permaculture

[lbarnes <lbarnes@primeline.com>]

Dear Seedsavers;
        The Agricultural Research Service (USDA) National Agricultural 
Library,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351, has just published (Sept.’98) an
annotated bibliography “Vegetable and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom
Varieties and Community Based Stewardship.” SRB 98-05, compiled by
Suzanne P. DeMuth (285 pages). This incredible 3 volumn bibliography is
available by writing to USDA, ARS National AgriculturaL Library and
sending a self-addressed return mailing label. The three volumns list
summaries of books, articles, videos, internet sites, resource
organizations, historical bibliographies, etc. 
        Here is a partial list of websites listed- feel free to copy and 
widely
distribute. Happy Trails, Lee Barnes (lbarnes@primeline.com)

Additional Internet Sites

American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), http://www.amseed.com/index.html
Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA), http://cdnseed.org/index.html
The Food Museum, http://www.foodmuseum.com/hughes/
The Food Resource, http://www.orst.edu/food-resource/index.html
GardenWeb Form: Heirloom Plants and Gardens,
http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/heirloom
Internet Directory for Botany; Economic Botany, Ethnobotany,
http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botecon.html
Intriduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources,
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html#resources
Many Tracks-Gardening, http://www.up.net/~manytrac/garden.htm
Permaculture International, http://nornet.nor.com.au/environment/perma/
Plants by Mail FAQ, http://pbmfaq.dvol.com/
The Pollination Scene, http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html
Seeds of Change Garden, http://www.nmnh.si.edu/garden/
Tom Clothier’s Garden Walk and Talk:Seeds,
http://anet-chi.com/~manytimes/page52.htm
The Vitrual Orchard, http://virtualorchard.net/

Native American Agriculture and New World Crops

BeanRef, http://www.ba.cnr.it/Beanref/
G. Caselton’s Chili Pages,
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gcaselton/chile/variety.html
CGIAR Photos: Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cassava.,
http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgiar/photo/potatoes.html
Chile-Heads Home Page, http://neptune.netimages.com/~chile
Daybreak Farming and Food Project Home Page,
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ydb/
International Potato Center (CIP). http://cgiar.org/ciphome.htm
Internet Shrine to the Tomato,
http://members.aol.com/RBI82/randy/tomato.html#intro
The Maize Page,
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/departments/agronomy/cornpage.html
Native Americans and the Environment, http://conbio.rice.edu/nae
NativeWeb, http://www.nativeweb.org/
Newton’s Apple:Ethnobotany,
http://ercir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/12/Lessons/ethnobot.html
The On-line Tomato Vine, http://tomato.vbutler.com/
The Pepper King, http;//www.itol.com/~gmczeis/
The Potato Information Exchange,
http://css.orst.edu/crops/potatoes/home.htm
Tomato Varieties, http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/vege008/vege008.htm
The World of Corn, http://www.ncga.com/02world/chrt03.htm

Online Seed Exchanges:

Algy’s Seed Exchabge, http://www.algy.com/herb/
Bernies’s Seed and Tip Exchange,
http://www.teleport.com/~bw/seed/exchange.html
Firegirl Seed Exchange Bulletin Board,
http://www.firegirl.com/seedexchange/index.html
GardensDWF Gardening Form: Seed Exchange Postings,
http://www.he.net/~grdnsdfw/postings.htm
GardenWeb’s Garden Exchange, http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/exchange/
Seed & Plant Exchange,
http:www.cyperhighway.net/~hplowe/seed_exchange.html

Seed saving refs:

Jack Rowe’s “Basic vegetable seed-saving practices,”
http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/diversity/seed_basics.html

        Web listings continue about Food Crops- Biodiversity and Genetic
Conservation, and New World Crops.