Resources on the Web
Click on headings to bring you to available links. See our Service Providers Directory for listings of many more federal, state, and local agencies that serve Southeastern Massachusetts farms directly.
Organizations
- Not-For-Profit Agencies & Organizations
- Government Agencies & Organizations
- Commodity Groups and Trade Associations
- Educational & Resource Centers
- Community Partners
Information
Organizations
Not-For-Profit Agencies & Organizations
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- 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
- Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
- New England Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)
- New England Grown Webzine
- New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
- Red Tomato
- Critical Mass: An Educational Resource Highlighting Changes in SE Mass 1971-1999 and forecasting scenarios for 2030
Government Agencies & Organizations
- Citizens Guide to Mass. State Services
- City Farmer - Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
- Mass. Office of Business Development
- New England Agricultural Statistics Service
- Plymouth County Soil Survey
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SARE)
- USDA Agricultural Research Service - Food & Nutrition Information Center
- USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
Commodity Groups and Trade Associations
- Cranberry Institute
- Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
- Mass. Association of Roadside Stands
- Mass. Maple Producers Association
Educational & Resource Centers
- Agriculture Network Information Center
Description: AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions. - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
Description: 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. - Aquaculture Network Information Center
Description: 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. - Cornell Univ. Cooperative Extension
- Cornell University Composting Resources
- Cornell University Community Food and Agriculture Program (CFAP)
- Natural Resource, Agriculture & Engineering Service
Description: 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. - 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
- UMass Agriculture and Landscape Program: Plant Problem Diagnostics
Description: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
- Univ. of Minnesota - Center for Farm Financial Management
Description: 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
- University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Description: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.
- MCG Partners: A Bridgewater-based consulting firm that provides sales, leadership, and career development solutions to both for-profit and non-profit corporations.
- Westport Matters: A Community TV show documenting the real life of Westport, Mass., hosted by local historian and forester Claude Ledoux.
Information
Marketing
- ACRES
- MDAR's "How to Organize and Run a Successful Farmer's Market"
- Smart Marketing Newsletters
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Direct Marketing
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Farmers Markets
Legal
Financial and Grants
- Commonwealth of Mass. Procurement Access and Solicitation System
- First Pioneer Farm Credit
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SARE)
- Rural Information Center
- USDA Small Farm Program
Miscellaneous Tools & Computer Software
- AgWeb
- Computer Software for Aquaculture
- Today's Market Prices
- Univ. of Minnesota - Center for Farm Financial Management
- Introduction to MassGIS
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