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Choose the Correct Cover Crop
Organic tomato farmers know that cover crops are key for ensuring adequate nitrogen supply in the soil each year. But not all covers are equal.
How to Grow Your Own Loofah Sponge
Yep, your favorite scrubbers actually come from vegetables.
iNaturalist and Crowdsourcing Natural History
The citizen-science app iNaturalist lets you record observations of plants and animals. The data can be used to study biodiversity.

Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
ISBN: 9781603580298
Publication Date: 2009-05-19
As Hemenway demonstrates, it's fun and easy--even for the beginner--to create a "backyard ecosystem" by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including: Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure; Catching and conserving water in the landscape; Providing a rewilded and biodiverse habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals; Growing an edible "forest" that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods.
How to Create a New Vegetable Garden by Charles Dowding
ISBN: 9780857842442
Publication Date: 2015-02-12
Any plot - whether a building site, overgrown with weeds or unwanted lawn - can be turned into a beautiful and productive vegetable area. Charles's no-nonsense and straightforward advice is the perfect starting point for the beginner or experienced gardener.
Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida by Ginny Stibolt; Melissa Contreras
ISBN: 9780813044019
Publication Date: 2013-03-12
This book will help you create a garden that will produce food for yourself and your family, whether you live in Florida or not.
A Step-By-Step Guide to a Florida Native Yard by Ginny Stibolt; Marjorie Shropshire
ISBN: 9780813064635
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
More and more Florida residents are deciding to replace highly fertilized, over-watered, pesticide-dependent lawns with native plants. They want to reduce their carbon footprints; save time, water, and money; and attract birds and butterflies. But where to begin? This illustrated guide will help you create new outdoor spaces that are both sustainable and beautiful.
Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening by David Good
ISBN: 9781517355913
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Are you tired of failing at your Florida gardening? Are stink bugs puncturing your tomatoes and nematodes gnawing your eggplants? Is the sand eating your compost like an RV swallows gas?Fear not! You CAN grow buckets upon buckets of food in Florida - and this book gives you the secrets to pulling it off year after year.
The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming by Nicole Faires
ISBN: 9781510703926
Publication Date: 2016-11-15
To address the urgent need for a shift in the way our food is produced, The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming offers a practical education in everything there is to know about city agriculture: how to grow a lot of food in any kind of urban living situation, from apartment to full-scale commercial venture.

Garden Design
Covers gardening, landscape design, horticulture, home design, etc.
Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
Publishes research and review articles on all aspects of animal (including fisheries/wildlife) and plant sciences, agricultural economics, rural sociology and other related subjects.
The Botanical Review
A journal reviewing plant science research and articles for the academic audience. Publisher: New York Botanical Garden

Growing Cities
From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. "Growing Cities" goes coast to coast to tell the inspiring stories of these intrepid urban farmers, activists, and everyday city dwellers who are challenging the way this country feeds itself. From those growing in backyards to make ends meet to educators teaching kids to eat healthier, viewers find that urban farming is about much more than simply good food.
Perfect Compost
This master class takes you through the compost making process from gathering and assembling your materials to creating the perfect compost heap.
Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds
Providing the basis for everything from fabric to food to fuels, seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe and the water we drink. In the past, seeds were communal—a shared resource not unlike the water we drink. A century ago things started to change. Now large corporations claim seeds as intellectual property, restricting their use and interfering with the livelihoods of open-pollination farmers. This documentary introduces a range of individuals whose lives center around seeds. Farmers, renegade gardeners, passionate seed savers, artists, and activists all work to plant the seeds of information and inspiration within this film.

Economic Research Service
The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
NASS publications cover a wide range of subjects, from traditional crops, such as corn and wheat, to specialties, such as mushrooms and flowers; from calves born to hogs slaughtered; from agricultural prices to land in farms. The agency has the distinction of being known as The Fact Finders of U.S. Agriculture due to the abundance of information we produce.
Organic Seed Alliance
Organic Seed Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advances ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world.
Plant of the Month
Through individual plant case studies, the interdisciplinary Plant Humanities Initiative—a partnership of Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Labs—explores and highlights the unparalleled significance of plants to human culture one fascinating plant at a time.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
A regional resource that focuses on growing from seed. Browse numerous growing guides and suggested links.
The Urban Harvest
Seed delivery club & online year-round learning resource.

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