Agriculture: Agriculture Information Centers

The USDA's National Agriculture Library is one of the largest collections related to agricultural information in the World. Its catalog includes references to books and journals related to a wide variety of agricultural topics.

This site, from the National Center for Appropriate Technology, provides farmers and others with information about sustainable agriculture. It includes a web site that provides information on Internships and Apprenticeships related to sustainable agriculture.

NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to help farmers, ranchers and landowners to promote conservation. It also maintains interactive mapping sites on soils, snowpack, water, drought and other natural resources.

This USDA Center identifies and provides access to information resources about sustainable food systems and practices.

The PLANTS database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides information about vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens found in the U.S. and its territories. It can be used to search both common and scientific names. Results include information about the plant, its distribution, status (endangered or threatened), and pictures. Links to other information about the plants in the database are also included.

A website that can be used to do a Google search for publications and resources provided by Cooperative Extension Service groups at over 70 Land-Grant universities.

A selective collection of agricultural information including web sites, image collections, lists of publications, documents, databases, and institutional repository resources, an events Calendar and news related to agriculture, the environment and food sciences.

An alliance and partnership of over 60 institutions and organizations that provides access to agricultural information and sources.

A database and index to more than 2.5 million references covering all aspects of World agriculture and agricultural technology, including grey literature.

The World Agricultural Information Centre is a searchable database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It also provides links to other FAO resources on a wide variety of topics.