Links to other organizations

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All Organic Links A comprehensive, one-stop, listing system for the organic industry.

Backdoorjobs.com is simply about discovering life's options and finding your place in the world (and that's real exciting stuff). So explore, dream and discover -- and turn your dreams into reality!

California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) CCOF Certification offers a premier national and international organic certification program for growers, processors, handlers, and retailers. CCOF Foundation offers programs to increase awareness of and demand for certified organic products and to expand public support for organic agriculture.

California FarmLink Connecting beginning and retiring farmers, so that farmlands stay in production and are preserved.

The California Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, (SAWG) is a dynamic coalition dedicated to building and strengthening the movement for a sustainable and socially just food system in California.

Campus California TG An International Campus for the Humanization of Mankind & the Care of our Planet.

The Center for Informed Food Choices (CIFC) advocates for a diet based onwhole, unprocessed, local, organically grown plant foods. CIFC believes that: placing these foods at the center of the plate is crucial for promoting public health, protecting the environment, and assuring the humane treatment of animals and food industry workers.

Common Vision Education about sustainable living and ecological lifestyles.

Don't Panic - Eat Organic An organic growers home page!

Ecological Farming Association promotes ecologically sound agriculture.

Experience International is a private non-profit, educational organization sponsoring J1 Visa Exchange Programs for international trainees and interns in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fisheries and natural resource management.

Farm and Garden Services: A Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Living Resource. The basics of growing some of the most popular vegetables. The library is continually being added to.

Great Learning Vacations Wonder what it would be like to work on an archaeological dig? To join a scientific expedition studying whales? To to train as a circus performer or astronaut? If you can dream it you can likely experience it on your next vacation. Try a cooking school in Italy or learn watercolor painting in the Canadian wilderness. Read our feature stories, check the latest news, and cruise the worldwide directory - this is your gateway to the world of experienced-based learning vacations.

International Institute for Environment And Development
IIED aims to provide expertise and leadership in researching and achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional and global levels. In alliance with others we seek to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources.

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
The purpose of MOFGA, the oldest and largest state organic organization in the USA, is to help farmers and gardeners grow organic food, to protect the environment, to promote stewardship of natural resources, to increase local food production, to support sustainable rural communities, and to illuminate for consumers the connections among healthful food, environmentally sound farming practices, and vital local communities.

The Minnesota Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental protection and sustainable development in greater Minnesota. We seek to learn from and integrate those value systems that society has mistakenly set forth as contradictory, including economic and environmental benefit, traditional and emerging lifestyles, rural and urban perspectives, advocacy for communities and community self-direction. We see areas of commonality between these values, and do not wish to perpetuate dualistic thinking. Our current programs in energy, agriculture, and building sustainable communities are built around the integration of economy, environment and strong rural communities.

Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) oversees U.S. ecological on-the-farm internships for young international farming stewards. The annual programs last 8-12 months, usually beginning April 1. In exchange for the full-time committment of experienced farmer interns, hosts provide room, board & training. Hosts also send monthly program fees to MESA which, in turn, enable the organization to provide all interns with stipends, medical insurance, educational events, domestic travel and administrative support.

Nebraska Sustainable Agricultural Society NSAS promotes sustainable food and farming systems through education and networking opportunities. We are a not-for-profit membership organization serving the citizens of Nebraska

NEWOOF is a regional Farm Apprenticeship Placement Service.  Sponsored by the New England Small Farm Institute, and coordinated from their offices in Massachusetts, NEWOOF annually publishes an annotated list of farms (generally in the Northeast) seeking apprentices.  The list is made available to interested workers who are responsible for contacting the farm(s) of their choice, and directly arranging for interviews.

Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is a non-profit association of consumers, gardeners, and diversified farmers who share a vision of local, organic agriculture. Through education and member participation, NOFA-VT works to strengthen agriculture in Vermont.

Organic Farming
Beyond the "green revolution" there is now an 'ever-green revolution' using eco-farming techniques aimed at bridging the ever widening gap between man and nature. Keeping chemical fertilizers and pesticides at bay, organic agriculture ensures quality of the agricultural produce and helps sustain the ecological balance of the region.

Organic Farming Research Foundation: A nonprofit foundation sponsoring research in organic farming.

Organic Volunteers: Educational exchanges in sustainability

For more than 25 years, the Sierra Institute has been offering interdisciplinary environmental studies field programs to undergraduates from around the country. We were bold and innovative in our origin, and we remain so today. We take college out of the classroom and put it in the wilderness.

Sustainable Agriculture Network
SARE works to increase knowledge about -- and help farmers and ranchers adopt -- practices that are economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible. To advance such knowledge nationwide, SARE administers a competitive grants program first funded by Congress in 1988.

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