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 Cooperative Knowledge Base

 

 

 
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Coop web sites
http://northsidecoop.com
University of Wisconsin Center for Co-operatives http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/index.html
National Co-operative Business Association http://www.ncba.Co-op/
International Co-operative Alliance http://www.ica.Co-op/
Cooperative Development Foundation www.cdf.coop/
Food Co-op 500 Program www.foodcoop500.coop/
National Consumer Cooperative Bank www.ncb.coop/
Blooming Prairie www.bloomingprairie.org/
The Cooperative Foundation www.thecooperativefoundation.org/
National Cooperative Grocers Association www.ncga.coop/
 

Food Systems Framing Research

 

Sustainable Agriculture Resources

American Farmland Trust
AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
CISA 's mission is to help farming thrive in western Massachusetts.  They accomplish this through working with farmers, consumers, educators and researchers to strengthen local agriculture.

CRAFT
The Food Project helped launch an agricultural training program for apprentices, interns, and workers on farms in the Eastern Massachusetts area.

The Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
Covers national sustainable agriculture issues

W.K. Kellogg Foundation – Food Systems and Rural Development
Resources, publications, and grants promoting sustainable food systems and the restoration of vision and vigor of rural communities.

Massachusetts Dept. of Food and Agriculture
State website.

The Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service
Educational resources and conferences in support of cooperative extension, especially for the Northeast region. Links to the 14 state agricultural universities that sponsor it, plus information about past and upcoming conferences.

N.O.F.A.
The Northeast Organic Farming Association.

Organic Trade Association
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership based business association representing the organic industry in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Slow Food
The Slow Food movement is an international collaboration to support and further traditional slow food processes, in both the making and the enjoying.

The Tufts School of Nutrition - Northeast Food Systems Partnership
The overall goal of the Partnership is to build a common working agenda among sustainable food interests in the Northeast region. (Links, information and resources)

University of Massachusetts Extension Vegetable Program
State Extension Service.

 

 

Meaning of Food - PBS Videos  http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/

Urban Ecology Collaborative http://128.119.112.6/uec/

CMU Grening Vacant Lots http://itclass.heinz.cmu.edu/greenlots/

The Food Project http://www.thefoodproject.org/

Grow Pittsburgh http://www.growpittsburgh.org/

PASA Pittsburgh Association for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.pasafarming.org/

Carnegie Library links (very comprehensive!) - http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/gardening/orgs.html

Allegheny County Cooperative Extension - http://allegheny.extension.psu.edu/

The Community Food Security Cooalition (CA) - http://www.foodsecurity.org/

Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture & Food Security - http://www.ruaf.org/

City Farmer - http://www.cityfarmer.org/

Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food & Farming (UK) - http://www.sustainweb.org/index.php