Agriculture and Regional Food Systems

Rural Action, Inc.
www.ruralaction.org

ACEnet­- Appalachian Center for Economic Networks             
http://www.acenetworks.org

Appalachia—Science in the Public Interest
http://www.a-spi.org/

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project-doesn’t include Ohio
http://www.buyappalachian.org/

Athens County Visitor’s Bureau
www.athensohio.com

Athens Farmers Market
http://www.athensfarmersmarket.org/page.aspx

A Worm Circus
www.wormcircus.com

CAN--Central Appalachian Network
www.cannetwork.org

Community Food Initiatives
www.communityfoodinitives.com

Eating Local Foods: Building Healtheir Communities in Northern Ohio
http://eatinglocalfoods.ning.com/

The Ohio State University’s Agroecosytems Management Program
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/amp

Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association
http://www.oeffa.com/

Ohio Farm Bureau                   
http://ofbf.org/

Stratford Ecological Center                  
http://www.stratfordecologicalcenter.org

Ohio Farmers Union
http://www.ohfarmersunion.org/

The Ohio State University’s Food Industries Center                 
http://foodindustries.osu.edu/

Local Harvest
http://www.localharvest.org/

Ohio Farmers’ Markets
http://ohiofarmersmarkets.osu.edu/

Ohio Market Maker
http://oh.marketmaker.uiuc.edu

Ohio Proud
http://www.ohioproud.com/index.php

The Nature Conservancy—Ohio Chapter
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/

National and International Food Systems

Action for Healthy Kids
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/

American Community Gardening Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/

American Farmland Trust
http://www.farmland.org/default.asp

Center for Food Safety
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/

Community Alliance with Family Farmers
http://www.caff.org/

Community Food Security Coalition
http://foodsecurity.org/

Community Greens—Shared Parks in Urban Blocks
http://www.communitygreens.org

Greenhorns—Website with a focus towards young farmers
http://www.thegreenhorns.net/home.html

FactoryFarm.org
http://www.factoryfarm.org/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/

Food First—Institute for Food and Development Policy
http://www.foodfirst.org/

Food Routes Network
http://www.foodroutes.org/

HomeGrown.org
http://www.homegrown.org/

The Land Institute
http://www.landinstitute.org/

La Via Campesina: International Peasant Movement
http://www.viacampesina.org

Locavores
http://locavores.com/

MetroFarm… The Online Magazine of Metropolitan Agriculture
http://www.metrofarm.com/

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
http://sustainableagriculturecoalition.org/

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
http://attra.org/

Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Robin Van En Center—Locate Community Supported Agriculture Programs
http://www.csacenter.org

Rodale Institute
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/home

Seed Saver’s Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
http://www.sare.org

True Food Network
http://truefoodnow.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/

Urban and Environmental Policy Group—Center for Food and Justice
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/

USDA National Agriculture Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/

USDA Food and Nutrition Service
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/default.htm

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/

USDA National Agriculture Statistical Service
http://www.nass.usda.gov/

Worldwatch Institute—Vision for a Sustainable World
http://www.worldwatch.org/

 Native Plants and Wild Edibles

Edible “Wild” Plants of Southeastern Ohio
http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/facility/edibleplants/edibleintro.htm

Foraging and Ethnobotany Links
http://foraging.com//

The Forager Press, LLC.,
http://theforagerpress.com/index.htm

United Plant Savers
http://www.unitedplantsavers.org/

Wild Food Adventures—Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables
http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/

Blogs, Directories, and Social Networking sites

Pizza Goon
www.pizzagoon.com

Edible Weeds
http://www.edibleweeds.com

Eat local Challenge
http://eatlocalchallenge.com/

Eat Well Guide
http://www.eatwellguide.org

Green People
http://www.greenpeople.org/

In Search of Good Food
http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/

Ohio Local Food Systems
http://localfoodsystems.org/

Sustain Lane—People Powered Sustainability Guide
http://www.sustainlane.com

Transition Ohio
http://transitionohio.ning.com/