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Gardening and Farming

Please note: The following links have been provided for general information. Regulations about what species, varieties or breeds can be grown/kept, what materials can be used and how, land management practices etc, will depend on your region and particular situation. Please check with appropriate authorities.

Edible Plants and Gardening (various)

Many of these site have extensive archives of information, so take the time to explore. As with any website, try the search facility (if one is provided) to look for a specific topic.
NewCROP tm Online Resource by Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University USA
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa offers Farmers Bookshelf and other publications on a range of topics
Texas A&M University Exension Horticulture extensive information available here
Arid Lands Newsletter Office of Arid Land Studies, University of Arizona, USA. Explore the archives for articles on farming and gardening in arid lands around the world.
Urban Harvest Texas, USA
The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. Check the section on Economic Botany
Plantfacts Factsheet Database at The Ohio State University Dept of Horticulture and Crop Science
Center for Urban Agriculture University of Georgia, USA
Pollination Home Page pollination information
The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems University of California, Santa Cruz
Australian Organisations (If you're involved in one of these or a similar group anywhere in Australia, feel free to send in your events information for the creation of a new Australia-wide events diary based on the theme of self sufficiency)
Northey Street City Farm Windsor, Brisbane
Beelarong Community Farm Morningside, Brisbane
Toowoomba Organic Gardens a project of Darling Downs Natural Growers Group (DDNGG)
Other Australian Sites


Vegetables

You may find some information about vegetables in the sites listed above. There's also extensive material about the most commercially important vegetable crops online (use your favourite search engine) as well as in books and magazines.

The websites of your own state/national department of agriculture and/or university extension service may have information of particular relevance to your region.

If you live in a hot climate, appropriate information about vegetable growing can be hard to find, especially if you have to live with watering restrictions as well. I'm collecting links etc about tropical vegetables, strategies for growing traditional western vegetables in the tropics and subtropics, and/or drought conditions here: Queensland Gardening Pages Vegetables


Fruits and Nuts

As per vegetables, be sure to check the Plants and Gardening resources at the top of the page as well as the websites of your own state/national department of agriculture and/or university extension service.

More links about fruit and nuts of particular relevance to residents of hot climates here: Queensland Gardening Pages - Fruit and Nuts

If you live in temperate to climates, there's extensive information on fruit and nuts crops online via search engines plus books and magazines.


Other Plants

Tropical Palms Non-wood forest products 10, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Discusses uses of various palm products around the world

Soils (fertility, moisture, conservation)

Better Soils Agricultural Bureau of South Australia
Plantstress addressing plant stress and sustainable agriculture
SERG Soil Ecology and Restoration Group, San Diego State University, USA
Queensland Gardening Pages - Soils More links about soils
Queensland Gardening Pages - Plant nutrition Info about soil fertility and nutrient deficiencies
Queensland Gardening Pages - Waste management contains links about home composting
Queensland Gardening Pages - Worms, Worm Farms contains links about vermiculture


Small "livestock"

Be sure to also check the websites of your own state/national department of agriculture and/or university extension service for relevant information
Edible Insects, "more than you ever wanted to know about eating bugs" (Not an Australian site, but food for thought!)


Alternative Agriculture

Be sure to also check the websites of your own state/national department of agriculture and/or university extension service for relevant information
Organic farming Assorted articles plus "Organic News" newsletter. NSW Department of Primary Industries
Henry Doubleday Research Association of Australia Inc.
WWOOF Australia Willing Workers On Organic Farms
OFA The Organic Federation of Australia
Atcros On Internet (Australasian Tree Crops Sourcebook)
Agroforestry Net A lot of information for Pacific Islands
Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability United Nations University Press. (Appendix includes notes on many useful tropical species)
Agriscape including organic agriculture
Income Generation Using Alternative Crops NebFacts from University of Nebraska


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