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Buffer Strips: Common Sense Conservation - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/buffers/
Discusses the uses and benefits of having small areas or strips of land in permanent vegetation, designed to intercept pollutants, prevent soil erosion and manage other environmental concerns. |
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Manure Management - http://www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu
Cornell University projects and information on manure management, to reduce energy costs, increase profitability, and improve environmental impacts. |
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EPA : Global Warming : Impacts - http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsAgriculture.html
Discussion of the likely effects of global warning on US agriculture. |
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Farming Systems and Poverty - http://www.fao.org/farmingsystems/
Maps of farming systems, resources, soils, crops and livestock in six world regions. Also analyses of the trends, emerging constraints and priority development actions. |
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FARmresearch - http://www.farmresearch.com/
Links to research projects about implementing site-specific management systems on farms. |
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Fatal Harvest - http://www.fatalharvest.org/
Book featuring essays on industrial agriculture and its effects on farmers and consumers. |
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Living With Nature - http://www.indianorganic.com
Information on how an arid area of land is made productive, using inter-cropping and organic farming practices. |
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Suite 101- Farming - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/farming
Collection of articles with facts, information, and techniques for those starting on small scale farming. |
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Integrated Farming Information Network - http://eea.eionet.europa.eu:8980/Public/irc/envirowindows/infin/home
A forum for information, information exchange and development in integrated farming in Europe. |
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Beaverslide Haying - http://www.geocities.com/ima_pooka/
Describes the old practice of harvesting hay in rural Montana using a beaverslide, sickle mowers, side-rakes, and buck rakes. |