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| CLAY
ART WEB GUIDE
http://www.ClayArtWebGuide.com Large directory of ceramic and pottery information on the Web with 45 themed categories and over 1000 links. |
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Global Profit and Global Justice |
RESPONSIBLE
SHOPPER
http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ What does your shopping support? This site can help you find out. Discover the good, the bad and the ugly behind the products you buy everyday — from clothing to shoes to toothpaste. Search tools and databases on this site allow users to investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues, including: Sweatshops, Pollution, Ethics, Discrimination and more. |
| AGRICULTURE
RESOURCES
http://www.utyx.com/agriculture/ An online directory of agricultural resource links, from agriculture-and-forestry and animal-agriculture to vegetables, water and wheat. |
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Browse the culinary treasures available from M. Hofferber Books |
SPANISH-ENGLISH
CULINARY DICTIONARY
http://www.softdoc.es/madrid_guide/eatingout/food_dictionary.html A brief Spanish-English culinary dictionary to make eating out in Madrid a little easier. |
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Farmer's Market Online Cookbooks |
FOOD
SITE OF THE DAY
http://www.FoodSiteoftheDay.com/ A link to different food-related website is featured each day on this site, which also offers food news, articles on specific foods, culinary travel and history. |
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USING
ENTERPRISE BUDGETS TO MAKE DECISIONS
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/pnw0535/pnw0535.pdf Details the use of enterprise budgets on farms west of the Casecade Range. Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Free reader. |
The Fast-Food Guide |
ROAD FOOD
http://www.roadfood.com/ This web site is devoted to finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America. Files of reviews and profiles can be searched by state or restaurant type, from all-you-can-eat to vegetarian. Roadfood.com seeks out eateries with great local color, the best regional specialties, celestial barbecue, and four-star pig-outs. |
| TACO-L
http://www.ashlists.org/taco-l A mailing list for connoisseurs of tacos. Subscribers trade taco recipes, review taco products,; discuss taco restaurants and, generally, sing the praises of the taco. To subscribe to Taco-L, send a message to: Majordomo@ASHLists.org with subscribe Taco-L in the BODY of the email or subscribe at the Taco-L web site: http://www.ashlists.org/taco-l |
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Farm Supply |
THE HAY BARN
The Hay Barn is a classified ad site for hay, hay equipment, and haying services. http://www.haybarn.com/ |
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BUGBIOS
http://www.insects.org/ Get to know your insects, up close and personal at Dexter Sear's developing website. Designed to present insects for the "miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our cultures have become with these alien creatures," this site includes stunning insect macrophotography, an ordinal key for identifying insects, articles on "cultural entomology" and links to other insect-infested resources. |
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BOTANICAL
SOCIETY
OF AMERICA ONLINE IMAGE COLLECTION
http://images.botany.org/bsa/ The Botanical Society of America has made this collection of approximately 800 images available for instructional use. There are 14 collections of images: Plant Geography, Plant Morphology, Phloem Development, Xylem Development, Floral Ontogeny, Lichens, Economic Botany, Carnivorous Plants, Organography, Pollen, Paleobotany, Plant Defense Mechanisms, Plant Anatomy, and Cellular Communication Channels. Users can access the images by browsing these topical slide sets or via a keyword search engine. |
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GRACE
FACTORY FARM PROJECT
http://www.factoryfarm.org/ The Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) sponsors this effort to eliminate factory farming in favor of "a sustainable food production system which is healthful and humane, economically viable and environmentally sound." The site contains links to facts, news, and ideas about the problem of factory farming. |
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THE HUNGER
SITE
http://www.thehungersite.com/ Here's an interesting twist on Internet philanthrophy. Web surfers can help feed the world's hungry by visiting this site. At no cost to themselves, donate a free serving of rice, wheat, maize or other staple food to the hungry every time they visit the web page and click on a "Donate Free Food" button.. The site's corporate sponsors pay for the donation in exchange for the exposure they receive. Anyone on the Internet can make one free donation every day. |
| EAT 5 A DAY
http://www.healthyfood.org The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) created this web site to promote the advantages of frozen fruits, vegetables and juices in meeting the 5 A Day goal of the National Cancer Institute; i.e., consume at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day to help prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. The site also includes "serving size" information relevant to frozen food products, daily menus and a special For Kids section. |
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| WACKYUSES.COM
http://www.wackyuses.com/uses.html Discover hundreds of unusual uses for brand-name products at this website. Examples:
Easy- Off Oven Cleaner will remove paint from metal lawn furniture or a wooden picture frame. |
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| AGRICOLA
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ The National Agricultural Library's Catalog and Article Citation Database The new AGRICOLA catalog, which replaces AGRICOLA98, supports acquisitions, serials control, cataloging, indexing and circulation operations. Other features of NAL's new AGRICOLA catalog include:
* Users may choose to either display results of searches or e-mail the search results to themselves. * Hotlinks enable users to obtain the full text of resources, where available electronically. |
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The Beer Lover's Rating Guide Order Online |
TASTINGS.COM
http://www.tastings.com/ Contains tens of thousands of current reviews -- as well as directories -- to U.S. wineries, breweries, and distilleries. Yellow Pages lists more than 1,500 wineries and practically every brewery in the U.S. Most listings have an address, telephone, and fax for the sales office and for tours and tastings. More than 700 are linked to web sites. |
| NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CENTER
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ag/ Site offers in-depth information on EPA's laws, regulations, policies, and guidances in the following sectors: Animals, Crops, Forestry, Nurseries & Greenhouses. Includes regularly updated alerts about the latest compliance developments and easy access to EPA publications of interest to agricultural audiences -- many available online or by the Ag Center's fax-on-demand system. Also: calendars, educational materials, maps, photos, software and databases. |
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| CULINARY
SOFTWARE SERVICES
http://www.culinarysoftware.com Culinary Software Services provides leading-edge foodservice software ChefTec, CorTec, (and Escoffier) to chefs, owners, operators, and other foodservice professionals in the foodservice industry. CSS serves a vast cross section of the foodservice industry including restaurants, caterers, hotels, motels, educators and others. |
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Mushroom Slicer |
THE MUSHROOM
COUNCIL
http://www.mushroomcouncil.com Use this guide to explore fresh gourmet mushrooms. The site offers in-depth information on several varieties of mushrooms, including Criminis and White mushrooms, the ever-popular Portabellas and Shiitakes, and the exotic Morels, Enokis, Maitakes, Oyster and Beech mushrooms. |
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The Situationist City |
GARDENWEB
GLOSSARY
http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/ The GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 2454 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture. Regularly updated by the editors of Garden Web. |
| COMMUNITY
ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS
http://www.caff.org/ Founded in 1978, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a nonprofit member-activist organizationthat works to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies, and promotessocial justice. The organization's agriculture and community programs include Community Supported Agriculture West promoting CSAs in California, the Lighthouse Farm Network for farmer-to-farmercommunication and a technical assistance program on Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems. |
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| CHINA'S
FARMERS' MARKETS
http://www.saturdaymarket.com/chinaveg/ Investment advisor Ditty Deamer of San Francsico offers an inside look at " how China's free markets operate today" in this photo-rich website on Chinese Farmers' markets spanning May 1996 to May 1998. Deamer guides visitors through markets in Bejing, Shanghai, and Pudong and elsewhere with detailed explanations of Chinese marketplace history, prices, taxes, and products gleaned from interviews with farmers, vendors, and market managers. |
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| ALTERNATIVE
SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/soil-lab.html This resource list, put together by the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas agency, provides a range of soil testing labs and supplies that support the special analytical needs of farmers using organic or sustainable methods of agricultural production. Labs in this list are organized into two broad categories: (1) those that emphasize biological parameters, and (2) those that emphasize mineral content. |
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| IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY'S TASTY INSECT RECIPES
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/InsectsAsFood.html Seriously. This is a website devoted to insect cuisine and featuring recipes like Banana Worm Bread, Rootworm Beetle Dip and Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies. Yes, insects can be delicious and nutritious. |
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| PLANET KETCHUP
http://www.ketchup.wonderland.org/ The webmaster of this curious site professes a geniune passion for ketchup. Along with recipes for Mushroom Ketchup and Roasted Ketchup, the site features a history of the condiment, a ketchup gallery and links to more sites mentioning ketchup. |
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Natural Landscaping |
MICHIGANGARDENERS
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/michigangardeners Created by garden writer Diana Pederson, the Michigan Gardeners list is dedicated to all issues of gardening in Michigan. Information is sharedon everything from garden clubs, garden society activities, places to buy plants, native landscaping, maintenance of gardens to any topic relevant to Michigan |
| ILOVECHEESE.COM
http://www.ilovecheese.com The American Dairy Association produces this colorful site, packed with cheese FAQs, trivia, recipes, tips on selection and storage, history, contests and giveaways. Current cheese trend in the spotlight: spicy cheeses. Hot, spicy, ethnic-based meals made with cheese are a trend heartily endorsed by the ADA. |
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| Free product sample offers available online. Click here. | DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES IN THE FLAVOR/FRAGRANCE/ESSENTIAL
OIL INDUSTRY
http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/essoil.html Searchable database of companies in the flavor, fragrance and essential oils industries. |
| THE GLOBAL
GASTRONOMER
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html This site offers inks to recipes, food history, and food lore of all regions of the globe with the stated goal of "discovering, sharing, and appreciating the diverse tastes of all the world's people." Links are sorted by continent and country. |
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| ORGANIC
CROP BUDGETS
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/ne-budgets/organic.html These organic crop budgets were prepared by Rutgers Cooperative Extension in cooperation with the Northeast Farm Management Committee. Organic growers can use these as a reference to calculatetheir own crop budgets. |
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| DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES
IN THE BOTANICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/botanicals.html This page offers a link to a search engine attached to a database of Brokers, Importers, Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Synthesizers, Exporters, Producers and Wholesalers of botanical products. |
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| GARDENS
AND GARDENING MAILING LIST
This is a popular discussion list on the topic of home gardening. It is open to all levels of gardeners and most types of gardening, including vegetable gardens, herbs,flowers, ornamental gardening, and container gardening. To subscribe send the following in the body of an email post to: listserv@lsv.uky.edu Subscribe GARDEN Your Name |
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Grow Your Own Chinese Vegetables by Geri Harrington |
GARDENWISE
One gardening tip three times per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for people who love to garden but don't want to receive a lot of extra email..Topics include soil, perennials, annuals, vegetables, good and bad bugs, other pests, landscaping and more! All To subscribe, send email to GardenWise-subscribe@egroups.com |
| LITTLE
COUNTRY VILLAGE SEARCH DIRECTORY
http://www.littlecountryvillage.com/links Directory of links to sites with resources and information on homesteading, alternative building, alternative energy, permaculture, frugal living, simple living, homemaking and more. |
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NATURESERVE
http://www.natureserve.org/ A source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. |
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WEB-AGRI
http://www.web-agri.com/ Agricultural search engine with information on more than 100,000 web pages. |
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FARM SHARE
http://www.farmshare.org/ A charitable packinghouse that recovers fresh produce for free distribution to needy families. Rejected or unsalable product is accepted. Farm Share will incur trucking fees or will divert loads to agencies in the local community that serve the poor. Great opportunity for farmers, packers, wholesalers, and brokers to save on dumping fees, while feeding hungry families. |
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