Overview of Farming
Crops, Plants and More!
A very nice page with links to agricultural history, traditional farming techniques, careers and more.
Blogs and Ruminations
Survival Plus
Would you like to know how to make your own dyes, medicines, tools or practically anything else? This site sells self-published books and DVDs containing information on how these things were done 100+ years ago. Very useful. The site author also describes thermos cookery and how to have a nutritious breakfast for only 3 – 1/2 cents.
This is one of the blogs by a very sharp deliberate agrarian who has all sorts of practical ideas.
A self-sufficiency farmer who has a wide frame of mind and sees how the ordinary and mundane relates to the larger picture.
A lot of people think I am exaggerating when I describe how much you can grow on 1/4 acre. But THIS family is growing 6,000 pounds of organic vegetables annually on only ONE TENTH of an acre!
Great Self Sufficiency Authors
The Joy of Hobby Farming by Michael and Audrey Levatino
The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading by Nicole Faires
Joy of Keeping Chickens by Joy Megyesi
Urban Homesteading by Rachel Kaplan
Organizations and Resources
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Old Louisville Student Conservation Association
- AgNIC
- Local Harvest
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Certified Naturally Grown
- Acres USA
Open-pollinated and Heirloom Seed Sources
