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ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
This site provides resources on sustainable agriculture, including information for beginner farmers, urban agriculture, organic farming, and more.
Center for Urban Agriculture at Knoxville Botanical Garden
Hardin Valley Campus Garden
The Seed Library is partnering with the Hardin Valley Campus Garden to help create a sustainable community. Want to learn more? Checkout all the wonderful things the Hardin Valley campus garden is doing on campus!
Mother Earth News
"The most popular and longest-running sustainable-lifestyle magazine, MOTHER EARTH NEWS provides wide-ranging, expert editorial coverage of organic foods, country living, green transportation, renewable energy, natural health and green building. Lively, insightful and on the cutting edge, MOTHER EARTH NEWS is the definitive read for the growing number of Americans who choose wisely and live well. Watch the video below from our friends at Sunflower Journeys for more on our history and parent company, Ogden Publications."
Organic Training: An OnLine Organic Training Resource
Free videos and documents to educate about the philosophy, certification, production methods, and economics of organic agriculture systems.
Permaculture Research Institute
"The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) is located on a Permaculture demonstration site in The Channon NSW, and is headed by Geoff & Nadia Lawton. We specialize in education & training worldwide. We also provide daily Permaculture news and information via permaculturenews.org. The Permaculture Research Institute is a not-for-profit organisation, limited by guarantee."
Permies Forum
An incredible forum for conversations, exchanging ideas, and exploring new perspectives on building a permanent culture together.
Radical Mycology - Free Literature & Media
"To de-stigmatize and demystify mycology for the general public through hosting accessible educational events and distributing free media.
To enhance local living systems through the use of appropriate technology and well-designed mycological installations.
To use mycological information to support the independence and security of local communities. To help build and support coalitions among local non-profits, volunteer groups, and other organizations through a common bridge of mycological skills and insights.
To emphasize the use of local, non-polluting, and non-exploitative materials and practices wherever possible in mycological endeavors.
To discourage the exploitation of fungi, fungal remediation, and bioremediation by government and corporate interests.
To honor the wisdom offered by our ancestors and descendents—human, fungal, and otherwise."
SARE: Organic Seeds
Includes organic seed production guides, handbooks, tutorials, and books to assist with growing organic seeds. Also provides information on the challenges of, and needs for, organic seed production. Resources offered and suggested related to seed production from Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE).
Saving Vegetable Seeds: Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas & Beans
University of Minnesota Extention
Seed Matters
Seed is the first link in the food and fiber chain. And the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The Clif Bar Family Foundation created Seed Matters to improve the viability and availability of organic seed to ensure healthy, nutritious and productive crops. Together with our partners and folks just like you, we’re making a noticeable difference – from seed to farm to table.
Seedsave.org
Seed Savers Exchange
"We conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants."
USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015
National Center for Home Food Preservation
UT Institute of Agriculture: Publications and Multimedia Catalog
The catalog contains more than 1,100 items including publications, books, videos, and other educational materials developed by subject-matter specialist to assist people across Tennessee.
Vegetable IPM
Educational Site for Vegetable Gardeners and Vegetable Grower Enthusiasts
Vegetable Seed Saving Guide
This resource offers specific seed saving instructions for common vegetables.
Vegetable Seed Saving Handbook
Learn how to breed your own new vegetable varieties, reproduce existing heirloom seed varieties and save vigorous, free seeds from your garden.

National Agriculture in the Classroom
Agriculture in the Classroom programs are implemented by state-operated programs. National Agriculture in the Classroom supports state programs by providing a network that seeks to improve agricultural literacy — awareness, knowledge, and appreciation — among PreK-12 teachers and their students.
Organic Training: An OnLine Organic Training Resource
Free videos and documents to educate about the philosophy, certification, production methods, and economics of organic agriculture systems.
SLUG: Student Learning through Urban Agriculture
The SLUG program guides teachers and students step-by-step through "planting to harvesting" growing and short-duration garden-related activities during the Boston Public School System season.

Webinars: Seed Savers Exchange

eOrganic
Learn the latest in organic farming practices and research by attending or watching an eOrganic Webinar.
About eOrganic:
eOrganic contains articles, videos, and webinars for farmers, ranchers, agricultural professionals, certifiers, researchers and educators seeking reliable information on organic agriculture, published research results, farmer experiences, and certification. The content is collaboratively authored and reviewed by our community of University researchers and Extension personnel, agricultural professionals, farmers, and certifiers with experience and expertise in organic agriculture.
Soil Food Web - Videos
This link has many videos on the Soil Food Web, Composting, and Actively Aerated Compost Tea
Webinars: Seed Savers Exchange
A playlist of webinars by Seed Savers Exchange (seedsavers.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to saving, preserving and sharing heirloom and open-pollinated seeds and plants. Watch these videos to learn how to plan your garden, pollination techniques, seed saving methods, and much more.

Podcasts

Footer's Creative Destruction: Podcast Page
Podcasts about "Honest, hard conversations about farming, business, and life with those trying to make a living doing something that they love and dealing with life in the process."
Permaculture Voices
"A podcast for people looking to blend the permaculture design process and techniques of permaculture with right-livelihood."
Agriculture Insights Podcast
"Agricultural Insights is a blog dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture around the world. We are reminded daily about how agriculture has a negative impact on people, communities, animals and the planet as a whole. My mission is simple; to change that negative energy into positive, real world solutions that will benefit mankind and all the inhabitants of earth for generations to come."
Paul Wheaton's Podcast
"I originally didn't want to have a blog because I prefer the idea of community where a bunch of people exchange stuff. So I set up the permaculture forums. Blogs always struck me as "I am awesome and the rest of you are pissants. I'll say stuff and you will all be permitted to comment on my awesomeness." Whereas forums seem more like everybody is on equal footing. Anybody can start a new thread. On a blog, only I can start a new thread."