Organizations:
Texas Organic Farmers & Growers Association - http://www.tofga.com/ Great resource for farming How2 & local farmers info here in Texas The New Farmฎ - http://www.newfarm.org/index.shtml Lots of interesting info on Sustainable Farming ACRES USA - http://www.acresusa.com THE voice for Eco-Agriculture subscribe, you will be glad you did! ATTRA National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service http://attra.ncat.org/ Massive amounts of free info Use it! Local Harvest - http://www.localharvest.org/ Find local farmers in your area High Brix Gardens http://www.highbrixgardens.com/ The folks really working on raising Nutrient Dense Foods Holistic Resource Management of Texas - http://www.hrm-texas.org/ Folks quietly working with Nature to profitably improve their operations Pike Agri-Lab Supplies - http://www.pikeagri.com/ Where to get Brix, Ph, EC, DOL, etc. meters and supplies. Specialty Links: ATTRA Notes on Compost Tea http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/compost-tea-notes.html#composttea GREAT Soil Amendment & Nutrient Deficiency Chart from Golden Harvest Organics. Nitrogen, Potash and Phosphorous %s for various materials along with a Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms/Remedies table. These folks did a lot of good work and organized it well. http://www.ghorganics.com/page32.html They have other great links for Companion Planting, Problems with Critters and Plant Diseases. Farms Around Bryan/College Station Texas: Home Sweet Farm A CSA in Branham, TX Serving 3 counties. Sand Creek Farm Certified Raw Milk, Calvert, TX. 254-697-2927 Wateroak Farms All things from goat milk!, Hearn, TX 979-279-2373 Star Haven Farms & Texas Grass Fed Beef, Iola, TX (936)394-9072 Soil, Plant and Tea Testing Labs: Texas Plant & Soil Lab - Edinburg, TX - Dr. K. Chandler, CPAg/SSc is a real expert in Texas on large row crops, vegetable and fruit farming operations. They have a real Cotton Program that works! http://txplant-soillab.com/index.htm International Ag Labs - Fairmont, MN - Dan Skow and Jon Franks follow the Dr. Carey Reams approach to soil balancing and crop nutrition. Great for lawn & garden soil tests and for getting a High Brix home garden started for yourself - and they do large farming operations all over the world. The High Brix Garden experts. 507-2356909 Midwest Laboratories - Omaha, NE - BIG - they do everything for everyone - big or small. Great service, fast and you can get results online but MUST use Internet Explorer to access. https://www.midwestlabs.com/index3.html Soil Foodweb, Inc. - Corvallis, WA - Where you go for all types of Compost, Compost Tea, Soil Biology and Leaf Organism Assay testing. http://www.soilfoodweb.com/01_services/01_oregon/index.html |