Recommended Resources

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Find your local cooperative extension

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html

Find your climate zone by zip code

www.garden.org/zipzone

Find planting dates for popular crops by zip code

www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-dates

Brief Introductions to Agriculture Topics

www.motherearthnews.com/

www.grit.com/

beginningfarmers.org

Detailed Introductions to Agriculture Topics

www.attra.org/

www.sare.org/

afsic.nal.usda.gov

Farmers Markets, Community Gardens, Kitchen Gardens, and CSAs

www.communitygarden.org/

www.localharvest.org/

apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/

www.rodaleinstitute.org/farm_locator

kitchengardeners.org/

 

Startup Guides

www.justfood.org/marketplace/just-food-tools [urban farms; $50]

celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/pdf/startup_guide.pdf [community gardens; free]

Urban Farming News

www.cityfarmer.info/

www.hobbyfarms.com/urban-farm/home.aspx

http://www.ruaf.org/node/101

Urban Farmer/Homesteader Blogs

www.thecrunchychicken.com/

www.homegrownevolution.com/

urbanhomestead.org/journal/

Vertical Farming

www.verticalfarm.com/

Z – Everything Else

www.kansassustainableag.org/library.htm