Agriculture in North Carolina: Digital Resources: Other

• Green 'N' Growing
  The site presents thousands of images and textual materials that document the history of 4-H and Home Demonstration in North Carolina from the 1900s to the 1970s.
• Living off the land: tobacco and crop science history in North Carolina
  A North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Project
• North Carolina Agriculture: A Research Guide
  University of North Carolina University Libraries pathfinder with information on agriculture in North Carolina, including the pre-colonial era to the 20th century.
• North Carolina Business History
  A brief history of the development of agriculture in North Carolina.
• The Cotton Industry in North Carolina
  An East Carolina University Library pathfinder with information on the history of cotton in North Carolina.
• North Carolina in the New South
  From NC Digital History, a digital textbook.

• Community Gardens
  NC Community Garden provides information about community gardens including a free pdf book on starting a community garden. It also lists community gardens in North Carolina by county.
• Gillings Sustainable Agriculture Project
  The Gillings Sustainable Agriculture Project is a two-year Gillings Innovative Laboratory through the Gillings School of Global Public Health established to study the public health impact of moving toward a local, sustainable food system. Can eating local address obesity, the environment, and economic viability? This blog also provides links to related local organizations, resources, and blogs.
• SEEDS (South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc.)
  A nonprofit community garden in Durham, NC with a youth gardening program, DIG (Durham Inner-city Gardeners).

The Carolina Community Garden is an engagement program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. The garden grows vegetables and fruit so all University employees can have access to fresh, sustainably-grown produce.

Watch this video about Duke University Community Garden!

Duke's Community Gardens - From: Duke's Community Gardens on YouTube. Video courtesy of Working@Duke, uploaded May 18, 2009.

• American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
  The mission of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is to build awareness, understanding and a positive public perception of Agriculture through education.
• NC Cooperative Extension
  North Carolina Cooperative Extension gives our residents easy access to the resources and expertise of NC State University and NC A&T State University. Through educational programs, publications, and events, Cooperative Extension field faculty deliver unbiased, research-based information to North Carolina citizens.
• North Carolina Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc.
  The North Carolina FFA Foundation, Inc. was founded in 1976, for the primary purpose of securing financial support for agricultural education and FFA in the public schools of North Carolina.
• USDA 
  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is made up of 29 agencies and offices.
• North Carolina State Beekeepers Association

  According to a 2005 estimate, honey bees account for approximately $154 million in annual crop productivity in North Carolina. This site provides information about beekeeping, beekeeping associations nationwide, and information for kids. Find additional information at NCpedia!

  Apis mellifera flying back to its hive carrying pollen in a pollen basket, photo courtesy of Muhammad Mahdi Karim accessed at Wikimedia. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

• Lesson plans and agricultural resources
  Lesson plans about agriculture.
• National Agricultural Library
• National Agricultural Law Center
  In 1987, Congress recognized the University of Arkansas School of Law for its "unique expertise in the area of agricultural law" and called for the creation of the National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information at the Law School. Since then, the National Agricultural Law Center has been funded with federal appropriations through the National Agricultural Library, an entity within the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• NC A&T University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
  The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at NC A & T has a rich history of innovation and application of cutting-edge technology. 
• NC College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University "discovers, develops, teaches, and applies knowledge and technology that enable students, clientele, and citizens of North Carolina and others to improve the quality of their lives and to enhance the agricultural, economic, environmental, and social well being of the state and world and to create and extend new knowledge through scientific research and extension in agriculture and the life sciences."

• US Environmental Protection Agency Agriculture Resources

Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Typically, members or "share-holders" of the farm or garden pledge in advance to cover the anticipated costs of the farm operation and farmer's salary. In return, they receive shares in the farm's bounty. Members also share in the risks of farming, including poor harvests due to unfavorable weather or pests. Find a CSA, farmer's market or farm near you by using Local Harvest.