AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Agriculture and Food Organizations
- Agricultural Institute of Canada
- BC Agriculture Council
- BC Women’s Farm Network
- Canadian Farm Business Management Council
- Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
- Ecological Farming Association (US)
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (US)
- Linking Land and Farmers
- National Farmers Union (Canada)
- National Farmers Union (US)
- Small Scale Food Processing Association
- Wine Island Vinters Assocation
- Women’s Agricultural Network
- Women, Food and Agriculture Network
Agro-Ecology/Sustainable Agriculture
- Agroecology in Action (U of C – Santa Cruz)
- Be a Hero – Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
- Defra (Dept of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
- Ecological Farming Association (US)
- Bioneers Food and Farming Network
- Certified Organic Associations of BC
- Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
- Clearinghouse for Information About Pasture-Based Farming
- Community Alliance with Family Farmers (California)
- Farm Folk/City Folk Society
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (UK)
- Food Alliance (US)
- Global EcoVillage Network
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (US)
- Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) (UK)
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (US)
- New England Small Farm Institute
- Savory Center (US)
- Society for Evironmentally Responsible Livestock Operations (Alberta)
- Sustainable Agriculture Network (US)
- Food Alliance (US)
- Wild Farm Alliance (US)
Eco Food Labels
- Blue Angel
- California Clean
- Conservation Beef (Montana)
- Consumers Union Guide to Environmental Labels
- LEAF Marque for Consumers
- Low Input Viticulture and Enology
- Salmon Safe
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – Lower Mainland region
- The Food Alliance
Education and Training
- Agroecology Online
- Beginner Farmers of New Hampshire
- Bountiful Table, Whidbey Institute (US)
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems
- Everdale Environmental Learning Center
- Feathersite – The Poultry Page
- Farming and Countryside Education (UK)
- Glenairley – Centre for Earth and Spirit
- Haliburton Farm Society
- International Federation for Produce Coding
- LifeCycles
- Organic Land Care
- http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/
- Outstanding Young Farmers (BC, Yukon)
- Outstanding Young Farmers (Canada)
- Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture
- SmartGrowthBC, ALR
- SOIL Sustainable Farming Apprenticeship Program
- Sustainable Agriculture Network
- Vancouver Island Public Interest Group
- Websites for Beginners and Established Farmers
- Women’s Agricultural Network of Maine
Farmland Trusts and Stewardship
- American Farmland Trust
- American Farmland Trust’s Community Farmland Protection Consulting Services
- Carolina Farm Stewardship Society
- California Farm Link
- Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust
- Earthcare Connections Genesis Land Conservancy
- Government of BC Commission Panels
- Land Stewardship Project
- Marin Agricultural Land Trust (Calif)
- National Trust (UK) and Agriculture
- Ontario Farmland Conservation Forum
- Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
- Smart Growth BC Agricultural Land Reserve
- Stewardship Centre for BC
- Veins of Life, sw BC – Restoration Resources
Food Security
- Agribusiness Accountability Initiative Network
- Centre for Studies in Food Security
- Consumers Union
- Farm Folk/City Folk Society
- Food Project, Boston
- Foodshare
- Magazine of Metropolitan Agriculture
- Network of Concerned Farmers (Aust)
- Organic Consumers Association
- Toronto Food Policy Council
- Toronto Food Policy Council Discussion Papers
- UK Food Group
- Wisconsin Foodshed Research Project
Funding
- BC Agriculture Council
- BC Environmental Farm Plan Program (Canada)
- BC Organic Sector Development Program
- BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
- Canadian Agriculture Income Stabilization Program
- Greencover Canada
- Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC
- Livestock Management Water Stewardship Program
- Organic Farming Research Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Marketing
- BC Agritourism
- BC Agritourism Alliance
- Buy BC Program
- Community Involved in Sustaining Local Agriculture
- Country Calendar (BC)
- EcoTrusts Food and Farm Products
- Farmers Markets
- Fraser Valley Direct Marketing Assoc.
- Local Harvest (USA)
- North America Direct Marketing Assoc.
- Organic Farming
- South Vancouver Island Direct Marketing Assoc.
- Wine Islands
Organic Agriculture
- Biodynamic Standards
- Bioneers – Organic Food, Farming & Seeds
- BioSuisse Organic Certification
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture
- Certified Organic Associations of BC
- Cyber-Help for Organic Farmers
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
- Organic Consumers
- Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Organic Land Care
- Organic Materials Review Institute
- Organic Trade Association
- Seattle Tilth Association
- South Island Organic Producers Assocation
- Soil Association
- Soil Foodweb Incorporated
- Tilth Producers (Wash.)
- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
Publications and Information Centres
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre
- American Farmland
- Bioneers Food and Farming Network
- Community Farm Newsletter
- County Life in BC
- Crop Choice – An alternative news source for American Farmers
- Eat Well Guide (US)
- Ecological Agriculture Virtual Library
- Farm Centre
- Food, Gardening and Agriculture Directory
- Garden Web Forums
- Genetic Resources Action International
- Information Resource Library
- LEAF News and Information
- Leopold Center News Releases for Sustainable Agriculture
- Links and Resources of the Food Alliance
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Services
- Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (US)
- New Farm from Rodale Institute
- Permaculture Activist
- Ram’s Horn
- Seeds of Change
- Seeds of Diversity, Seedy Saturdays Calendar
- Small Farms Canada
- Small Farm Today
- BC Stewardship Centre
- Successful Farming Magazine
- Sustainable Agriculture Network Archives
- Wild Farm Alliance Briefing Papers
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
- Ecoforestry Institute
- Federation of BC Naturalists
- Friends of Ecological Reserves
- Living Forest Communities
- NOPNAT (North Okanagan Parks and Natural Areas Trust)
- Silva Forest Foundation
- The Trust for Sustainable Forestry
- Trails BC
- Trans Canada Trail
- Valhalla Foundation for Ecology & Society
- West Coast Environmental Law
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
BC Government
- Agricultural Land Commission
- Farm Classification (Assessment Authority)
- Farm Industry Review Board
- InfoBasket Communities
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
- Ministry of Environment
Statistics
Federal Government
Mapping
- BC Surveyor General – Online Cadastral
- Community Mapping Network
- CRD Natural Areas Atlas
- Green Map System
- Ecotrust Toolkit
- Government of BC Base Mapping & Geomatic Services Branch
- Nature Mapping Workshops
- Sensitive Habitat and Inventory Mapping (SHIM)
HERITAGE RESOURCES
LAND TRUSTS AND ALLIANCES
- Burns Bog Conservation Society
- Comox Valley Land Trust
- Cowichan Community Land Trust
- Denman Conservancy Association
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Evergreen
- Fraser Headwaters Alliance
- Galiano Conservancy Association
- Habitat Acquisition Trust
- Islands Trust Fund
- Land Trust Alliance of BC
- Land Trust Alliance (US)
- Nanaimo Area Land Trust
- Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Salt Spring Island Conservancy
- The National Trust
- The National Trust (Countryside & Environment)
- The Nature Conservancy (US)
- The Nature Trust of BC
