com/

South Dakota Grassland Coalition http://www.sdgrass.org/index.html

South Dakota No-Till Association http://www.sdnotill.com/

South Dakota Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association http://sdffa.k12.sd.us

Sustainable Agriculture Education (California NGO) http://www.sagecenter.org/index.htm

Sustainable Agriculture Educational Materials http://locale.mannlib.cornell.edu/saem

Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group (SANET-MG) http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html

Sustainable Agriculture Resources for Teachers, K-12 from the National Agriculture Library http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/k-12.htm

Sustainable Agriculture Resources and Programs for K-12 Youth http://www.sare.org/publications/edguide/Youth%20Ed_Jun_07.pdf

Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota http://www.sfa-mn.org/

The Sustainable Table http://www.sustainabletable.org/intro/whatis/index.html

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture (High School Curriculum) http://www.cias.wisc.edu/curriculum/about_curriculum.htm

Turtle Mountain Community College Extension http://www.turtle-mountain.cc.nd.us/usda_extension_program.htm

United Tribes Technical College Extension http://landgrant.uttc.edu/extension.asp

University of Manitoba Long Term Cropping Study http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/glenlea/glenlea.html

University of Minnesota Extension http://www.extension.umn.edu/

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension http://www.extension.unl.edu/

University of Wyoming Extension http://ces.uwyo.edu/AG.asp

Youth Educator Resources from the Rodale Institute http://www.kidsregen.org/educators/

 

Soil/Water/Wildlife Conservation

Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/chapter/flashMap.php

Dakota Rural Action http://www.dakotarural.org/

Dakota Resource Council www.drcinfo.com

Ducks Unlimited http://prairie.ducks.org/

Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.nrcs.usda.gov

Nature Conservancy http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/

North Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts http://ndascd.org

NDSU Agriculture and Natural Resources http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/farmranch.htm

South Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts http://www.sdconservation.org

SDSU Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences http://wfs.sdstate.edu/

 

Consumer/Marketing

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/default.html

Dakota Flavor http://www.dakotaflavor.com/

Food Alliance http://www.foodalliance.org/

Local Harvest http://www.localharvest.org/about.jsp

Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service http://www.mosesorganic.org/factsheets/index.htm#mr

NDSU Nutrition, Food Safety and Health http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/food.htm

New Farm Organic Price Report http://www.newfarm.org/opx/

Northern Crops Institute http://www.northern-crops.com/aboutnci/aboutnci.htm

Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society Local Food and Local Harvest http://www.npsas.org/foodHarvest.html

Organic Consumers Association http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Organic Farmers' Agency for Relationship Marketing http://www.ofarm.org/

Pride of Dakota http://www.prideofdakota.nd.gov/index.html

Southwest Marketing Network http://www.swmarketingnetwork.org/

USDA Agriculture Marketing Service http://www.ams.usda.gov/

USDA Agriculture Marketing Service Organic Grain and Feedstuffs Reports:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_gr113.txt
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GX_GR120.txt

 

Rural Development and Rural Life

Center for Rural Affairs http://www.cfra.org/

National Catholic Rural Life Conference http://www.ncrlc.com/

North Dakota Center for Rural Studies http://www.und.edu/misc/ndrural/index.htm

North Dakota Humanities Council http://www.nd-humanities.org/

North Dakota Conference of Churches http://www.ndconference.org/

North Dakota Human Rights Coalition http://www.ndhrc.org/

NDSU Economics, Community, and Leadership links http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/community.htm

NDSU Family Life and Youth links http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/family.htm

South Dakota Arts Council http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/

South Dakota Community Network http://www.sdcommunitynetwork.com/

South Dakota Humanities Council http://sdhc.sdstate.org/

South Dakota Rural Enterprise http://www.sdrei.org/index.htm

South Dakota Tribal Government Relations http://www.sdtribalrelations.com/mission.asp

 

On-farm Breeding

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy http://www.albc-usa.org/

European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding http://www.eco-pb.org/

National Plant Germplasm System http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/

Northern Plains sustainable Agriculture Society On-Farm Breeding Project http://www.npsas.org/breed.html

Organic Seed Alliance http://www.seedalliance.org/

Reports from Second Seeds and Breeds Conference on Public and Participatory Plant and Animal Breeding http://www.agron.iastate.edu/seedsandbreeds/schedule.html

The Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org

 

Commodity Groups and Breed Associations

Agriculture and Commodity Sites from NDSU Extension http://www.ext.nodak.edu/county/griggs/agriculture/marketsites2.htm

 

Funding Organizations

The Bush Foundation http://www.bushfoundation.org/

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders http://www.safsf.org/funders/profile_list.asp

USDA North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program www.sare.org/ncrsare/

 

State SARE Programs from across the Region

Colorado http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/sustag/sustainable_ag_is.htm

Illinois http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm/sare/

Iowa http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/sustag/

Kansas http://www.kansassustainableag.org/kansassare.htm

Michigan: www.covercrops.msu.edu
http://www.mottgroup.msu.edu/Home/tabid/808/Default.aspx
www.new-ag.msu.edu

Minnesota http://www.misa.umn.edu/Minnesota_SARE.html

Ohio http://sustainableag.osu.edu

Wisconsin http://www.cias.wisc.edu/