Resources

As defined by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.

New York Times Article by James McWilliams exposing some misconceptions about “food miles”

An article by L.Hunter Lovins for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities.

The Greenest Blog: Superlative Ideas for a Sustainable Future

NESAWG is a membership-based organization that is dedicated to promoting a more sustainable and secure food system.

This website is a portal to competitively-distributed USDA grants programs which allot funding to sustainable agriculture research projects and conference attendance fees.

An educational, hands-on training series for practitioners (farmers, entrepreneurs, academics) of sustainable agriculture.

This website aggregates links to timely and topical news articles about urban agriculture. The site appears to be updated on a monthly basis.

The organization was established fifteen years ago as a non-profit organization seeking to focus attention on food production, economic development and environmental enhancement in cities and urban regions.

This working paper was written in 2000 by Jerry Kaufman and Martin Bailkey, two academics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A study commissioned by the City of Philadelphia, prepared by Hope Wohl Associates.

A 2005 article from WIRED magazine about OrganiTech’s automated hydroponic greenhouse technology.

Prototype for sustainable, closed loop urban growing system, situated on a barge in Yonkers, NY.

Philanthropic urban agriculture architecural and design collaborative.

Conference co-host

A USDA report on fish farming