Links

- Agricultural Resources

• Florida Issues
• Gardening/CSA
• Commercial Sites
• Other Florida Farms
• Directories

- Links to Friends
- Friends of Pesto Festo 2005

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*The links below connect to sites not edited by members of Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, and their listing here does not indicate endorsement of ideas or representations on these sites. Sweetwater Organic Community Farm is not responsible for the content of other sites.

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES

Florida Issues
One of the maxims of organic gardening is to know your climate and environment. The following are links regarding issues of environmental concern to Florida and local organic gardeners:

- Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability
- Suncoast chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC), about invasive plants
- Florida Certified Organic Growers & Consumers, Inc. (FOG)
- Common Sense Pest Control (advice from the Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection)
- Malathion health research
- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' explanation of organic farming
- Florida Plants Online
- Florida Gardener (gardening in Florida, temperate, tropical and sub-tropical gardening)
- "Better Lawns & Gardens" with Tom MacCubbin (more general, but the information about Florida's climate here is invaluable)

- Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources
- Organic Consumers Association (food safety, trade issues, and more)
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) (separate sections on organic food production, sustainable agriculture, and CSA)
- University of Massachusetts CSA Site (intro to CSA, in-depth profiles of CSA farms, and lists of print and other media resources)
- Foodroutes.org (info and tools for advocates of locally grown food)
- Bioneers (great site!)
- Prairieland Community Supported Agriculture, an Illinois shares-based farm.
- CSA-L information page, including the archives of an on-line list about community-supported agriculture.
- Gardening as an Anarchist Plot
- Organic Vegetable Gardening Guru
- Community Supported Agriculture of North America
- Angelic Organics, a Community Supported Agriculture farm in Caledonia, Illinois
- Terra Firma Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture farm in Winters, California
- Cover Crops for Sustainable Vegetable Production
- You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath's organic-gardening radio show
- Ketzel Levine, National Public Radio gardening expert, interviews plants

Commercial sites related to Organic Gardening
The following sites are commercial sites well-known for providing support or supplies useful for organic gardening

- Organic Gardening magazine's website
- Johnny's Selected Seeds
- Seeds of Change
- Territorial Seed Company
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
- Gardener's Supply Catalog
- Common Sense Landscape and Garden Care

Other Florida CSA’s and Organic Farms

-Worden Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida

Directories
The following links are to directories of websites about organic farming:

- The Open Directory Project's Organic Farming directory
- The Open Directory Project's Organic Gardens directory
- The world’s largest directory of eco-friendly products
- Yahoo's Community Supported Agriculture directory
- Yahoo's Organic Farming directory

Links to Friends

- Aubrey Organics – provides design and printing support for farm brochures
- Bern’s Family of Restaurants – participates in a land sharing collaboration with the farm; donates desserts for Pesto Festo
- Cremaschi Imports - 941-747-0432 contributes wine sales proceeds to Pesto Festo
- Lowry Park Zoo - their “Zoo Doo” becomes our compost
- Vigo Foods – provides much of the food supplies for Pesto Festo
- Global Organics – provides food for Pesto Festo
- Great Harvest Bread Company – donates bread for Pesto Festo
- Urban Gypsies - musicians

Friends of Pesto Festo 2005