Sustainable Agriculture Research Sources

The Agricultural Research Service's National Programs "serve to bring coordination, communication, and empowerment to the more than 690 research projects carried out by ARS."

Describes online searchable databases and glossaries related to sustainable or alternative agriculture. Offers a gateway to publications, document abstracts, research project descriptions, directories, data and statistics, information contacts and more.

Search for almost 3,000 SARE-funded projects by keyword, title or project number.

An online collection of historical and recent publications or articles, most available in full-text, on sustainable agriculture. Many titles are out-of-print or hard-to-find.

Provides links to online databases that cover topics related to water and agriculture. Contents include bibliographic citations, current research, streamflow data, species information, and chemical and toxicology data and more.

Search Organic Roots, an electronic collection of historic USDA publications related to organic agriculture. Contains almost 800 documents published before 1942 (before synthetic chemicals became widely used) that contain data that are still very pertinent for today's agriculture.

A searchable archive of online documents about organic agriculture. Submitted resources include scientific papers, books, articles, published or unpublished documents, research project descriptions, Web or online writings, conference papers, theses and more.

Identifies electronic databases from which SARE grant applicants and other researchers can locate answers to frequently asked questions about sustainable agriculture: Who else is working in my topic area? Has my project been attempted before? Are there related research efforts that I might link with? Where are the best places to look for in-progress and recent research?