Ag's Expanded Roles -  Community and Urban Agriculture, and Alternative Crops
    Alternative Growth Management Strategies for a Sustainable Future
    Long-Term Management of Native Habitat as an Open Space Component
Rural Lands Preservation Tools and Resources
    Rural Land Preservation Toolbox - In Depth Looks
    Treated Wastewater Utilization in Agriculture
    One of Ag's Key Roles -- Reducing Global Warming
    Ag as a component of Preserving the Environment and Ecology
    American Farmland Trust
    "Buy Local" Initiatives
Agritourism     One farm family's experience here...

One of the most promising of the non-crop values that agriculture
can provide is Agritourism.  In Florida, where tourism is such a big
part of our economy, it's a natural fit!
    History of
    water
    management
     from the
    time of the
    first Native
    Americans
    Check out Local Harvest -- a  GREAT information and
    shopping site featuring many of the small farm
    direct marketers in the country (including us)!
    Left -- Site featuring
    resources for small
    farms, especially new
    farmers.  Lots of
    interesting information
    on individual state
    "FarmLink" web sites.

    Right -- Feature article.
    Florida Atlantic
    University's
    Center for Urban
    and Agricultural
    Studies (CUES)
    assembled a
    planning "toolbox"
    that covers rural
    lands.
Counter
    Farmland
    preservation in
    Massachusetts,
    including
    successful
    TDR/PDR programs
  •                                                        Canadian Web Site for Ecosystem Services, Green Communities, etc.
    Resource Web Sites
American Forest Foundation site on Ecosystem
Services Conference.  Great overview.
    Local Treasure Coast Rural Lands Initiatives
    Interested in
    alternative crops?  
    Check out the IFAS
    info on peaches,
    plums and
    nectarines!