From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Subject: Educational Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture
Summary: This list is out of date but should be good reading anyway.
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:25:54 GMT



                        EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
                        IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
                        Third Edition, April 1990

                        Updates "Educational and Training Opportunities
                        in Organic, Low Input and Sustainable Agriculture,"
                        Second Edition, August 1989

                        Jane Potter Gates
                        Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
          National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705  April 1990

          National Agricultural Library Cataloging Record:
          Gates, Jane Potter.
            Educational and training opportunities 
            in sustainable agriculture. 3rd ed.
            1.   Sustainable   agriculture--Directories.   
            2.  Agricultural education--Directories. 
            3. Occupational training--Directories. 
            I. Title. aS605.5.E38 1990

                       INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION

          Information about the institutions  and  organizations listed in
          this directory  was compiled  from a number of sources. Criteria
          for selection were an  institution's involvement  in organic, low
          input or sustainable agriculture and focus on education, training
          or provision of information. Although we have attempted to ensure
          that it  is current  and correct, we make no guarantees. Scope of
          coverage is limited to  the  U.S.  and  Canada. Inclusion  of an
          organization in this directory does not imply a recommendation by
          the AFSIC. The updated edition contains corrections and additions
          received from  the organizations  listed and from other contacts.
          We wish to  express  our  thanks  to  all  those  who contributed
          suggestions.

          Support   for   this   and   other  Alternative  Farming  Systems
          Information Center  (AFSIC) projects  has been  received from the
          Low  Input/Sustainable  Agriculture  (LISA)  program. Jane Potter
          Gates,  Assistant  Coordinator  of   the  AFSIC,   had principal
          responsibility for compilation of this directory.

                      Jayne T. MacLean, Coordinator
                      Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

          Please send  comments and corrections, or requests for additional
          copies, to:

          USDA, National Agricultural Library
          AFSIC, Room 111
          10301 Baltimore Boulevard
          Beltsville, MD  20705


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          Agricultural Resources Center
          615 Willard Place
          Raleigh, NC  27603
          Contact:  Erick Lemstead
                    (919) 839-0159
                    Allen Spalt
                    (919) 967-1886
          Programs: health and environmental information on pesticides

          Alcyone Light Center
          Route 1, Box 532
          Colestin Road
          Hornbrook, CA  96044
          Contact:  John McComb
                    (916) 475-3310
          Programs: apprenticeships, summer workshops, three month
                    internships

          Alternative Energy Resources Center (AERO)
          44 North Last Chance Gulch, #9
          Helena, MT  59601
          Contact:  Nancy Matheson
                    (406) 443-7272
          Programs: sustainable agriculture information, networking,
                    on-farm research, farm tours, technical assistance

          Appropriate Technology Project
          Volunteers in Asia
          P.O. Box 4543
          Stanford, CA  94305
          Contact:  John Morris
                    (415) 326-7672
                    (415) 497-3228
          Programs: sourcebook, educational exchange with foreign countries

          Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association
          P.O. Box 550
          Kimberton, PA  19442
          Contact:  Roderick Shoulders
                    (215) 935-7797
          Programs: extension service, conferences, films, support training
                    programs

          Biological Urban Gardening Services (B.U.G.S.)
          P.O. Box 76
          Citrus Heights, CA  95611-0076
          Contact:  Steven M. Zein
                    (916) 726-5377
          Programs: lectures, community meetings, public education
                    programs, publications

          Bird's Foot Farm
          Star Route Box 138
          Canton, NY  13617
          Contact:  Doug Jones
                    (315) 386-4852
          Programs: apprenticeships

          California Action Network
          P.O. Box 464
          Davis, CA  95617
          Contact:  Andy Faletti
                    (916) 756-8518
          Programs: legislative internships, networking within organic
                    industry, political action, public education tours

          California Certified Organic Farmers
          P.O. Box 8136
          Santa Cruz, CA  95061
          Contact:  Bob Scowcroft
                    (408) 423-2263
          Programs: organic certification training, retailers' conferences

          California, University of
          (at Berkeley)
          Agroecology Programs
          Division of Biological Control
          1050 San Pueblo Avenue
          Albany, CA  94706
          Contact:  Miguel Altieri
                    (415) 642-9802
          Programs: graduate research, undergraduate field assistantships,
                    courses, UC extension offers training conferences for
                    farmers, international short courses in the United
                    States and Latin America on biological control and
                    agroecology

          California, University of
          (at Davis)
          Sustainable Agriculture Programs
          139 Hoagland Hall
          Davis, CA  95616
          Contact:  Mark Van Horn
                    (916) 752-7645
          Programs: summer internships, classes, sustainable agriculture
                    option within the Science and Management major
                    (undergrad)

          California, University of
          (at Santa Cruz)
          Agroecology Programs
          Division of Social Sciences
          Board of Environmental Studies
          Santa Cruz, CA  95064
          Contact:  Stephen Gleissman
                    Patricia Allen
                    (408) 429-4051
          Programs: apprenticeships, graduate and undergraduate courses,
                    undergraduate internships

          California, University of
          (statewide)
          Sustainable Agriculture Research
          and Education Programs
          c/o Agronomy and Range Science
          University of California
          Davis, CA  95616
          Contact:  Bill Leibhardt
                    Jill Auburn
                    (916) 752-7557
          Programs: information base, courses, publications, cooperative
                    extension activities

          Camp Joy
          131 Camp Joy Road
          Boulder Creek, CA  95006
          Contact:  Jim Nelson
                    (408) 338-3651
          Programs: student apprenticeships, field trips, tours

          Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
          P.O. Box 155
          Kimberton, PA  19442
          Contact:  Sherry Wildfever
                    (215) 935-0300
          Programs: 3-year training program in Bio-dynamic Agriculture

          Center for Alternative Plants and Animal Products
          305 Alderman Hall
          University of Minnesota
          St. Paul, MN  55108
          Contact:  Luther Waters
                    (612) 624-4217
          Programs: Symposia, fact sheets, database

          Center for Holistic Resource Management
          P.O. Box 7128
          Albuquerque, NM  87194
          Contact:  Stan F. Kano
                    (505) 242-9272
          Programs: course in organic agriculture

          Center  for  Indigenous  Knowledge  for  Agriculture and  Rural
          Development (CIKARD)
          Iowa State University
          319 Curtiss Hall
          Ames, IA  50011
          Contact:  D.M. Warren
                    (515) 294-7139
          Programs: (emphasizes international native knowledge) training
                    courses and materials on indigenous knowledge,
                    information clearinghouse, publications

          Center for Local Food and Agriculture
          318 Anabel Taylor Hall
          Cornell University
          Ithaca, NY  14853
          Contact:  Duncan Hilchey
                    (607) 255-5027
          Programs: technical assistance and community education in local
                    food and agriculture policy issues

          Center for Rural Affairs
          P.O. Box 405
          Walthill, NE  68067
          Contact:  Chuck Hassebrook
                    (402) 846-5428
          Programs: internships, newsletter, workshops

          Center for Well Being, The
          82644 Howe Lane
          Creswell, OR  97426
          Contact:  Barbara Hurwich
                    (503) 895-2953
          Programs: instruction courses, study tours

          Committee for Sustainable Agriculture
          P.O. Box 1300
          Colfax, CA  95713
          Contact:  Otis Wollan
                    (916) 346-2777
          Programs: conferences, farm field days, networking activities,
                    newsletter

          Community Educational Service Council, Inc.
          1150 Woods Road
          Southampton, PA  18966
          Contact:  John Ewbank
                    (215) 357-3977
          Programs: community meetings and discussions

          Community Environmental Council
          930 Miramante Drive
          Santa Barbara, CA  93109
          Contact:  Tony Dominski
                    (805) 963-0538
          Programs: internships

          Conservation Gardening and Farming
          International Consultancy
          Bargyla Rateaver
          9049 Covina Street
          San Diego, CA  92126
          Contact:  Bargyla Rateaver
                    (619) 566-8994
          Programs: courses, lectures, public demonstrations, publications,
                    free international consultations

          Cornell University
          Ecological Agricultural Research
          Collective
          2 East Roberts Hall
          Cornell University
          Ithaca, NY  14850
          Contact:  Frederick Buttel
                    (607) 255-4457
          Programs: courses, graduate research

          Demeter Education Foundation
          4214 National Avenue
          Burbank, CA  91505
          Contact:  Maria Linder
                    (818) 843-5521
          Programs: tours, newsletters, advising for farmers, conferences

          Diffley, Martin
          4355 S. Robert Trail
          Eagan, MN  55123
          Contact:  Martin Diffley
                    (612) 454-6188
          Programs: "vegetable apprenticeship program"

          Elfin Permaculture
          P.O. Box 16683
          Wichita, KS  67216
          Contact:  Dan Hemenway
                    (316) 267-2604
          Programs: 3-week Permaculture Design course, workshops, lectures,
                    also offers long-term Advanced Permaculture Training,
                    publications

          Evergreen State College
          Ecological Agriculture Programs
          Olympia, WA  98505
          Contact:  Pat Labine
                    (206) 866-6000
                     x.6195
          Programs: academic courses, year-long undergraduate
                    inter-disciplinary program

          Farming Alternatives Project
          Cornell Cooperative Extension
          443 Warren Hall
          Cornell University
          Ithaca, NY  14853
          Contact:  Judy Green
                    (607) 255-9832
          Programs: information base, workshops, educational materials,
                    conferences relating to farm diversification and
                    innovation

          Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative, Inc.
          P.O. Box 549
          Trumansburg, NY  14886
          Contact:  Cheryl Plum
                    (607) 387-3333
          Programs: co-sponsors workshops with NOFA/NY, apprenticeships

          Florida, University of
          Farming Systems Programs
          Gainesville, FL  32611
          Contact:  Peter Hildebrand
                    (904) 392-1854
          Programs: graduate work on the farming systems project,
                    independent graduate studies

          Friends of the Farm
          Hopewell Farm
          Route 1, Box 32
          Dalton City, IL  61925
          Contact:  Robert S. Rowe
                    (217) 864-2679
          Programs: demonstrational farms, newsletter, committee to answer
                    questions, advisory council, textbooks

          Friends of the Trees Society
          P.O. Box 185
          Port Townsend, WA  98368
          Contact:  Michael Pilarski
                    (206) 385-9288
          Programs: publications on world reforestation, sustainable
                    agriculture, kiwi fruits; seminars & courses on
                    permaculture & tree subjects; net working service for
                    international travelers


          Full Circle Organic Growers Cooperative
          Rural Route 1, Box 52BB
          Lake City, MN  55041
          Contact:  Steven Schwen
                    (507) 753-2080
          Programs: information sharing, labor exchanges, apprenticeships,
                    market development and cooperative marketing, tours,
                    demonstrations, speaking/ slide shows

          Gaia Associates
          Box 84, RFD 3
          St. Johnsbury, VT  05819
          Contact:  Grace Gershuny
                    (802) 633-4152
                    Joseph Smillie
                    (819) 877-2663
          Programs: consultation and training in organic certification,
                    soil management, compost and orchard systems, and
                    ecological farm design; publishers of The Soul of Soil:
                    A Guide to Ecological Soil Management

          Green Gulch Farm
          Star Route
          Sausalito, CA  94965
          Contact:  Peter Rudnik
                    (415) 381-0253
                    (415) 383-3134
          Programs: (Zen Buddhist) summer apprenticeships

          Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
          Road 2, Box 225A
          Ghent, NY  12075
          Contact:  Christoph Meier
                    (518) 672-7500
          Programs: apprenticeships in biodynamic commercial scale farming:
                    dairy-field crops-vegetables

          Institute for Alternative Agriculture
          9200 Edmonston Road, Suite 117
          Greenbelt, MD  20770
          Contact:  I. Garth Youngberg
                    (301) 441-8777
          Programs: annual symposium, peer-reviewed journal, newsletter

          Institute of Ecosystem Studies
          The New York Botanical Garden
          Mary Fledger Cary Arboretum
          Box AB
          Millbrook, NY  12545
          Contact:  Alan R. Berkowitz
                    (914) 677-5358
          Programs: workshops, internships, fellowships, research
                    assistantships, work-study programs, other graduate and
                    undergraduate research opportunities

          Institute for Social Ecology
          P.O. Box 89
          Plainfield, VT  05667
          Contact:  Daniel Chodorkoff
                    Paula Emery
                    (802) 454-8493
          Programs: college credit curriculum, summer courses, M.A.
                    program, quarterly newsletter, workshops

          International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (IASA)
          Newman Center
          University of Minnesota
          1701 University Avenue, S.E.
          Minneapolis, MN  55414
          Contact:  Terry Gips
                    (612) 331-1099
          Programs: newsletter

          International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
          c/o Bernward Geier
          Okozentrum Imsbach
          D-6695 Tholey-Theley
          Federal Republic of Germany
          Contact:  U.S. Contact:
                    Walter Goldstein
                    (414) 642-3303
          Programs: conferences, newsletter, publications

          Iowa Cooperative Extension Service
          Room 108, Curtiss Hall
          Iowa State University
          Ames, IA  50021
          Contact:  Jerry DeWitt
                    (515) 294-7801
          Programs: on-farm research and demonstrations, field days,
                    workshops/meetings, research farm

          Kansas Rural Center
          Rt. 3, Box 116
          Lawrence, KS  66044
          Contact:  Jerry Jost
                    (913) 841-7044
          Programs: on-farm demonstrations, research, workshops, farm
                    tours, newsletter, LISA information

          Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
          P.O. Box 588
          Poteau, OK  74953
          Contact:  Ken Williams
                    (918) 647-9123
          Programs: classes, internships, tours, workshops, volunteer
                    opportunities, school group programs, research
                    demonstration projects

          Land Institute, The
          2440 E. Water Well Road
          Salina, KS  67401
          Contact:  Jon K. Piper
                    (913) 823-5376
          Programs: student curriculum, public programs, internships,
                    research in sustainable agriculture

          Land Stewardship Project
          14758 Ostlund Trail North
          Marine on St. Croix, MN  55047
          Contact:  Ron Kroese
                    (612) 433-2770
          Programs: field days, on-farm research, newsletter, workshops


          Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
          Agronomy Hall
          Iowa State University
          Ames, IA  50011
          Contact:  Dennis R. Keeney
                    (515) 294-3711
          Programs: on-farm research, research extension teams, farm
                    demonstrations

          Living Resources Company
          P.O. Box 76
          Citrus Heights, CA  95611-0076
          Contact:  Steven M. Zien
                    (916) 726-5377
          Programs: courses in ecological horticulture, lectures,
                    consultations

          Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
          Department H
          P.O. Box 2176
          Augusta, ME  04330
          Contact:  Nancy Ross
                    (207) 622-3118
          Programs: apprenticeships, talks, programs at farm events,
                    extension services publications

          Maine, University of
          (at Orono)
          Sustainable Agriculture Programs
          Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences
          115 Deering Hall
          Orono, ME  04469
          Contact:  Matt Liebman
                    (207) 581-2926
          Programs: 4-year B.S degree in Sustainable Agriculture; Graduate
                    degrees with faculty from 6 depts.

          Malachite Small Farm/School
          A.S.R. 21 Pass Creek Road
          Gardner, CO  81040
          Contact:  Kent Mace
                    (719) 746-2412
          Programs: farm introduction courses, internships,
                    apprenticeships, short farm stays, college courses,
                    youth programs, seminars, workshops

          Many Hands Organic Farm
          RFD #2, Sheldon Road
          Barre, MA  01005
          Contact:  Jack Kittredge
                    (508) 355-2853
          Programs: apprenticeships in raising fruits, vegetables, poultry,
                    pigs; experiments w/organic pest controls

          Maple Farm
          Old Hartwick Road
          Barre, MA  01005
          Contact:  Peter Wartiainen
                    (617) 355-4092
          Programs: apprenticeships

          Maplewood Organic Farm
          132 Belchertown road
          Amherst, MA  01002
          Contact:  David Holm
                    (413) 256-0926
                    (413) 253-9472
          Programs: guided tours, apprenticeships

          Massachusetts Audubon Society
          Drumlin Farm Education Center
          and Wildlife Sanctuary
          Lincoln, MA  01773
          Contact:  Stacy Miller
                    (617) 259-9500
          Programs: instruction in organic farming and gardening technique

          Meadowcreek Project, Inc.
          General Delivery
          Fox, AR  72051
          Contact:  Pat Luntz
                    (501) 363-4500
          Programs: 10 week and 27 week internships, apprenticeships in
                    sustainable agriculture and applied ecology

          Memphis Organic Network Association
          7750 Macon Road
          Cordova, TN  38018
          Contact:  Jeffrey Restuccio
                    (901) 761-7234 or
                    (901) 756-8586
          Programs: tours, demonstration organic gardens, seminars,
                    networking activities, publications

          Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc.
          3293 Main Street
          East Troy, WI  53120
          Contact:  Walter Goldstein
                    (414) 642-3303
          Programs: research in sustainable agriculture, agricultural field
                    days, workshops, lectures, conferences, advisory work
                    with farmers, demonstration farms, international
                    exchange program

          Michigan State University
          Agroecosystem Project
          Dept. of Resource Development
           and Entomology
          East Lansing, MI  48824
          Contact:  Thomas C. Edens
                    (517) 355-3414
          Programs: graduate studies

          College of Agriculture
          1 Morrill Hall
          East Lansing, MI  48824
          Contact:  Christine Erb
                    (517) 355-3510
          Programs: research projects in sustainable agriculture, graduate
                    studies

          Minnesota Department of Agriculture
          Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Project
          90 West Plato Boulevard
          St. Paul, MN  55107
          Contact:  Rick Gauger
                    (612) 296-7686
          Programs: grants for on-farm demonstrations, workshops, research
                    in sustainable agriculture, internships

          Minnesota, University of Sustainable
          Agriculture Working Group
          Department of Agronomy
          411 Borlaug Hall
          1991 Buford Circle
          St. Paul, MN  55108
          Contact:  Kent Crookston
                    (612) 625-0220
          Programs: graduate studies, seminar series, research farm

          Missouri, University of
          211 Mumford Hall
          Columbia, MO  65211
          Contact:  John E. Ikerd
                    (314) 882-4635
          Programs: graduate research, related courses, advisory work with
                    farmers, workshops, applied research

          Napa Valley College
          Napa, CA  94558
          Contact:  Stephen Krebs
                    (707) 253-3259
          Programs: courses in ecological principles, sustainable
                    agriculture methodology and integrated pest management
                    as these topics relate to grape-growing and wine-making

          Naropa Institute
          2130 Arapaho
          Boulder, CO  80301
          Contact:  Ellen Dart
                    (303) 444-0202
          Programs: organic market gardening, residential landscaping
                    undergraduate program

          National Center for Appropriate Technology
          1212 New York Avenue, N.W.
          Suite 340
          Washington, DC  20005
          Contact:  Steve Thomas
                    (202) 289-6657
          Programs: information service in sustainable agriculture

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of Connecticut
          51 Mott Hill Road
          East Hampton, CT  06424
          Contact:  Mary Brown
                    Charles Brown
                    (203) 267-4289
          Programs: workshops, annual 3-day summer regional conference

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of Massachusetts
          21 Great Plain Avenue
          Wellesley, MA  02181
          Contact:  Stacy Miller
                    (617) 235-1447
          Programs: on site educational workshops and access to region-wide
                    farm apprenticeship programs, day-long winter
                    conference, annual 3-day summer regional conference

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of New Hampshire
          White Farm, 150 Clinton St.
          Concord, NH  03301
          Contact:  Joe White
                    (603) 679-5718
          Programs: workshops, seminars, bimonthly newsletter; regional
                    summer conference; certification affiliate

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of New Jersey
          RD #2, Box 262
          Pennington, NJ  08534
          Contact:  Al Johnson
                    (609) 737-9183
          Programs: annual 3-day summer regional conference

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of New York
          P.O. Box 454
          Ithaca, NY  14851
          Contact:  Patricia Kane
                    (607) 648-5557
          Programs: organic certification program, publications, on-farm
                    demonstrations and workshops, day-long winter
                    conference, annual regional 3-day summer conference

          Natural Organic Farmers Association of Vermont
          15 Barre St.
          Montpelier, VT  05602
          Contact:  Enid Wonnacott
                    (802) 434-4435
          Programs: workshops, seminars, quarterly newsletter,
                    certification affiliate, day-long winter conference,
                    annual regional 3-day summer conference

          Nebraska, University of
          (at Lincoln)
          Institute of Agriculture and
          Natural Resources
          Lincoln, NE  68583
          Contact:  Warren W. Sahs
                    (402) 472-2973
          Programs: research opportunities in a long-term study comparing
                    conventional and organic methods of agriculture

          Necessary Trading Company
          New Castle, VA  24127
          Contact:  John Williams
                    (703) 864-5103
          Programs: consulting services, references

          New Alchemy Institute
          237 Hatchville Road
          East Falmouth, MA  02536
          Contact:  Virginia Rasmussen
                    (617) 564-6301
          Programs: courses for academic credit; tours, workshops,
                    publications, internships

          New England Small Farm Institute
          P.O. Box 937
          Belchertown, MA  01007
          Contact:  Nancy DuBosque
                    (413) 323-4531
          Programs: internships, apprenticeships, work-study placements


          New England Workers on Organic Farms
          c/o New England Small Farm Institute
          P.O. Box 937
          Belchertown, MA  01007
          Contact:  Judith Gillan
                    (413) 323-4531
          Programs: places willing workers with organic farmers who need
                    help

          North Carolina State University
          Department of Soil Science
          Box 7619
          Raleigh, NC  27695-7618
          Contact:  Larry King
                    (919) 737-2655
          Programs: field days (full day), workshops (half day), related
                    courses, integrated pest management program


          Northeast Missouri State University
          Science Hall 247
          Kirksville, MO  63501
          Contact:  Nicholas Jordan
                    (816) 785-4597
          Programs: graduate courses in the biology of sustainable
                    agriculture

          Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
          65 Plymouth Street
          Plymouth, OH  44865
          Contact:  Holly Harmon Fackler
                    (419) 687-7665
          Programs: annual 2-day conference, summer farm tour series,
                    newsletter, regioanl meetings, organic certification
                    program, marketing assistance

          Ohio State University
          Dept. of Entomology
          1735 Neil Avenue
          Columbus, OH  43210
          Contact:  Clive Edwards
                    Nancy Creamer
                    (614) 292-3786
          Programs: academic course, internship program in research in
                    sustainable agriculture, workshops, field days,
                    demonstrational farm

          Ohio, University of
          Botany Department
          Athens, OH  45701
          Contact:  James Cavender
                    (614) 593-1126
          Programs: alternative agriculture course, bio-intensive gardening
                    and mini-farming summer course

          Old Mill Farm and School of Country Living
          P.O. Box 463
          Mendocino, CA  95460
          Contact:  Charles Hinsch
                    (707) 937-0244
          Programs: certified organic apprenticeships, internships, day
                    trips, multi-day group events, guest cabins,
                    alternative energy programs, newsletter, library

          Oregon Tilth
          P.O. Box 218
          Tualtin, OR  97062
          Contact:  Yvonne Frost
                    (503) 691-2514
          Programs: conferences, apprenticeships, educational materials

          Peaceable Kingdom School, The
          P.O. Box 313
          Washington on the Brazos, TX  77880
          Contact:  Elizabeth Winston
                    (409) 878-2353
          Programs: class in biodynamic gardening, small garden manual

          Pennsylvania State University
          Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
          University Park, PA  16802
          Contact:  Carolyn Sachs
                    Neil Gingrich
                    (814) 865-5461
          Programs: internships, academic courses, opportunities for
                    research on an organic farm

          People, Food and Land Foundation
          35751 Oak Springs Drive
          Sun Mountain Land Trust
          Tollhouse, CA  93667
          Contact:  George Ballis
                    (209) 855-3710
          Programs: demonstrational organic farm, publications, speakers
                    and workshops about low-input, low-water and organic
                    farming

          Polyface, Inc. ("The Farm of Many Faces")
          Route 1, Box 281
          Swoope, VA  24479
          Contact:  Joel F. Salatin
                    (703) 885-3590
                    (703) 885-1166
          Programs: functional organic farm, farm tours, slide program

          Practical Farmers of Iowa
          RR 2, Box 132
          Boone, IA  50036
          Contact:  Richard Thompson
                    (515) 432-1560
          Programs: on farm demonstration program

          Putney School
          Putney, VT  05346
          Contact:  Julie Chickering
                    (802) 387-5566
          Programs: internships

          Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
          The Ranching for Profit School
          7719 Rio Grande Boulevard, N.W.
          Albuquerque, NM  87107
          Contact:  Stan D. Parsons
                    (505) 898-7417
          Programs: instruction in alternative ranching and farming methods
                    and technologies

          Regenerative Agriculture Association
          222 Main Street
          Emmaus, PA  18098
          Contact:  Virginia O'Rourke
                    (215) 967-5171
          Programs: field days, publishers of The New Farm magazine

          Rocky Mountain Permaculture
          1545 Redwood Avenue
          Boulder, CO  80302
          Contact:  Alison Peck
                    (303) 443-1284
                    (303) 443-0849
          Programs: library, available to co-sponsor conferences,
                    workshops, etc.

          Rodale Research Center
          R.D. 1, Box 323
          Kutztown, PA  18034
          Contact:  Kent Martin
                    Linda Deitz
                    (215) 683-6383
          Programs: conferences, field days, workshops, internships,
                    self-guided tours, publications

          School of Homesteading
          26041 C.R. 681
          Bangor, MI  49013
          Contact:  Maynard Kaufman
                    (616) 427-8986
          Programs: workshops, "living-learning program for individuals in
                    ecologically sound techniques of agricultural
                    production"

          Sirius Community
          P.O. Box 388
          Amherst, MA  01004
          Contact:  Linda Reimer
                    (413) 259-1251
          Programs: a community which "teaches spiritual values through
                    practical skills such as organic gardening"

          Southern Organic Apprenticeship Programs
          P.O. Box 45
          Utopia, TX  78884-0045
          Contact:  Mark Hall
                    (512) 966-3724
          Programs: links workers and growers through a quarterly
                    newsletter

          Stearns Organic Farm
          859 Edmands Road
          Framingham, MA  01701
          Contact:  Penelope Turton
                    (508) 877-3882
          Programs: guided tours

          Sterling College
          Craftsbury Common, VT  05827
          Contact:  Sarabelle Hitchner
                    (802) 586-7711
          Programs: academic program, one or two year course of study

          The Stewardship Committee
          5569 N Cty Rd 29
          Loveland, CO  80538
          Contact:  (303) 667-4675
                    (303) 679-4274
          Programs: environmental education programs, conferences,
                    practical workshops, network of stewardship farms
                    apprenticehsips, internships

          Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
          R.D. 2, Box 263A
          Titus Mill Road
          Pennington, NJ  08534
          Contact:  Al Johnson
                    (609) 737-9183
          Programs: demonstrational organic farm, apprenticeships,
                    workshops, courses, tours, formalized research projects

          Sunny Valley Foundation
          4 Sunny Valley Lane
          New Milford, CT  06776
          Contact:  Dr. Stephen R. Kaffka
                    (203) 355-3715
          Programs: programs on groundwater & manure management,
                    grasslands, small-scale dairying; community education;
                    forestry

          Sunshower
          48548 60th Avenue
          Lawrence, MI  49064
          Contact:  Paul Schultz
                    (616) 674-3103
                    (616) 674-8196
          Programs: field days, working weekends, gleaning groups

          Syracuse University
          Syracuse, NY  13244
          Contact:  Katherine Clancy
                    (315) 423-4554
          Programs: courses incorporating sustainable agriculture material,
                    graduate research

          Tennessee Alternative Growers Association
          Route 2, Box 46A-1
          Indian Mount, TN  37039
          Contact:  Martha Yanchyshyn
                    (615) 232-7777
          Programs: conferences, field days, networking, referrals

          Texas Center for Rural Studies/Texas
          Pesticide Project
          Box 2618
          Austin, TX  78768
          Contact:  Tani Adams
                    (512) 474-0811
          Programs: public education, research, assistance in organizing

          Texas Department of Agriculture
          P.O. Box 12847
          Austin, TX  78711
          Contact:  Paul Martin
                    (5l2) 463-7602
          Programs: farmer workshops, education and training in sustainable
                    agriculture


          Thompson On-Farm Research
          Route 2, Box 132
          Boone, IA  50036
          Contact:  Dick Thompson
                    Sharon Thompson
                    (515) 432-1560
          Programs: demonstrational organic research farm

          Tillers Small Farm Programs
          7000 N. Westridge Avenue
          Kalamazoo, MI  49007
          Contact:  I. Villa
                    (616) 381-0727
          Programs: internships, applied research and training program

          Tilth Placement Service
          P.O. Box 95261
          Seattle, WA  98145-2261
          Contact:  Lee Elder LaCroix
                    (206) 524-5620
          Programs: newsletter, connects workers with opportunities on
                    sustainable agriculture farms

          TRANET
          Box 567
          Rangeley, ME  04970
          Contact:  Bill Ellis
                    (207) 864-2252
          Programs: networking activities

          The Vegetarian Resource Group
          P.O. Box 1463
          Baltimore, MD  21203
          Contact:  Cindy Blum
                    (301) 876-7882
          Programs: produces materials related to vegetarianism, periodical
                    Vegetarian Journal, sponsors conferences

          Vermont, University of
          College of Agriculture
          Dept. of Plant and Soil Science
          194 S. Prospect Street
          Burlington, VT  05401-3596
          Contact:  Bill Murphy
                    (802) 656-2980
          Programs: pasture specialist, BS program in alternative
                    agriculture

          Virginia Association of Biological Farmers
          P.O. Box 252
          Flint Hill, VA  22627
          Contact:  Joel Salatin
                    (703) 885-3590
          Programs: field days, educational meetings, quarterly journal

          Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
          Agriculture Department
          Blacksburg, VA  24061
          Contact:  John Luna
                    (703) 231-4823
          Programs: academic courses on the graduate level

          Walnut Acres
          Penns Creek, PA  17862
          Contact:  Paul Shaw
                    (717) 837-0601
          Programs: workshops, summer farm tours, cannery tour

          Washington State University
          Department of Agronomy and Soils
          Pullman, WA  99164
          Contact:  David Bezdicek
                    (509) 335-3644
          Programs: graduate research in crop and soil management related
                    to sustainable agriculture

          Washington Tilth
          1219 E. Sauk Road
          Concrete, WA  98237
          Contact:  Ann Schwartz
                    (206) 853-8175
          Programs: provides information about Washington organic farms

          Wes Watkins Agricultural Research and Extension Center
          Oklahoma State University
          Box 128
          Lane, OK  74555
          Contact:  J.V. Edelson
                    (405) 889-7343
          Programs: graduate and undergraduate level courses, course work
                    at OSU with research at the Center dealing with small
                    farm low-input and diverisified agriculture

          Windstar Land Education Programs
          P.O. Box 286
          Snowmass, CO  81645
          Contact:  Mary Trahan
                    (303) 927-4778
          Programs: internships (four month), workshops, apprenticeships
                    (one month), weekly tours, lectures

          York Natural Food and Health Association
          305 South Richland Avenue
          York, PA  17404
          Contact:  Jan Allen
                    (717) 845-8085
                    (717) 845-9368
          Programs: summer field trips to visit organic farms

          Canada:

          City Farmer
          #801-318 Homer Street
          Vancouver, British Columbia  V6B 2V3
          Contact:  Michael Levenston
                    (604) 685-5832
          Programs: offers information on many aspects of urban agriculture
                    including small scale organic gardening.  Some
                    publications are available.

          Ecological Farmers Association
          c/o Ted Zettel
          Chepstow, Ontario  N0G1KO
          Contact:  Ted Zettel
                    (519) 366-9982
          Programs: two-day introductory course, summer farm tours, fall
                    conference, quarterly newsletter

          Macdonald College of McGill University
          Ecological Agriculture Projects
          21,111 Lakeshore--Box 191
          Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec  H9X1C0
          Contact:  Stuart Hill
                    (514) 398-7771
          Programs: works to promote development of sustainable food
                    products systems, advises individuals and groups,
                    assembles resources and materials, research and
                    extension programs

          Sir Sanford Fleming College
          School of Natural Resources
          Frost Campus
          P.O. Box 8000
          Lindsay, Ontario
          K9V 5E6
          Contact:  Garry Lean
                    (705) 324-9144
          Programs: two year diploma program in ecological agriculture;
                    farm management program with heavy emphasis on
                    ecological agriculture

          Sursam Corda
          R.R. 3, Scotstown
          Quebec, Canada  J0B 3B0
          Contact:  Bart Hall-Beyer
                    (819) 657-4788
          Programs: summer internships