Practices and Systems

Beaverslide Haying - Describes the old practice of harvesting hay in rural Montana using a beaverslide, sickle mowers, side-rakes, and buck rakes.
www.geocities.com/ima_pooka/

The Big Island Fuel Crops Project - Designed to develop farming methodologies and practices for Jatropha curcas and other similar biodiesel and biofuel crops successfully and profitably in Hawaii.
bigislandfuelcrops.com

Buffer Strips: Common Sense Conservation - 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.
www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/buffers/

EPA : Global Warming : Impacts - Discussion of the likely effects of global warning on US agriculture.
yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsAgriculture.html

Farming Systems and Poverty - Maps of farming systems, resources, soils, crops and livestock in six world regions. Also analyses of the trends, emerging constraints and priority development actions.
www.fao.org/farmingsystems/

FARmresearch - Links to research projects about implementing site-specific management systems on farms.
www.farmresearch.com/

Fatal Harvest - Book featuring essays on industrial agriculture and its effects on farmers and consumers.
www.fatalharvest.org/

Integrated Farming Information Network - A forum for information, information exchange and development in integrated farming in Europe.
eea.eionet.europa.eu:8980/Public/irc/envirowindows/infin/home

Living With Nature - Information on how an arid area of land is made productive, using inter-cropping and organic farming practices.
www.indianorganic.com

Manitoba's Management Plus Program - Provides farmers and industry with crop information and freeware, from the Manitoba Crop Insurance database.
www.mmpp.com

Manure Management - Cornell University projects and information on manure management, to reduce energy costs, increase profitability, and improve environmental impacts.
www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu

Mucuna Bracteata - Cover Crop - Describes the establishment of the legume Mucuna bracteata under Oil Palm in Malaysia.
cheriachagelmathews.tripod.com

Suite 101- Farming - Collection of articles with facts, information, and techniques for those starting on small scale farming.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/farming