Competitive Enterprise Institute

@griculture Online
The site @griculture Online is a community of agriculturalists, publishers, organizations, companies and individuals. Beyond the news, visitors and registered members provide the grassroots voice of farmers and ranchers, through features such as talk groups to ag computing and farm humor. The Correspondants section invites you to read what people on the land and close to the acton have to say about the agriculture.

5th Anniversary of the World Food Summit
Web site of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the World Food Summit.

A Farm Bill that Broadly Supports Agriculture
The consensus position of the following organizations on programs that will broadly support agriculture and should be included in the United States Farm Bill: Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, Connecticut Department of Agriculture, New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Vermont Department of Agriculture, Food & Markets, Rhode Island Division of Agriculture, Maine Department of Agriculture, Connecticut Farm Bureau, Rhode Island Farm Bureau, Conservation Law Foundation, The New England Small Farm Institute, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, Farm Aid, and Rural Vermont.

A New Look at Agriculture
This site is called "A New Look at Agriculture." That's because there is a tendency in our planning and policy making, and even our every day lives, to think of agriculture as expendable ... if we even think of it at all. This Site: Explains why agriculture is important to each of us; Describes the obstacles faced by agriculture; Suggests more than 250 ways to overcome these obstacles; Proposes 20 priority actions for immediate attention; and Can be used to develop policy actions on a county, state and national basis.

Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Development (A SEED)
Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Development (A SEED) is a global and diverse action network focusing on a broad range of issues. A SEED plays a critical role in involving young people in the struggles against ecological destruction and social injustice. Formed in 1991 during the process leading up to UNCED (UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), A SEED has grown into a global network linking youth and student groups active in the field of environment, development and human rights.

ActionAid
ActionAid works with poor and marginalized people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it. Based on our grassroots work with communities, we share our practical experience and knowledge with national and international agencies and governments. ActionAid's international presence, when combined with the local knowledge and expertise of our staff, means that we are well placed to help in an emergency.

Ag Biz Tiller
Ag Biz Tiller monitors the activities of corporate agriculture, and is edited by A.V. Krebs, author of Corporate Repeapers: The book of agribusiness.

AgBiotech BUZZ
A publication of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology was established in 2001 to be an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers. Funded through a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to the University of Richmond, the Initiative advocates neither for, nor against, agricultural biotechnology. Instead, the Initiative is committed to providing information and encouraging debate and dialogue so that consumers and policymakers can make their own informed decisions.

AGCare
AGCare provides information to consumers, farmers, and researchers on the impact and benefits of biotechnology on the agri-food system in Canada, including agricultural pesticide use, crop biotechnology developments, and other related environmental issues.

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