Resources to Learn More

Discover how much farmers earn from the food they produce by downloading Farmers Share of the Retail Food Dollar brochure. 

FarmScape

KAP 

Ken Meter Preliminary Manitoba Scan Report

Economic Impact of Farmers' Markets

Ideas from Ken Meter Event

UN Food and Agriculture Organization Statistics

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Statistics Canada - Agriculture Statistics

Center for Rural Affairs (US)

National Farmers Union

Manitoba Agricultural Profile (2006)

Crossroads Research Centre - US site on rural food economies

Agriculture and Agrifood: Securing and Building the Future - Report by Commission sur l'avenir de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire quebecois (in English and French)

Rural Advancement Foundation International

Organic Farming Research Foundation

The Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiatives Website where has information on things such as:

Diversify Your Farm Business with the Food Development Centre

Fruit Crops - Commercial Production in Manitoba

Canadian Value Chain Network:  A Program of Hands-On Learning, Capability, Strategy and Plan Development from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada that allows farmers to collaborate to compete, and is part of the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council in our province.  Contact 204-982-4793 or kyaworski@mrac.ca.

The Food Development Centre in Portage La Prairie helps bring ideas to market and grows opportunities for farmers and Manitoba food products, through research and development, testing and labeling and packaging, and production.  Call toll free 1-800-870-1044 or check out their website at   www.manitoba.ca/agriculture/fdc.           

Harvest Moon Society

Acres U.S.A. -- A Voice for Eco-Agriculture

American Farmland Trust Saving the Land that Sustains Us

ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service organic farming, sustainable ag, publications, newsletters

Carbon Farmers of America, LLC Home

Caring For The Land - Ontario Farmers, environmental, safe, soil, pesticides, nutrients, quality

Community Food Systems and Civic Agriculture Farms and Community Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Eat Wild

Eco-Farm Home Page Ecological Farming Association

Family Farmers, Good Food, A Better America - Farm Aid

Family Farmed

FarmCentre.com

Fertile Ground USA...Celebrating the people behind the plow

Glynwood.url

National Family Farm Coalition

Organizing Local Food Systems

Rural Matters

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Home Page

The Farmer's Guide to the Internet

Canada's Rural Partnership Web site (Partenariat rural canadien)

Where's Agriculture - Où trouve-t-on l'agriculture

Wild Farm Alliance

WOOFER Organic Farming

Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA)

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

Community Food Systems and Civic Agriculture Farms and Community Alternative Farming Systems Information Center