Winter, 1992 (v5n2)
National Ag Library video/book Lists
Sustainable Agriculture in Print: Current Books, (SRB 92-15), 1992, 29 pages. Selected, reviewed and annotated list of books on sustainable agriculture published within the last three years, compiled by the staff and volunteer Michael Cassady at the National Agricultural Library's Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC). It is a companion piece to Tracing the Evolution of Organic/Sustainable Agriculture: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography compiled by Jane Potter Gates on literature from 1580 to 1992. Also available is Videocassettes in the NAL Collection Pertaining to Alternative Farming Systems, an annotated list of videocassettes, and the AFSIC's List of Information Products. All publications are free from AFSIC, National Agricultural Library, Room 111, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD 20705-2351; (301) 504-6559.
Consumer Organic Mail Order
Consumer's Organic Mail-Order Directory, 1992. First annual national directory is an indexed guide of more than 140 farmers and distributors who sell mail-order organically-grown produce and products directly to the public. Available for $9.95 (plus $2.50 shipping and handling) from California Action Network, P.O. Box 464, Davis, CA 95617. Phone orders accepted for Visa and MasterCard at (800) 852-3832 or (916) 756-8518.
Northern U.S. Perspective on Alternative Ag
Which Row to Hoe? A Regional Perspective on Alternative Directions in Commercial Agriculture. 25 pages, 1992. This is an interim report from the Northwest Area Foundation, which has initiated a major research effort to gather and disseminate critical information on the social, economic and environmental implications of conventional and sustainable farming systems for farms, farm families, and rural communities and the potential of sustainable agriculture to stabilize and revitalize rural America. The report is available free from the Communications Dept., Northwest Area Foundation, 332 Minnesota St., Suite E-1201, St. Paul, MN 55101-1373; (612) 225-3863. Other free articles include:
- Guidelines for Grant Applicants.
- 0392-4 Environmentalism and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, by Kirk Johnson,
- March 1992. Argues that sustainability can ease tensions between environmental and economic interests.
- 0491-1 Bucking the System: Lessons in Agricultural Diversification, by William Nothdurft
- and Mark Popovich, April 1991. Identifies lessons for agencies seeking to revitalize rural communities.
- 1289-1 Defining a Sustainable Future: Basic Issues in Sustainable Agriculture by William Lockeretz, Dec. 1989.
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