Farmland Preservation and Farm Viability Web Resources...

American Farmland Trust- A variety of information and resources on farmland preservation across the United States
www.farmland.org

Your helpline for Sustainable Agriculture questions ATTRA's National Sustainable Agriculture information service is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology.  In addition to publications and an extensive web library, ATTRA offers a hotline for sustainable agriculture questions. Call 1-800-346-9140 (English) or 1-800-411-3222 (Espanol) or visit ATTRA on the web for an online question submittal form

Farmland Information Center

www.farmlandinfo.org

Farmer to Consumer Legal Defense Fund

www.ftcldf.org

Bureau of Farmland Preservation-Pennsylvania- oversees PA's PDR program
www.agriculture.state.pa.us

Center for Rural Affairs, a private, non-profit organization, is working to strengthen small businesses, family farms and ranches, and rural communities.
cfra.org

Community, Food & Agriculture Program (Cornell University)
www.CFAP.org

The Countryside Program, Provides education, research, and technical assistance to promote sensitive planning and development practices in Northeast Ohio
www.countrysideprogram.org/

Department of Conservation California- Resource conservation for the future
www.consrv.ca.gov/dlrp/

Eat Well Guide- A free directory of sustainably- raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs from stores farms and restaurants in your area,
www.eatwellguide.org/

EcoCity Cleveland, Information on designing cities in balance with nature, updates on environmental, community and planning activities in Northeast Ohio:
www.ecocitycleveland.org

Exurban Change Program analyzes
economic, social, agricultural and land use change throughout Ohio's townships, regions, and exurban/rural landscape.

http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/programs/exurbs/

Farm Aid
Provides tools and resources for farmers and those working to preserve and protect Agriculture in the United States
www.farmaid.org

Farmland Preservation in Montgomery County , transfer of development rights and purchase of development rights information
www.montcopa.org/plancom/Farm_preserv.htm

Growing Power
Growing Power is a nationally recognized leader in urban agriculture.
www.growingpower.org

Indiana Cooperative Development Center

Information on establishing a business cooperative, coopertive networks and resource/information links.

http://www.icdc.coop/index.html

Innovative Farmers of Ohio
IFO promotes agriculture that preserves and strengthens the economic, social, and environmental well-being of Ohio's farms, farm families, and rural communities and protects and improves the health and productivity of Ohio's land's and waterways
www.ifoh.org

Michigan Department of Agriculture-farmland and open space conservation programs
www.michigan.gov/mda

Michigan Land Use Institute- Information on a broad array of land use and farmland preservation initiatives in the state of Michigan
www.mlui.org

Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG) a network of organizations working for a system of agriculture that is economically profitable, environmentally sound, family-farm based, and socially just
www.msawg.org/

National Agricultural Statistics service
www.usda.gov/nass

New Jersey's Great N.W.Skylands- Preserve farmland by purchasing agricultural conservation easements
www.njskylands.com/fmpres.htm

Northcentral Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

program supports and promotes sustainable farming and ranching.
www.sare.org/ncrsare/

Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service
www.nass.usda.gov/oh

Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation at OSU

http://cffpi.osu.edu/index.htm

Ohio Department of Agriculture- Office of Farmland Preservation
www.ohioagriculture.gov/farmland/farm-index.stm

Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association

a membership-based, grassroots organization, dedicated to promoting and supporting sustainable, ecological, and healthful food systems.  An organic certification agency.

http://www.oeffa.org/

Ohio Environmental Council- providing updates on issues affecting the quality of our air, land, water & health in the state of Ohio

www.theoec.org

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.state.oh.us/

Ohio League of Conservation Voters
www.ohiolcv.org

Ohio's NRCS, Federal Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program
www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/frpp/frpp_home.html

Ohio Planning Conference
www.ohioplanning.org

Ohio State University Fact sheets and information about farmland preservation, agriculture and land use
ohioline.osu.edu

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
PASA is a nonprofit organization working to improve the economic and social prosperity of Pennsylvania food and agriculture
www.pasafarming.org

Pick your own website provides links to area farms

www.pickyourown.org/OHcleveland.htm

The Rodale Institute

The Institute works with people worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that renews environmental and human health working with the philosophy that "Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People ®.

http://www.rodaleinstitute.org

Save a Farm

Independent site featuring jingles depicting the importance of small independent farms in Northeast Ohio

http://www.saveafarm.org/

Small Farms Website at Cornell University
www.smallfarms.cornell.edu

Sustainable Table- A Resource for Healthy Foods
www.sustainabletable.org/home

The USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd/westernreservehome.html

University of California Agricultural Issues Centers- land use and farmland conversion research paper
aic.ucdavis.edu/research1/land.html

Watershed Agricultural Council- watershed and open space conservation
www.nycwatershed.org/lc_agricultural.html

Wayne County Agricultural Success Team

Planning for the future of the agricultural industry in Wayne County

http://www.wayneohio.org/pdf/execsummary.pdf