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Organic gardening and farming knowledge is always expanding as more and more farmers and researchers realize that sustainable, organic agriculture is the future. It would be impossible for us to keep up on all the latest developments, much less publish them all on our website. So we're developing this list of links to what we think are some of the most useful and important sites on the World Wide Web. Feel free to nominate your favorite gardening related sites for us to link to.

Community Supported Agriculture USDA AMS: If you're thinking of joining a CSA, visit this site which offers a national listing of Community Supported Agriculture operations with information and links. Presented by the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa

Cornell Composting is maintained by the Cornell Waste Management Institute and provides access to a variety of composting educational materials and programs developed at Cornell University.
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html

Horizon Herbs offers an extensive collection of organically certified seeds, including indigenous herb seeds from the Native American, Ayurvedic and Chinese traditions. Their stock includes significant medicinal and aromatic herbs from the deserts, forests, mountains, plains and shores of North America, Central and South America, Russia, China, Tibet, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, Japan, Europe, the Mediterranean basin, Africa, Australia, the Canary Islands, New Zealand and beyond. Annuals, herbaceous perennials and woody perennials, including common medicinals, cover crops, nitrogen fixers, shelterbelt and wildlife favorites, dye plants, medicinal trees, fruits, tubers, vines, roots, corms, bulbs, and water plants as well as sacred herbs are included. They also offer books and information regarding the germination, growth and environmental requirements of medicinal herbs.

The New Farm is a new on-line portal for the research conducted through The Rodale Institute®. The Rodale Institute (TRI) is a not-for-profit educational and research organization committed to sharing information globally about successful agricultural solutions to health and environmental problems. TRI has worked for 60 years to establish and share knowledge about how to achieve a regenerative food system that improves environmental and human health. TRI engages in and supports a wide variety of scientific trials and experiments of regenerative farming methods in the United States, Senegal, Japan, and elsewhere throughout the world. http://www.newfarm.org/

Wwoof: Need help on the farm or looking to volunteer on one? Willing Workers on Organic Farms can help.
http://www.organicvolunteers.com/