User Benefits Of Urban Agriculture In Havana, Cuba Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana. http://www.cityfarmer.org/havanaBenefit.html#havanaCUBA
Extractions: The "Abstact" and "Conclusion" are included on this HTML page. The complete thesis (136 pages) is available as a PDF (360K) here. Abstract 5. Conclusion "...It seems that urban agriculture makes sense on ecological, social, and economic grounds virtually everywhere on Earth. Governments should see it as an idea whose time has come" (Rees, 1997). Opportunities for Cuba to develop within the global market may take a toll on the support for urban agriculture in Havana. For example, tourism is very important in this city, and using more urban land to serve that industry is already part of the management plan for land presently used for UA. If the city can have access to foreign food supplies, urban land used for agriculture may be used for hotels and shops for tourists. This is a policy issue where economic valuation can contribute by estimating the welfare impacts of such transitions and make the most socially efficient choice. What would be, for example, the impact of taking one hectare of land in usufruct in Havana and using it for a hotel complex? According to environmental cost-benefit frameworks, the impacts of such a change are economic, social and environmental. It is also an issue directly linked to the concept of sustainability in urban systems.
Minnesota Farmers Union Provides Minnesota agriculture news and advocacy for family farms. http://www.mfu.org/
Extractions: News . . . First MFU Leadership Camp Only One Month Away (May 18, 2004) The first Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) Leadership Camp of the summer is less than a month away. The Elementary Camp (Grades 3-5) begins June 14, and ends June 18. MFU is now taking applications for this camp, and the remaining three camps for July and August. "Our camps are among the most affordable around," said MFU Education Director Jim Tunheim. "The fee is only $60 per person for the elementary camps, and $85 for the junior or senior high camps." Click for complete story . . . Minnesota Farmers Union A Voice for Rural Communities and the People Who Live There Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) works to protect and enhance the economic interests and quality of life of family farmers and ranchers and rural communities. MFU is a nonprofit membership-based organization. Membership is open to farmers and non-farmers. For more information about membership contact MFU Field Services Director Ron Hauglie at ron.hauglie@mfu.org
Agriculture Awareness Committee The committee is a farming and agriculture advocacy group. Lists introduction, mission, events, membership, resources, contact information and links. http://www.nbfarm.com/nbaac/index.htm
EPA NE - "In My Backyard"- Agriculture Information on the agricultural agencies in the region. From the New England Division of the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection. http://www.epa.gov/region01/communities/agriculture.html
Form 12 Welcome to the official links page of the National Department of agriculture,the Provincial Departments of agriculture and the Agricultural Research Council http://www.agric.za/
Extractions: Welcome to the official links page of the National Department of Agriculture,the Provincial Departments of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in South Africa. This page has been visited [35997] times since August 1998 National Department of Agriculture (Pretoria) Agricultural Research Council (Pretoria) Department of Agriculture: Western Cape (Elsenburg) Grootfontein Development Institute (Middelburg) ...
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Lincolnshire Charter For Agriculture And Horticulture Designed to establish a new partnership between farming, food and local government and focuses on the future sustainability of farming and horticulture in Lincolnshire. Information on the organisation and events. http://www.lincsfoodandfarming.org.uk
Extractions: Home Page About Us Library News ... Contact Us Welcome to the Lincolnshire Food and Farming website Welcome to the Lincolnshire Food and Farming website where you can find out about the food and farming sectors and what the Lincolnshire Forum for Agriculture and Horticulture want to achieve. We welcome your involvement in the project and hope that you benefit from the ideas that the Forum want to promote. You can find out more about the Forum by clicking here. On this website you will find information about the Forum's work both now and in the future. The Forum's Implementation Plan can be found in the library where you can also find a more detailed list of projects and timetable for the plan. For a list of the current forum members click here. We will continue to develop the information held on this website and welcome your comments on the type of information you would like to see. Contact us If you are interested in finding out more about the Forum or any of the projects currently being pursued, you can contact us electronically by registering your interest or you can go direct to our
What Is Sustainable Agriculture? What is Sustainable agriculture? December 1997. agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/concept.htm
Extractions: December 1997 A griculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored maximizing production. These changes allowed fewer farmers with reduced labor demands to produce the majority of the food and fiber in the U.S. Although these changes have had many positive effects and reduced many risks in farming, there have also been significant costs.Prominent among these are topsoil depletion, groundwater contamination, the decline of family farms, continued neglect of the living and working conditions for farm laborers, increasing costs of production, and the disintegration of economic and social conditions in rural communities. A growing movement has emerged during the past two decades to question the role of the agricultural establishment in promoting practices that contribute to these social problems. Today this movement for sustainable agriculture is garnering increasing support and acceptance within mainstream agriculture. Not only does sustainable agriculture address many environmental and social concerns, but it offers innovative and economically viable opportunities for growers, laborers, consumers, policymakers and many others in the entire food system.
About - Weather Find everything from crop summaries to growing degree days. http://weather.about.com/msubagri.htm
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Weather Home ... Top Weather Gadgets zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); US Forecasts World Forecasts Photo Gallery Atmosphere ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Weather newsletter. Search Weather From Apply Now Chile is a uniquely shaped country, with a north-south range of 4300 km and an east-west range of about 175 km. The Andes mountain range runs along the spine of the country, with the Pacific Ocean lying along the entire western border. It is Chile's unusual shape, proximity to the Pacific Ocean, and its varied terrain that together dictate the country's widely variable climate. Humans have always tried to predict the weather but it wasn't until the 1940's that any formal attempt at forecasting began to take shape. We take weather forecasts for granted these days. But forecasting is a recent technological advance. It was with the rise of computers, radar systems, satellite, and television that weather prediction took-off during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
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Nebraska Department Of Agriculture NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF agriculture. Merlyn Carlson, Director. Administration, Welcome to NDA. Welcome to the Nebraska Department of agriculture s Home Page. http://www.agr.state.ne.us/
Extractions: Administration Welcome to NDA Welcome to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture's Home Page. I'm glad you have taken the time to learn more about our agency and Nebraska's diverse agriculture industry. Nebraska is a world-class leader in producing a high-quality, abundant, and an affordable food supply, made possible by our state's farmers and ranchers. The products that are raised here are diverse, and representative of the ingenuity of Nebraska producers to address the varied climate and geology found in this state. Field crops, like corn and soybeans, fair particularly well in the rich, fertile farmlands of the Platte Valley, but can be found in most parts of the state. Producers also raise grain sorghum, mostly in the south; potatoes in several areas that have pockets of sandy soil; and wheat, sugarbeets, and dry edible beans in the more arid Panhandle and southwest. While some crops depend on timely rains for success, Nebraska is fortunate to have an abundance of water. About 8 million acres of Nebraska's field crops benefit from irrigation, through the nearly 24,000 miles of streams and rivers, numerous reservoirs, and vast aquifers that underlie most of the state. Our animal industry is also strong. Cattle can be found in all of Nebraska's 93 counties, and thousands of cows and calves spend their spring and summer grazing in the rolling, lush pastures of the north central Sandhills region. Swine, dairy cattle, and poultry also are in abundance and are generally raised in the more diversified, eastern part of the state.
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project Communitybased collaborative focused on sustaining farms and rural communities through farmland protection. Information on program, tailgate markets and events. http://www.asapconnections.org/
Extractions: Local Food Guide Get Fresh! News and Events Transition Program Calendar Partners Vision and Mission Links Contact Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project ppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) is a Western North Carolina community-based collaborative focused on sustaining farms and rural communities through an integrated action program of: Farmland protection: research, development, and demonstration of methods for retaining productive farmland threatened by sprawl and scattered rural growth. Sustainable production systems: development of high-value crops, value-added commodities, and sustainable production systems. Policy development: creation of, and lobbying for, policies supportive of sustainable farming practices, community-based marketing programs, and farmland protection initiatives. Promotion: providing producers access to focused educational and training resources; creation of direct marketing opportunities through the promotion of existing markets and establishment of new marketing possibilities and cooperative ventures.
1995 SAA Paper Paper presented by Peter Bogucki at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995. http://www.princeton.edu/~bogucki/saa1995.html
Extractions: Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995. Please do not circulate or quote until publication in final form. Agriculture came to central Europe somewhat over 7,000 years ago. In the last century of archaeological research, we have been able to establish the archaeological record of these communities in some detail and have good, but not perfect, control over the chronology. The "how" and "why" of the establishment of agricultural communities in central Europe has been much more elusive. In the millennia that preceded agriculture in this region, postglacial climatic conditions and vegetation had been established, and by the sixth millennium B.C., central Europe enjoyed somewhat wetter and warmer conditions than today, by about 2 degrees centigrade. The forested terrain sheltered modern forest fauna along with bands of postglacial foragers. Within the upland basins, there was one habitat that was of greatest interest to the early farming populations. This was the valleys of the smaller streams which drained patches of the loess. Loess is fertile but dry, and these stream valleys were oases of moistness from runoff from the adjacent watersheds and from upstream. Early farming populations settled in these habitats along the smaller rivers and creeks. In the lowlands of the North European Plain, there was also one very important habitat. This was among the chains and clusters of lakes left in meltwater valleys and dead-ice features that interrupt patches of ground moraine in several parts of the plain. In some respect, these features are analogues of the upland creeks, in that they are moist habitats in the midst of drier areas of fertile soil.
