These Internet sites may contain information useful to environmental journalists. None is maintained by SEJ, which does not vouch for the accuracy or completeness of the information at these sites.
From USDA's Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics
Service. Data sets on trade, farm economics, soil and water conservation,
cropping patterns and other subjects.
Includes archived press releases and publications, directories, downloadable forms and other data. Go to the
subject
index for basic fact sheets on animal and plant pests, from
brucellosis to the pink bollworm.
Provides access to many of the library's resources and a gateway to catalogs of other resources. Includes instructions for online access to the Agricola
database of agricultural research abstracts and citations.
Formerly the Soil Conservation Service; contains datasets and information on such things as the farm bill's reserve programs. Includes descriptions of available datasets on global vegetation, hydrography, soils, land cover and use, erosion, farmland, wetlands and other subjects.
Contains a bibliography by topic on drip irrigation articles and books, a list of articles by WMRL staff (articles are available on request in the old-fashioned paper style), research descriptions from the lab's 1993 progress report, and a Frequently Asked Questions file on drip irrigation.
An information center of the USDA
National Agricultural Library. Includes a searchable database on biological
controls and other alternative farming methods, plus links to other
sustainable agriculture sites.
From North Carolina State
University, dated February 1994. Included in each entry is the law's
title, cite, year enacted, purpose, and a brief summary of the law's
elements.
A collection on organic agriculture, farmscaping, permaculture
and bioregionalism; includes archives from some alternative
agriculture discussion groups and listservs.
IPM stands for Integrated Pest Management, a means of reducing pesticide
use, and this site contains newsletters on that subject, plus a calendar
of events, message boards and a data library.