SOURCES

Resource-websites:

1. Agri-Environmental Resource Guide http://infosys.agrenv.mcgill.ca/~qfa/agrenv Website developed by the QFA that offers farmers many tools (information, resource-persons and organisms) to work towards a more sustainable agriculture.

2. Ecological Agricultural Projects http://www.eap.mcgill.ca This website gathers all sorts of articles going from sustainable agriculture to animal welfare to pesticide use in agriculture.

3. Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) http://www.sare.org/san/ This site is dedicates to the exchange of scientific and practical information on sustainable agriculture systems. SAN is the communication and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE).

4. Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology Resources on the Web http://www.ucsusa.org/agriculture/ag.resources.html Offers a variety of resources likely to be useful for people interested in sustainable agriculture and biotechnology.

Resource-books:

1. BLOCK J. R. 1986. Commentary: Conserving soil for America's future. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 41:3031

2. CLARKE, Robin, Protect and Produce : Conservation for Development, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Italy, 1986, 40 pp.

3. DOUGLASS (ed.), Agricultural sustainability in a changing world order, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

4. FARRELL, K. R., F. H. SANDERSON, and T. T. VO, Feeding a hungry world, Report No. 76. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 1984

5. GUITHER, H., Developing policy for a resource conserving agriculture: The Food Security Act of 1985 in perspective. Am. J. of Alternative Agriculture 1, 1986, pp39-42.

6. SPEDDING, Colin R.W., Agriculture and the Citizen, Chapman & Hall, London, 1996, 282 pages

7. SCHWAB, Glenn O. et. al., Soil and Water Conservation Engineering--Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 1993, 507 pages.

Resource-organisms:

1. Ecological Agricultural Projects (EAP) It is a reference center, containing one of the world's best collection of materials on sustainable food and agricultural systems. It also offers technical support and training courses.
   Postal address: Macdonald campus of McGill University
   Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Qc H9X 3V9
   Tel: 514-398-7771
   Fax:514-398-7621
   
   Email: info@eap.mcgill.ca

2. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE) It works to increase knowledge about and help farmers adopt practices that promote sustainable agriculture.
   Postal address: National Office, Jill S. Auburn, SARE director
   Room 3868 South Bldg., Ag Box 2223
   Washington, D.C., 20250-2223, USA
   Tel: 202-720-5203
   Fax: 202-720-6071
   
   Email: jauburn@reeusda.gov