#50 General Resources

May 2, 2017/Tara Hammonds

“Start a Farm in the City” by Rex Dufour, ATTRA: The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, 2009, available at https://attra.ncat.org/publication/start-a-farm-in-the-city/
Just Food’s City Farms Toolkit available for purchase at http://justfood.org/marketplace/tools
Just Food’s Online Resource Center, with English and Spanish-language resources, at http://justfood.org/farmer-outreach/online-resource-center and http://justfxood.org/farmer-outreach/spanish-language-resources
GreenThumb Gardener’s Handbook, available for download at http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/pdf/gardeners_handbook.pdf
Syracuse Grows online urban farming resource directory at http://syracusegrows.org/
GrowNYC gardening tipsheets at http://www.grownyc.org/openspace/publications
The Urban Agricultural Legal Resource Library (https://urbanaglaw.org/), a project of the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, California
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook Series, available for purchase at http://www.bbg.org
The Food Project in Boston, MA offers downloadable manuals on many facets of urban agriculture and product and program development., www.foodproject.org
Greenhorns has a wealth of resources on their site, www.greenhorns.net

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “Urban Agriculture & Improving Local, Sustainable Food Systems” website at http://epa.gov/brownfields/urbanag/

ATTRA: The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service’s urban agriculture website includes resources on community gardening, local food, CSA’s and farms in the city at https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/local_food/urban_ag.html
USDA Urban Agriculture: An Abbreviated List of References and Resource Guide (2000) at https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/7083867/PDF

City Farmer (http://www.cityfarmer.org/) and City Farmer News (http://www.cityfarmer.info/)
A website and news stream about various urban agriculture topics worldwide.
Urban Farm Online: Sustainable City Living (http://www.urbanfarmonline.com/)
Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (http://ruaf.org/)

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