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- Alliance for Sustainability
- A Minnesota-based, tax-deductible nonprofit supporting model sustainability projects on the local, national and internationallevels. Its mission is to bring about personal, organizational and planetary sustainabilitythrough support of projects that are ecologically sound, economicallyviable, socially just and humane.
(Added: 5-Jan-2004 Hits: 87 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Alpacas at Gateway Farm
- Alpacas present a unique opportunity for a new and sustainable primary agriculture industry
(Added: 25-May-2003 Hits: 234 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Center for Applied Rural Innovation
- In rural Nebraska, where a depressed rural economy, declining populations and other issues are well documented, the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln seeks to help create a rural community and agricultural structure that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially acceptable and sustainable into the future. CARI's focus is leadership, sustainable agriculture, economic, and community development through education and research.
(Added: 15-Dec-2003 Hits: 79 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Chefs Collaborative
- Chefs Collaborative is a national network of more than 1,000 members of the food community who promote sustainable cuisine by celebrating the joys of local, seasonal, and artisanal cooking. The Collaborative is dedicated to: local growers; artisanal producers; all who work toward sustainable agriculture and aquaculture, humane animal husbandry, and well-managed fisheries; and conservation practices that lessen our impact on the environment.
(Added: 6-Nov-2003 Hits: 88 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Chelsea Green, Books for Sustainable Living
- Chelsea Green publishes books of ideas and information for useful, pleasurable, and sustainable living in an Invisible Universe where human activities are in harmony and balance with nature. A special emphasis is placed on titles celebrating rural life.
(Added: 28-Apr-2002 Hits: 123 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Coleman Natural Products
- THE 124-YEAR-OLD COLEMAN RANCH sprawls across some 250,000 private and public acres at the northern end of Colorado's beautiful San Luis Valley. To save the ranch from foreclosure in 1980, fourth-generation ranchers Mel and Polly Coleman created the concept of "natural" beef from cattle raised without antibiotics or growth-promoting hormones. Today, the ranch is prospering again and Coleman Natural Beef has evolved into an international marketing corporation.
(Added: 6-Nov-2003 Hits: 101 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Community Supported Farm Model
- At their most fundamental level, CSA farms provide a weekly delivery of organically grown produce to consumers during the growing season (approximately June to October). Those consumers, in turn, pay a subscription fee. But CSA consumers don't so much "buy" food from particular farms as become "members" of those farms. CSA operations provide more than just food; they offer ways for eaters to become involved in the ecological and human community that supports the farm.
(Added: 7-Jan-2004 Hits: 80 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Corporation for the Northern Rockies - Sustainable Community Development
- Corporation for the Northern Rockies helps communities protect local values, promote sound land use practices and policies, and shape sustainable economies.
Based in Livingston, Montana, CNR is a sustainable economic development nonprofit serving Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Here is
information including: Sustainability Fair 2004, Livingston Farmer's Market, and the
9th Annual Wildlife Field Trip
(Added: 6-Nov-2003 Hits: 87 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- Dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable economies,EESI carries out policymaker education and analysis projects in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy, global climate change, agriculture, biofuels, smart-growth, and clean bus technologies in the form of publications, briefings, work shops and task forces. EESI was founded in 1984 by a bipartisan group of Members of Congress concerned about energy and environmental issues.
(Added: 4-Dec-2003 Hits: 108 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Green Circle Eco Farm
- A Biodynamic organic vegetable farm in Singapore, dedicated to producing healthy food and looking after the environment.
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