Delicious and healthy crops depend upon ways in which farming cultures can develop brilliant, skillful strategies. Here we offer articles and recommend interesting and informative Websites that focus on the broad science of farming, including the accumulation of knowledge about the cultivation of the soil for growing food for human sustenance and survival.
Last Update: Friday, March 16, 2018
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Explore data that can help inform agriculture investment, innovation and policy strategy.
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The FCDD is a unique bioinformatics resource that compiles information about 162 details on fruit crops diseases, diseases type, its causal organism, images, symptoms and their control.
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This online reference allows easy access to regulations and information pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States, its territories, and possessions.
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This Webpage provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library provides annotated links to societies and associations that offer information about home gardening.
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The Agrobiodiversity Index is a consistent, long-term monitoring tool to measure and manage agrobiodiversity across three dimensions: diets, production and genetic resources.
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From the USDA Website:
The People’s Garden works across USDA and with partners to start and sustain school gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural and urban areas with the mission of growing healthy food, people and communities. This work is accomplished through collaboration and volunteerism. It is named in honor of President Lincoln’s description of USDA as “The People’s Department.”
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This national index from the USDA includes farmers' markets that must have at least two venders selling "agricultural products directly to customers at a common, recurrent physical location." The index includes location and directions, operating times and seasons. It also lists what types of products are for sale and what types of payment are accepted.
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The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
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This guide can help you explore different fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Seasonal produce in your area will vary by growing conditions and weather.
