FOOD GROWING, ANIMALS, HERBS & HEALTH - ONLINE SOURCES

Alan Chadwich demonstrated the techniques of biodynamic/French intensive gardening on a barren four-acre clay hillside at the University of California's Santa Cruz campus. This method is also used by John Jeavons. The theories of biodynamic gardening were originally developed by Rudolf Steiner.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1980-01-01/Biodynamic-French-Intensive-Gardening.aspx

Seed Savers, Seed Exchanges, and Seed Societies

http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/exchanges.htm

What's new is old

Clive Blazey explains why heirloom seeds are superior to hybrids

http://www.diggers.com.au/WhatsNewIsOld.htm

John E. Ikerd papers on sustainable growing

http://web.missouri.edu/ikerdj/papers/default.htm

SOIL

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Soils & Compost VERY extensive

http://www.attra.org/soils.html

Guidelines for Fertilizing Organically

http://www.groworganic.com/library_42.html?welcome=T & theses=3828481

The Quest for Nutrient-Dense Food--High-Brix Farming and Gardening

http://www.westonaprice.org/farming/nutrient-dense.html

Rebuilding Soil Fertility

http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/RebuildingSoilFertility_Kinsey10_01.pdf

Industrial vs. Sustainable Agriculture

http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Indust%20vs%20sustain_dec03.pdf

Remineralize The Earth

http://metalab.unc.edu/london/orgfarm/remineralization/remineralization.selected-writings

No-Till

http://www.rolf-derpsch.com/notill.htm

No-till, permanent bed farming by Ken Hargesheimer from the July/August, 2002 issue of Countryside & Small Stock Journal

http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/86/86-4/Ken_Hargesheimer.html

Rodale Institute study of organic no-till

http://www.newfarm.org/depts/notill/index.shtml

Less is more: No-till agriculture helps mitigate global warming

U.S. Department of Energy

http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2005-09/dnnl-lim091605.php

Humus - Understanding the Soil Processes

PETRIK LABORATORIES

http://www.petrik.com/PUBLIC/library/ups.html#humus

Humus: Still a Mystery

http://www.nofa.org/tnf/humus.php

GREENHOUSES & SEASON EXTENSION

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The homestead greenhouse

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/sanders67.html

Northern Greenhouse Sales

http://www.northerngreenhouse.com/ordering/catalog.htm

Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/seasonext.html

Scheduling Vegetable Plantings for Continuous Harvest, includes Soil Temperature Germination Ranges for Select Vegetables

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/continuousharvest.html

Season-Extending Techniques

http://www.gardeners.com/Season-Extending-Techniques/5063,default,pg.html

Season Extenders

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-381/426-381.html

COVER CROPS

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Choosing the best cover crops for your organic no-till vegetable system

A detailed guide to using 29 species

http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/features/0104/no-till/chart.shtml

Overview of Cover Crops and Green Manures

Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture

By Preston Sullivan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/covercrop.html

HEALTH & HERBS

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Henriette's Herbal Homepage

One of the oldest and largest herbal information sites on the web.

http://www.henriettesherbal.com/

Southwest School of Botanical Medicine

http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/

Hanna Kroeger: The Grandmother of Health

In 1988, the Colorado District Attorney threatened legal action if Hanna did not quit "prescribing" her remedies.

http://wellnessnetworker.ca/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=32 & Itemid=27

http://www.zhealthinfo.com/hkroeger.htm

North American Institute of Medical Herbalism

http://www.medherb.com/

The Herb Society of America

http://www.herbsociety.org/

Culinary Herb Guide

http://culinaryherbguide.com/

Using herbs in cooking

http://culinaryherbguide.com/usingherbsincooking.htm

Growing, Harvesting and Using Culinary Herbs in the Home Garden http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/herbs.html

HerbNet....for everything herbal

http://www.herbnet.com/

Herbal Business Resources

http://herbsociety.org/library/business.php

The Herb Growing & Marketing Network

http://www.herbworld.com/

HARVESTING RAINWATER

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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

FARM & HOME EQUIPMENT

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Farm & greenhouse supply

http://www.farmtek.com/ - extensive

Agricultural Machinery

http://www.howardrotavator.com/

Homestead tools

http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY & itemID=677 & iMainCat=677 & iSubCat=677

Homestead Kitchen

http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY & itemID=670 & iMainCat=670 & iSubCat=670

Cartbike Building

http://www.bicyclelaneindustries.com/bli/cartbike/

ANIMALS

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DRAFT ANIMALS

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Draft Horse Journal

http://www.drafthorsejournal.com/homepage.htm#1

Horse Power vs. Horsepower

http://www.ruralheritage.com/horse_paddock/horsepower.htm

Draft Animal Power - Sustainable Farming, Forestry and Living

http://www.draftanimalpower.com/

Donkeys as Draught Animals - also includes general information about raising donkeys. - FAO Food & Ag. Organization of the UN

http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/Draught/contents.htm

Tillers International (This organization provides classes in training and working with oxen and draft horses)

http://www.wmich.edu/tillers/

RELATED INFORMATION

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Breeds of Livestock: Educational information on different breeds of cattle, goats, horses, sheep and pigs - Oklahoma State University

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy - Breeds Information

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/wtchlist.html

POULTRY

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The How and Why of Free-Range Chickens

http://www.homestead.org/ReginaAnneler/Chickens/FreeRangeChickens.htm

Raising Chickens for Meat and Eggs

http://www.backwoodsliving.com/hatching.html

Backyard Chicken Coop Designs

http://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html

Raising Poultry: A Small-Scale Agriculture Alternative

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/smallscale.html

Small Scale Poultry Housing

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/10.html

Hatcheries and Poultry Equipment Supply Houses

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKHatcheries.html

Home Processing of Poultry

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI0701.html

Other Poultry

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/

BEEF

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Beef Resources

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/cattbeef.html

Nutrition and Feeding of the Cow-Calf Herd: Production Cycle Nutrition and Nutrient Requirements of Cows, Pregnant Heifers and Bulls

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/beef/400-012/400-012.html

DONKEYS

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Miniature Donkeys

http://www.qis.net/~minidonk/donktext.htm

Donkey foal fundamentals- Jeanine A. Rachau

http://www.oregonvos.net/%7Ejrachau/foalcare.htm

Donkeys as Draught Animals - also includes general information about raising donkeys. - FAO Food & Ag. Organization of the UN

http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/Draught/contents.htm

GOATS

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Goat Resouces

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/goats.htm

Goat Publications

http://members.tripod.com/~duhgoatman/m-p.htm

Raising Dairy Goats

http://www.ehow.com/how_2071522_raise-dairy-goats.html

Raising Pygmy Goats as Pets

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/petcolumns/showarticle.cfm?id=329

National Goat Handbook- US National Dairy Database - Univ. of Maryland

http://outlands.tripod.com/farm/national_goat_handbook.pdf

HORSES

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Horse Resources

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/equine.htm

The Horse Information Center

http://www.horseinfo.com/

Cherry Hill's Horse Information Roundup

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse-training-care-info.htm

LLAMAS

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General Llama Information

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/alt-ag/llama.htm

Llama & Alpaca Farming Regulations, raising, marketing, nutrition, fencing, reproduction & health

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/llamaalpaca.html

SWINE

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Swine Resources

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/swine.htm

Swine Production

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/swine/index.html

Raising Pot Bellied Pigs as Pets

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/petcolumns/showarticle.cfm?id=248

Hooped Shelters For Hogs ATTRA

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/hooped.html

RABBITS

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General Rabbit Information

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/alt-ag/rabbit.htm

SHEEP

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Sheep resources

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/sheep.html

Sheep Grazing Management - Virginia Cooperative Extension

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/sheep/410-366/410-366.html

Feeding Sheep - Virginia Cooperative Extension

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/sheep/410-853/410-853.html

Other Species Resources

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http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/other.htm

NUTS & FRUITS

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Extensive information from NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

http://www.icserv.com/nnga/links.htm

Ask The Berry Man, berries & brambles

http://www.asktheberryman.com/about_berries.html

Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/fruit/homefruit.html

Growing Fruit Trees

http://extension.unh.edu/resourcesResource000585_Rep607.pdf

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