Resources on the Web
Click on headings to bring you to available links. See our Service Providers Directory for listings of federal, state, and local agencies that serve Southeastern Massachusetts farms directly.
Back to topNonprofit Organizations
- American Farmland Trust
- Berkshire Grown
- Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
- Edible Cape Cod Magazine
- Essex County Buy Local
- Farm Fresh Rhode Island
- FoodRoutes Network
- Future Farmers of America
- Island Grown Initiative (Martha's Vineyard)
- New England Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)
- New England Grown Webzine
- New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
- Red Tomato
Educational & Resource Centers
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Agriculture Network Information Center
AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions.
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Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
ATTRA is the national sustainable farming information center operated by the private nonprofit National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). ATTRA provides technical assistance to farmers, Extension agents, market gardeners, agricultural researchers, and other ag professionals in all 50 states. Topics addressed by ATTRA can be categorized into three broad areas: sustainable farming production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, and innovative marketing.
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Aquaculture Network Information Center
AquaNIC provides access to electronic aquaculture information at the national and international levels, it provides self-paced aquaculture instruction to the aquaculture industry, and maintains the aquaculture subject area for the Agriculture Network Information Center.
- City Farmer - Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
- Cornell Univ. Cooperative Extension
- Cornell University Composting Resources
- Cornell University Community Food and Agriculture Program (CFAP)
- Critical Mass: An Educational Resource Highlighting Changes in SE Mass 1971-1999 and forecasting scenarios for 2030
- Natural Resource, Agriculture & Engineering Service
- New England Agricultural Statistics Service
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Northeast Organic Network
NEON is an innovative consortium of farmers, researchers, extension educators and grassroots nonprofits working together to improve organic farmers' access to research and technical support. Funded with a $1.2 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture's Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems, this multi-state, multidisciplinary team will be conducting research and extension and education programs on organic agriculture throughout the Northeast.
- Pennsylvania State Univ. Cooperative Extension
- Rutgers Cooperative Extension
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UMass Agriculture and Landscape Program: Plant Problem Diagnostics
UMass Amherst recognizes the importance of reliable and prompt diagnosis of plant problems for the turf, floriculture, fruit, vegetable, nursery, urban forestry and landscapeindustries. We serve farmers, horiticulturists, landscape contractors, turf managers, arborists, nurseries, and tohers in agriculture and the green industries. Each diagnosis, made by the team, includes a written report with pest management strategies that are research based, economically sound and environmentally appropriate for the situation.
- UMass Center for Agriculture Census Analysis
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Univ. of Minnesota - Center for Farm Financial Management
The Center's mission is to improve the farm financial management abilities of agricultural producers and the professionals who serve them through educational software and training programs.
- Univ. of Wisconsin - Healthy Farmers, Healthy Profits
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University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems brings together university faculty, farmers, policy-makers, and others to study relationships between farming practices, farm profitability, the environment, and rural vitality.
- Mass. Office of Business Development
- MDAR's “How to Organize and Run a Successful Farmer's Market”
- USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Direct Marketing
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Farmers Markets
- USDA Agricultural Research Service - Food & Nutrition Information Center
NRAES is an interdisciplinary, issue-oriented program sponsored by cooperative extension of fourteen member land grant universities that provides information to faculty and field practitioners on: horticultural production; dairy, livestock, and poultry production systems; agricultural waste management; consumer education; natural resources management; farm safety; biological engineering; and environmental engineering.
Community Partners
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MCG Partners
A Bridgewater-based consulting firm that provides sales, leadership, and career development solutions to both for-profit and non-profit corporations.
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Westport Matters
A Community TV show documenting the real life of Westport, Mass., hosted by local historian and forester Claude Ledoux.
Newsletters Online
- ACRES
- Farm Journal Today
- Growing for Market
- Smart Marketing Newsletters
- UMass Vegetable IPM Newsletter
