Related Databases : Databases : Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

AgNIC, Agriculture Network Information Center
Agriculture Network Information Center.
http://www.agnic.org/
Cooperatively managed resource database containing web sites, image collections, lists of publications, documents, databases, and other unique resources; a calendar of events; and expertise - librarians and subject specialists who can respond to individual questions. Divider

Aquaculture Network Information Center (AquaNIC)
Purdue University.
http://www.aquanic.org/
Electronic resources for aquaculture information and education - newsletters, discussion groups, publications, Internet sites, and job listings, and a searchable database of information on specific fish species and aquaculture systems. Divider

ATTRA � National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Master Publication List
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html
Outreach full-text publications on all aspects of alternative/sustainable farming systems and practices. Divider

Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA)
Cornell University Library.
http://chla.mannlib.cornell.edu/
4500 agricultural texts (1,834 books and 6 journals (288 volumes)) published from the early nineteenth century to the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Divider

E-answers
Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE); USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES).
http://e-answers.adec.edu/
Links to more than 250,000 pages of resources from the work of Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station professionals at more than 50 Land Grant universities throughout the United States. Divider

Global Change Master Directory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Goddard Space Flight Center.
http://gcmd.nasa.gov/
Earth science data sets and services relevant to the global change and earth science research - more than 15,000 descriptions of Earth science data sets and services covering all aspects of Earth and environmental sciences, including agriculture. Divider

Locate Your Watershed
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
EPA's "Surf Your Watershed" contains a database of watershed groups throughout the nation (searchable by state, zipcode, group name, keywords or stream name), information about ongoing wetlands projects, data from American Heritage Rivers Services and a directory of Web sites dedicated to environmental issues and information. Divider

Missouri Alternatives Center (MAC) Link List
University of Missouri Extension.
http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/links/
Full-text, on-line Extension and related how-to publications from all states and on many alternatives, "from Asparagus to Watermelons, and Aquaculture to Worms." Divider

Plants
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
http://plants.usda.gov
Standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Search by names, or by plant characteristics including morphological, physiological and reproductive traits; growth requirements and economic uses. You may also search on various traits and geographical areas for alternative crops that may be suitable for small scale farming. Divider

Plants For A Future
Plants for a Future [UK].
http://www.pfaf.org/
Information for 7300 edible medicinal and useful plants. Search by common or family name; edible, medicinal or other use; geographical area or habitat; or keyword. Divider

State and National Partners
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html
Listings for the more than 100 colleges and universities that comprise the nation's Land-Grant University System. Interactive map provides links to the land-grant institutions and their key constituent units, most notably the state Cooperative Extension Services. Divider

UC SAREP Cover Crop Database
University of California. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP).
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
Directory, encyclopedia; some full-text information; citations; some abstracts; images. Information pertaining to 40 crop species derived from journal articles, conference proceedings, standard textbooks, unpublished data and personal communications from researchers and farmers. Plant descriptions, cultural requirements and uses. Divider

Web Soil Survey
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS).
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
Provides electronic access to full USDA soil survey report content and more. Data may be searched, customized, put into map format and/or downloaded.