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Beaverslide Haying - http://www.geocities.com/ima_pooka/
Describes the old practice of harvesting hay in rural Montana using a beaverslide, sickle mowers, side-rakes, and buck rakes.

Buffer Strips: Common Sense Conservation - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/buffers/
Discusses the uses and benefits of having small areas or strips of land in permanent vegetation, designed to intercept pollutants, prevent soil erosion and manage other environmental concerns.

EPA : Global Warming : Impacts - http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsAgriculture.html
Discussion of the likely effects of global warning on US agriculture.

Farming Systems and Poverty - http://www.fao.org/farmingsystems/
Maps of farming systems, resources, soils, crops and livestock in six world regions. Also analyses of the trends, emerging constraints and priority development actions.

FARmresearch - http://www.farmresearch.com/
Links to research projects about implementing site-specific management systems on farms.

Fatal Harvest - http://www.fatalharvest.org/
Book featuring essays on industrial agriculture and its effects on farmers and consumers.

Integrated Farming Information Network - http://eea.eionet.europa.eu:8980/Public/irc/envirowindows/infin/home
A forum for information, information exchange and development in integrated farming in Europe.

Living With Nature - http://www.indianorganic.com
Information on how an arid area of land is made productive, using inter-cropping and organic farming practices.

Manitoba's Management Plus Program - http://www.mmpp.com
Provides farmers and industry with crop information and freeware, from the Manitoba Crop Insurance database.

Manure Management - http://www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu
Cornell University projects and information on manure management, to reduce energy costs, increase profitability, and improve environmental impacts.

Mucuna Bracteata - Cover Crop - http://cheriachagelmathews.tripod.com
Describes the establishment of the legume Mucuna bracteata under Oil Palm in Malaysia.

Suite 101- Farming - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/farming
Collection of articles with facts, information, and techniques for those starting on small scale farming.

The Big Island Fuel Crops Project - http://bigislandfuelcrops.com
Designed to develop farming methodologies and practices for Jatropha curcas and other similar biodiesel and biofuel crops successfully and profitably in Hawaii.

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