GEO 350
SOIL AND FOOD RESOURCES

INSTRUCTIONAL LINKS

Copies of maps from lecture
Analysis of Farm Bill conservation measures:
- Farm Bill report from 2006
Historical perspective on Soil Conservation Service:
- Soil Conservation Title 16 extract
- Historic Speeches of Hugh H. Bennett (from Natural Resources Conservation Service)
  - Radio talk by H.H. Bennett from 1932 on the results of soil erosion research
- H.H. Bennett -- the father of soil conservation
- Report of the Great Plains Drought Area Committee
USDA Conservation programs:
State implementation:
- National Resource Conservation Service -- map products
- National Resource Conservation Service's Wisconsin Office. (includes links and info on conservation programs; local offices)
- Wisconsin's Coon Valley project
- Restoring a watershed to life -- DNR "Wisconsin Resources" article
- UW Madison Experimental Farms
- National Association of Conservation Districts
- Conservation Programs in Wisconsin.
- Conservation progams in Iowa
National Resources Inventory:
- NRI Iowa example
International programs:
- Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control. From the Great Lakes Commission.
Other conservation issues:
- Loss of farmland to urbanization (click on map for regional and state details).
Education resources:
- Best Management Practices for Soil Erosion. A hypertext guidebook from Purdue University.
Agricultural systems:
- "Power Steer" (NY Times article) -- quick view HERE
- Meat production and consumption costs
- Linking Ecology and Agriculture to Increase Sustainability
- HERE is an interesting reading from Wendell Berry.
- HERE is an article on community-supported agriculture in Marathon County.
- The case for sustainable agriculture (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- The Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  - Leopold on sustainable agriculture
- A biography of Aldo Leopold and his contributions to ecological land management
- Integrated Pest Management
  - HERE is an interesting story that might interest you, about biocontrol of a pest gone awry.
- Discussion of biotech. crop performance and other issues (from The Progressive Farmer).
- Biotechnology information and issues
Food and food production:
- Norman Borlaug I, Norman Borlaug II
- HERE is a somewhat lengthy, but fascinating and rewarding article on just how far an industrial nation could go in in the use of organic agriculture and a "flexitarian" diet.
- Agricultural policy and obesity
- Agriculture subsidy and diet
- Region reports on state of food and agriculture
- Genetically Modified Food (Nature debate)

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