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This is a list of links to information resources related to sustainable agriculture, organic farming and gardening, and growing and buying good, safe food.

These resources are organized into the following general categories (though some are relevant to more than one category): Organizations, Educational Programs, Funding & Investing, Permaculture, Urban Farms, Agri-Tourism/Farm Tours, International/Non-U.S. Initiatives, Films and Books. This listing is not comprehensive. Please add a Comment to mention any other relevant resources that you would recommend.

http://news.yahoo.com/naturally-grown-alternative-label-organic-160020483.html ;

Started by a group of organic farmers in New York's mid-Hudson Valley as a backlash against federal takeover of the organic program in 2002, Certified Naturally Grown has expanded over the past decade to include more than 700 farms in 47 states, executive director Alice Varon said.

"Certified Naturally Grown is tailored for direct-market farmers producing food without any synthetic chemicals specifically for their local communities," Varon said. "It's a particular niche of the agricultural world. It's not in direct competition with the national organic program."

Many small farmers previously certified organic by an independent organization have declined to participate in the federal program. They voice a variety of objections: extensive record-keeping requirements; fees that can amount to 6 percent of a small farm's gross sales; and philosophical objections to joining a monolithic government-run program that also certifies huge operations that ship produce across the country.

Very excited about NATURALLY GROWN - fewer or no chemicals = better health.

Jesus, Work It! In Community " Help"

"In order to better understand the development of the protests in social media, Twitter in particular, we collected the full set of 1,579,824 tweets posted between June 1st and June 22nd containing the following hashtags: #VemPraRua (Come to the streets), #MudaBrasil (Change Brazil), #ChangeBrazil, #ChangeBrasil, #passelivre (Free Pass), #protestosrj (Protests Rio de Janeiro), #ogiganteacordou (the giant awoke), #copapraquem (Cup for Whom), #PimientaVsVinagre (Pepper vs Vinager), #sp17j (Sao Paulo June 17), , #consolação, and #acordabrasil (Wake Up Brazil)".

"a mobilização que estamos vendo nos últimos quinze dias pode ser vista como um mobilização do comum. Os reclamos por uma pauta única não fazem mais sentido aqui. E também perderam o sentido aquelas pautas específicas que pressupõem que a vida urbana seja separada em gavetas distintas e incomunicáveis. O que temos de especial é uma multiplicidade de pautas, de exigências e de possibilidades que afirmam a dimensão comum do urbano, aquela que não se reduz nem aos fragmentos das políticas setoriais, nem à unidade das políticas prioritárias. “Queremos tudo e agora”, afirmam os jovens que estão violentamente pacíficos nas ruas e que foram aplaudidos pela população"

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/08/16/fines-parkway-gardens-suspended-los-angeles

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Ron Finley—he of the “if you ain’t a gardener, you ain’t gangster” TED talk fame—planted just such a parkway garden in front of his house in South Central L.A. in 2010 and was duly fined by the city the following year. City Council member Herb Wesson, who represents the district where Finley lives, stood by the activist-gardener, vowing to change the restrictions. On Tuesday, two years later, now-City Council President Wesson brought up a measure that would temporarily suspend the parkway garden restrictions. It passed unanimously.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/farmedhere---the-largest-vertical-farm-in-the-us---becomes-a-zero-organic-waste-facility-220488851.html ;

FarmedHere pioneered commercial vertical farming in Chicago. Our indoor aquaponic and aeroponic growing systems create local produce and local jobs in a sustainable farming environment. We reuse 97% of fresh water, we use no herbicides nor pesticides, we grow year round, and we do not have to deliver more than few miles: as local as one can get.

Fresh, healthy, locally grown greens from Chicago: wholesome urban farming. #sustainable #vertical #aquaponics

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These resources are organized into the following general categories (though some are relevant to more than one category): Organizations, Educational Programs, Funding & Investing, Permaculture, Urban Farms, Agri-Tourism/Farm Tours, International/Non-U.S. Initiatives, Films and Books. This listing is not comprehensive. Please add a Comment to mention any other relevant resources that you would recommend.

Edição especial de artigos sobre as revoltas do Brasil

"It also make it nearly impossible for any single group or individual to sieze control of the protest and use it to advance their own agenda.  In our post ideological world, agreement is difficult to come by (...) The final step is that people are starting to understand that open source networks that connect people horizontally are extremely powerful.  We are learning an entirely new way of interacting. It will accelerate"