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Organization based in Boston and rural Massachusetts, dedicated to building a sustainable food system by developing youth leadership and skills, engaging communities in thinking critically about the food system, and speaking out for change. The hallmark of this organization is its focus on identifying and transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work.
 

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society is a non-profit society that works with farm & city to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. We develop and operate projects that provide access to & protection of foodlands; that support local, small scale growers and producers; and that educate, communicate and celebrate with local food communities.
 

Drynet's aim is to strengthen civil society networks by giving them access to the knowledge and visibility to influence drylands development. Website includes news, position papers, success stories, publications, inspiring initiatives, and a description of upcoming conferences all over the world related to land use, sustainable agriculture, climate change, water use, natural resource management, rural development, organic animal and plant breeding, energy, food security, and capacity-building.

If you’re ready for a full, hands-on experience that will immerse you in ecological farming then you’ve come to the right place. In this website you’ll find everything you need to apply for a full-season farming internship that could launch your organic farming career.

Growing Power is a national (U.S.) nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.  Growing Power implements this mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner.

The Ladybug Letter is an open letter from Mariquita Farm to everyone with a curiosity about the people, practices, and politics of farming. Mariquita Farm is a small family farm located near Watsonville, CA.  

[Ed's note: I find this blog particularly well-written and interesting!]

The University of California Small Farm Program focuses on the challenges and opportunities of California’s small-scale farm operators.

The Small Farm Center website offers an on-line expert database, research publications, news and other information resources on topics from farm management to food safety to risk management, organic agriculture, farmers markets, agricultural tourism, women in agriculture, specialty crops, pesticide safety and more.

Edited book based on the proceedings of an international workshop held at Yale University in 2004, titled Food Sovereignty, Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas. (222 pages) Contains feature articles, panel summaries, breakout session reports and transcripts of interviews with leaders in the movement. Edited by Avery Cohn, Jonathan Cook, Margarita Fernández, Rebecca Reider, and Corrina Steward. A collaborative project of the International Institute for

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