Topics:

   
  CONSUMER RESOURCES

  Buy or gather food and drink within 100 miles of you
( (www.100milediet.org)


  Community Supported Agriculture - Find a CSA here (www.value-added.org/communitycoop/csa.asp)

  Illinois 2008 Farmer's Markets - Find one close to you (www.agr.state.il.us/markets/farmers/)

  Illinois Farm Direct – Search for farms near you (www.illinoisfarmdirect.org/)

  Landscape with native plants (www.for-wild.org/)

  Local Harvest – Search for farms near you (www.localharvest.org/)

  Madison (WI) Area Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Coalition (www.localharvest.org/)

  Slow Food USA - Find a Local Chapter (www.slowfoodusa.org/contact/index.html)

  Sustainable Table
( www.sustainabletable.org)


  Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce (www.foodnews.org)

  UIUC Extension Small Farms – Sustainable ag tours (web.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm/ag_tours.cfm)

USDA directory of farmers markets nationwide
(http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/)

  Where do your fresh fruits and vegetables come from? (www.for-wild.org/)

  PRODUCER RESOURCES
 
UIUC Extension Small Farms (web.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm/)

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Ag Info Center (www.epa.state.il.us/agriculture/)

  Michael Fields Institute
( www.michaelfieldsaginst.org)


  Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
( www.mosesorganic.org)


  Transiton to Organic
( www.mosesorganic.org/helpwanted/introhw.htm)


  Farmer's Legal Action Group
( www.flaginc.org/


  GUIDES FROM THE ALTERNATIVE FARMING SYSTEMS INFO CNTR

  U.S. Organic Marketing Laws and Regulations
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide1.shtml )


  International Trade In Organics: Laws and Regulations
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide2.shtml)


  Organic Marketing and Trade How-to Publications
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide3.shtml)


  Organic Marketing and Trade Research Tools Online
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide4.shtml)


  Organic Marketing and Trade Periodicals, Calendars and Trade Shows
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide5.shtml )


  Organic Market, Industry and Consumer Studies
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide6.shtml )


  Organic Marketing Support Organizations
( www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAPGuide7.shtml )


  IL Direct Farm Business - legal information
( www.directfarmbusiness.org/home/ )


  ISA's Guide to IL Laws Governing Direct Farm Marketing
( www.ilstewards.org/resources/legalguidefarmmarketingil.pdf )


  ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Info Service
( attra.ncat.org/ )


  ISA IS A MEMBER GROUP OF THESE NATIONAL COALITIONS

  Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
( www.sustainableagriculturecoalition.org )


  Community Food Security Coalition
( www.foodsecurity.org )


  ISA IS A MEMBER GROUP OF THESE ILLINOIS GROUPS

  Illinois Council on Food and Agriculture Research
( www.ilcfar.org )


  Illinois Environmental Council
( www.ilenviro.org )


  Illinois Local Food and Farms Coalition
( tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IllinoisLocalFoods/ )


  Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force
( www.agr.state.il.us/marketing/Mkt_ILOFFTaskForce.html )


  Interagency Nutrition Council
( inc.aces.uiuc.edu/ )


  Lieutenant Governor's Rural Affair Council
( www.standingupforillinois.org/rural/index.php )


  NRCS State Technical Committee
( www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/ )


  SARE Coordinating Council
( www.sare.org/ncrsare/il.htm )


  State Treasurer's Agricultural Affairs Council
(www.treasurer.il.gov/programs/cultivate-illinois/cultivate-illinois.aspx)


  Community Shares of Illinois
( www.communitysharesillinois.org/ )


  STATE AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

  Illinois Farmers Union
( www.ilfu.org/ )


  The Land Connection
( www.thelandconnection.org )


  Prairie Rivers Network
( www.prairierivers.org )


  Openlands
( www.openlands.org )


  The Nature Conservancy in Illinois
( www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/illinois/ )


  The Illinois Audubon Society
( www.illinoisaudubon.org/ )


  NATIONAL FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS

  American Corn Growers Association
( www.acga.org/ )


  Center for Rural Affairs
( www.cfra.org/ )


  Farm Aid
( www.farmaid.org/ )


  Food First
( www.foodfirst.org/ )


  Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
( www.gracelinks.org/ )


  Institute for Ag and Trade Policy
( www.iatp.org/ )


  National Farmers Union
( www.nfu.org/ )


  GENERAL INFORMATION

  Illinois Ag Statistics
( www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Illinois/index.asp )


  Illinois State Water Survey Links
( www.sws.uiuc.edu/Welcome.html )


  UIUC College of ACES / Agroecology
( www.aces.uiuc.edu/ )


  Locate your state legislators
(http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx)


   
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
P.O. Box 648, Rochester, IL 62563
Phone (217) 498-9707   •  Fax (217) 660-8008
E-mail: isa@ilstewards.org
Policy Staff & Board