Resources
Links - Categorized by theme - See menu for more options
General Resources
Download the: New Farmer Training Resources in Ontario Pamphlet
http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/rcbtoa/index.html - CyberHelp For Organic Farmers - Canadian
http://www.newfarm.org/ - Tremendous resource on all topics. Great search engine.
http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html - AMAZING Links to tones of ag resources
www.soilandhealth.org - amazing online library of many agriculture classics and more recent texts.
CSA Resources
http://www.csafarms.org/csafarms0656231.asp - Kansas is got it! - CSA coop and cooperation starting point.
http://www.csafarms.org/csafarms0656231.asp - Awesome CSA startup manual from the Michigan CSA conference mini school.
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/csa.pdf - ATTRA - General CSA info
Urban Farming
Click to download Philadelphia urban farm feasibility study PDF
www.spinfarming.com - The business of urban farming 101 - Great site and comprehensive how to guide available.
Farm Succession:
Working together through succession issues: http://www.agriwebinar.com/SpeakerProfile.aspx?id=6dc00a64-6d68-42df-952...
Production Links
http://www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection/ -Sustainable Farming Connection: (A source of excellent links to many topics)
http://www.pasturemanagement.com/index.htm - Livestock and pasture management
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/ - Vegetable MD - online! Yep diseases and their hopeful remedies
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/postharvest.pdf - Post harvest handling for vegetables
http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/HighTunnels.pdf - Low cost season extension in greenhouses
http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/ppp/pppToC.html - Book on Poultry Production
Vegetable Crop Handling and Storage Guidelines: http://smallfarmsuccess.info/produce_packing.cfm
Soils:
Systems Theory of Soil Science Online Magazine
http://www.pedosphere.com/volume02/main.html?CFID=14484244&CFTOKEN=96414704
Bio Char: www.biochar.org
Livestock:
http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/rcbtoa/training/livestock.htm - Grass Farming Video and Livestock Resource list - Canadian
Chickens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdpgUQgkXMo - Best Free Range Chicken Video and a great sound track to boot
Farm Business Structures:
Ecological farm cooperative information http://attra.ncat.org/marketing.html#risk
Food Listserves
http://www.farmcentre.com/Services/Emails.aspx - Weekly newsletters from the CFMBC - Canadian Farm Business Management Council
http://www.foodsecurity.org/list.html - Community Food Security Coalition - Great ear to the ground source - mostly American
hmilistserve-subscribe@yahoogroups.com - Holistic Management topics - great information and discussion - send blank subject and body email to join.
discover-subscribe@gtalocalfood.ca - Discover Local Food Listserve - Run by the Greater Toronto Area Agriculture Action Committee - relevant local info and events
localfoodlist-subscribe@gtalocalfood.ca - Also run by the GTAAAC - local food ideas list
tfpc@toronto.ca - Toronto food policy council listserve
http://www.foodshare.net/links01.htm#2 - Foodshare - Great links to agriculture organizations near and far
Organizations:
http://www.organiccouncil.ca/ - The Organic Council of Ontario
http://www.localfoodplus.ca/ - Local Food Plus Certification
http://www.foodsecurity.org/pubs.html - Community Food Security Organization
http://www.farmstart.ca/ - Great organization with amazing links and resources on line.
http://www.farmstart.ca/ready-to-farm-home/ - Directory of relevant resources for a variety of related topics
http://www.efao.org - Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario
http://www.agriwebinar.com/UpcomingAgriwebinars.php - organized by the CFBMC - online real time talks about current agricultural issues
http://www.farmcentre.com/home.aspx - Canadian Farm Business Management Center - Great website with many resources
http://www.jfao.on.ca/ - Junionr Farmers Association of Ontario
Local Food and New Farmer Movies and Media Links:
http://www.beyondorganic.com/ - Podcasts
http://kootenaycoopradio.com/deconstructingdinner/ - Weekly web radio show - Deconstructing Dinner - Canadian made
http://www.thegreenhorns.net/trailer.html - Great upcoming new farmer movie
http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/ - Blog about the above film - scroll down to find a long list of online food related movies
http://womensgardencycles.wordpress.com/ - Upcoming film about a cycling community garden tour across the continent
http://www.kingcorn.net/ - Gripping full length documentary about corn and the food system
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ - The Real Dirt on Farmer John - Great movie about Farmer John and Angelic Organics
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8993313723654914866 - The Secret of Elderado - BBC2 - Bio-Char: Fertile soils of the amazon
http://www.biochar.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=8&Itemid=10 - More Bio-char movies
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU If yer gonna play in texas, ya gotta have a tractor in the band!
Great Local Farms:
www.vermiorganics.com - Worm composting business and 350 acre farm - Starting a CSA - Also field cropping
http://www.coopersfarm.ca/index.php - Goats and Veggie CSA + agro-tourism -mazes - great website
www.fertilegroundcsa.com - Kitchener CSA of Ang Koch
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r735700999.html - weed id - names and good photos
http://www4.agr.gc.ca/resources/prod/doc/misb/hort
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/95-629-XIE/1/1.16.htm/org-bio/pdf/...
http://csafarms.netcompass.ca - csa directory
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/guides/rst/pdf/807.pdf - Retail sales tax exemptions update for farmers
http://beetstreetcsa.ca/ - Rachael and Carolyn's CSA at FarmStart McVien in Brampton
http://www.livingeconomies.org - great green business leadership conference.
Amazing Projects
http://cwgrows.wordpress.com/ Wellington Highschool sets out to feed itself!
Research
Production cost comparison across farms less then 10 acres: http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grwr2grwr.pdf