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Dairy Your Way Book from Minnesota Includes Information on Grazing and Organic Management Dairy Your Way is a free, 100-page book from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture that describes the variety of management alternatives...
Engaging Everyone: Catalyzing Organic Leadership and Education in Minnesota In this address to a USDA conference on organic agriculture in October 2005, Meg Moynihan of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture describes and...
Farm Beginnings, Courses and Mentoring for the Next Generation of Farmers, from Minnesota's Land Stewardship Project Farm Beginnings is a farmer-led educational training and support program designed to help people who want to evaluate and plan their farm...
Land Stewardship Project in Minnesota The mission of the Land Stewardship Project is to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop...
Minnesota Organic Program Contact The National Association of State Organic Programs (NASOP) offers a list of contacts of state organic officials across the U.S. Minnesota's organic...
Organic Food Processing Basics This fact sheet covers the highlights of organic processing, explaining the meaning of organic, organic processing, the benefits of organic...
Requirements for Organic Livestock in the United States This article explains the regulations for the production and labeling of livestock and livestock products as "organic" in the United States. Under...
Resources for Beginning Farmers: Building a Sustainable Future The goal of this online publication is to make it easier to get started in farming by providing a planning guide and identifying the many resources...
The Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota The Center for Farm Financial Management (CFFM) provides educational programs and software tools that are practical, timely, and applicable to...
VegEdge, a Vegetable IPM Resource for the Midwest, from the University of Minnesota The purpose of this site is to provide timely, objective information about all aspects of vegetable crop integrated pest management (IPM), with...
Dairy: Considering Organic Dairy? Resources for MN Farmers Two-page fact sheet provides essential resources for those considering a transition to organic dairy production, including lists of buyers, helpful...
Grains: Post-Harvest Handling of Grain Crops, from the University of Minnesota While not directed at organic growers, and recommending pest management strategies that are not organic, this large collection of post-harvest...
Greenbook 2006: Sustainable Agriculture in Minnesota The 17th edition of the Greenbook, a publication of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Resources Management and Development...
Listings of Farmers Markets in Minnesota
Livestock and Farming Publications from the Land Stewardship Project This web page from Minnesota's Land Stewardship Project provides links to or ordering information about several dozen books and publications--many...
Marketing Local Food, 2007, a Handbook from the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) If you are a farmer who has decided to market your products locally, learning about your marketing options and developing a marketing plan are the...
Minnesota Food Association: Promoting Sustainable Food Systems The Minnesota Food Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a more sustainable food system. Now celebrating its 25th year,...
Minnesota Guide to Organic Certification An excellent guide to organic certification in Minnesota that covers transitioning, choosing a certifying agency, establishing an audit trail, the...
Organic Feed Sources for Poultry, from the University of Minnesota This is a national listing of suppliers.
Preliminary Organic Production Profitability Analysis, 2005 A comparison of organic and conventional production systems in Minnesota, using 2005 farm data. By Ron Van Nurden, Farm Business Management,...
Simple and Successful Vegetable Farming: How to Pick, Store, and Sell the Vegetables You Grow A vegetable-by-vegetable guide to postharvest handling, from the University of Minnesota.
Student Organic Farm at University of Minnesota Reaps Success A profile of Cornercopia, a small, student-run organic farm on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. "From flowers to edible weeds,...
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota The Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota supports the development and enhancement of sustainable farming systems through innovation,...
The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) is a partnership between the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences...
University of Minnesota's Organic Ecology Program The University of Minnesota Organic Ecology program focuses on the science and practice of Agroecology as it pertains to: * Food and Fiber...
Where Can I Buy Organic Livestock Feed? This Q&A from The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture lists a variety of regional and national resources for finding organic livestock...