Sources

Resource-websites:

1. Alternative Energy http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~farm/wind.html This website tackles topics such as windmills, solar power and bio-fuels and also refers to other useful resources related to alternative energy.

2. Dairy Farmers of Canada www.dairyfarmers.org Communiqué de presse "Une catastrophe sans précédent bouleverse les producteurs laitiers canadiens" of January 13, 1998, (Ottawa, Ontario).

3. Department of Sustainable Development of Agriculture of the Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/Egdirect/Eghomepg.htm This section of the FAO site tackles energy-related issues.

4. Energy Efficiency in Agriculture http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/48261 This website is part of the Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS). It tackles many topics such as the energy efficiency in livestock production, crop production and horticulture.

5. EnviroLink Network http://www.envirolink.org/support/sitemap.html This sites presents resources about energy-related topics such as alternative energy sources, energy conservation, fossil and nuclear energy and pollution from energy sources.

Resource-books:

1. GREEN, Maurice B., Eating Oil - Energy Use in Food Production, Westview Press, Inc., USA, 1978, 205 pages

2. PIMENTEL, David and Marcia PIMENTEL, Food, Energy, and Society - Revised Edition, University Press of Colorado, 1996, 363 pp.

3. SPEDDING, Colin R.W., Agriculture and the Citizen, Chapman & Hall, London, 1996, 282 pages
   email: findit@kiosk.thompson.com Chapter 8: Energy and Water in Agriculture

4. Selected papers and abstracts from the 1980 ASEA National Energy Symposium, published by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, USA, 1981
   • Volume 1: Solar Energy, Livestock Production, 272 p
   • Volume 2: Biomass Energy, Crop Production, 308 p
   • Volume 3: Food processing, 91 p

Resource-organizations:

1. Brace Research Institute of McGill University
   Its main areas of activities are the utilization of solar, wind and biomass energies and related technologies , the arid zone development with regard to water, energy and agriculture and the design and construction of renewable energy and water efficient systems
   Postal address:P.O. Box 900, Macdonald Campus of McGill University
   Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Qc, H9X 3V9, CANADA
   Tel: 514-398-7833
   Fax: 514-398-7767
   
   email: ae12000@musica.mcgill.ca

2. Energy in Agriculture Program
   This program set up by the California Energy Commission has for purpose to promote the efficient use of energy resources among food and fiber industry. Their website gathers demonstration projects and a list of publications related to energy use on farm. Website: http://www.energy.ca.gov/agprogram/index.html
   Postal address: 1516 Ninth Street, MS 26
   Sacramento, CA, 95814, USA
   Tel: 916-654-4019
   

3. Ressources Naturelles Québec
   Donald Maltais
   Research on new energy resources
   Tel: 418-627-6380 ext. 8119
   Fax: 418-643-8337

4. Énergie solaire Québec
   Benoît Perron
   Tel: 747-9565