Agriculture - Research Guide
Find material to support your agriculture research. Ask the Agriculture Librarians for assistance.
Grants
- Farm & Market ReportNewsletter includes program/grant updates, workshop/educational updates, news from USDA, along with a Calendar and Classified section.
- Farm Energy ProgramProvides direct technical and financial assistance to Massachusetts farmers and agricultural businesses.
- National Institute of Food and AgricultureThrough the USDA
- Northeast SAREServing Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
- SARESustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Training
- Agriculture Industry Events/WorkshopsOffered by Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR)
- CISA (Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture)Strengthens local agriculture by building connections between farmers and the Pioneer Valley community. Always looking for interns. Contact Philip Korman, Executive Director 413-665-7100 or phil@buylocalfood.com
- Exploring the Small Farm DreamAspiring farmers learn what it takes to start and mange a commercial agricultural businesses, and decide whether this is a path they really want to take.
- Farm SchoolWorking farm in Athol, MA which provides programs for visiting schools, practical farm training program, Chicken Coop School and summer programs.
- Food Warrior ProgramEducational internship program that enlists participants to help document the food web. Each warrior visits farms, food artisans and farmers markets documenting growing practices and taking photos and videos.
- National Young Farmers' CoalitionYoung farmers defining issues beginning farmers face, fighting for the policy change that we need, and bringing farmers together in person and online to learn, share and build a stronger community.
- Northeast Beginning Farmers ProjectFor aspiring, new, & experienced Beginning Farmers
- Permaculture ActivistPermaculture courses and events worldwide. Learn to restore degraded landscapes, shelter & feed displaced and hungry people & wildlife,& convert energy-wasteful infrastructures to thriving ecological systems that meet your needs with excess to share.
- Practical Skills WorkshopsAround Massachusetts
- Start2FarmAssists people new to farming or ranching and those who have less than 10 years experience. A project of the National Agricultural Library in partnership with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Jobs
- AgCareersU.S and international
- AgriCareersFarm production jobs
- Backdoor JobsSustainable living and farming jobs.
- FoodCorpSeeking young men and women interested in food, agriculture, community organizing, education, health, and public service to serve in the first class of FoodCorps Members.
- Northeast Workers on Organic Farms (NEWOOF)Regional Farm Apprenticeship Placement Service sponsored by the New England Small Farm Institute in Belchertown, MA.
- Jobs On FarmsVarious job sites leading to work on pick-your-own farms around the world.
- Sustainable Farming Internships and ApprenticeshipsDirectory of on-the-job learning opportunities in sustainable and organic agriculture in the U.S. (and some in Canada)
- Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WOOF)International movement that is helping people share more sustainable ways of living.
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