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Coleman, Elliot. 2010. [http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/eliot-coleman-in-the-atlantic-online-a-visit-from-maines-organic-gardening-guru/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChelseaGreen+%28Chelsea+Green%29&hl=en “Of course organic farming can feed the world,” Coleman said. The audience was dumbstruck]. December 29. White River Junction, VT: chelseagreen.com |
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Solomon, Steve. Sir Albert Howard's Indore Method. Organic Gardener's Composting. Soil And Health Library. http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030202/03020209.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20. |
Solomon, Steve. Sir Albert Howard's Indore Method. Organic Gardener's Composting. Soil And Health Library. http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030202/03020209.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20. |
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[http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5936 Organic farming can feed the world, U-M study shows], University of Michigan, 2007 |
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Revision as of 20:12, 29 December 2010
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
- Add or take a free, open Agriculture course.
Agriculture
- Add free, open Agriculture subjects below.
- World University's Agriculture School focuses on sustainable, ecological and organic agriculture, both small and large scale, and its interaction with cities. What are the best academic research, arguments, cost analyses, and plans for moving to organic and sustainable agriculture world wide, especially vis-a-vis cities?
Courses
Add free, open Agriculture subjects | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Instructor's Name | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Course's Name | http:// | non-degree | Browser | Start anytime | English | |||
Course's Name | http:// | non-degree | Browser | Start anytime | English |
WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources
Ideas
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Select Blogs
Select Book Reviews
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Ableman, Michael. 1993. From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World. HNA Books
Ableman, Michael. 1998. On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Avery, Alex. 2006. The Truth About Organic Foods (Volume 1, Series 1). Henderson Communications, L.L.C.
Coleman, Eliot. 2009. The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses. White River Junction, VT: chelseagreen.com.
Howard, Sir Albert. 1943. An Agricultural Testament. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Ronald, Pamela C. and R. W. Adamchak. 2008. Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food. Oxford University Press.
Guthman, Julie. 2004. Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Lampkin & Padel. 1994. The Economics of Organic Farming: An International Perspective. Guildford: CAB International. ISBN 0-85198-911-X
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2003. Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets, and Policies. CABI International.
Select Journals, Serials, etc.
Rodale, Robert. 2010. Organic Gardening Magazine. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.
Select Libraries
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
Select Maps
Select Museums
Select Photos
Select Programs, Applications, Software
Select References
Coleman, Elliot. 2010. “Of course organic farming can feed the world,” Coleman said. The audience was dumbstruck. December 29. White River Junction, VT: chelseagreen.com
Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods in Modern Production Agriculture, National Research Council. 1989. Alternative Agriculture. National Academies Press.
FAOSTAT. 2010. FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries. (http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/43724/icode/). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for a world without hunger.
Gettelman, Elizabeth. 2006. Farmworkers to Farmers. Aug 11. Mother Jones. (An innovative program in California which trains mostly immigrant workers how to succeed as organic farmers).
Solomon, Steve. Sir Albert Howard's Indore Method. Organic Gardener's Composting. Soil And Health Library. http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030202/03020209.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations
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Select Study Guides
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Select Textbooks
Select Video and Audio
Select Websites
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 2010. Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
Evergreen College. 2010. Evergreen College Agricultural Program: Ecological Agriculture - The Practice of Sustainable Agriculture - Farm to Table - Plant Chemistry. Olympia, WA: Evergreen College.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Organic Agriculture Program
Gold, Mary V. (comp.). 2007. Organic Production and Organic Food: Information Access Tools. Identifies sources to research on organic agriculture topics from the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center. United States Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Library.
Importance of Organic Farming in Terms of Food Safety A featured article on Agriculture Guide
List of Organic Farming related Organizations on WiserEarth
Organic Agriculture Information from the eOrganic Community of Practice with eXtension - Information from America's Land Grant University System and Partners
The Organic Consumers Association. 2010. The Organic Consumers Association: campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. organicconsumers.org
Organic Eprints Database of organic agriculture research papers
Organic Farming - European Commission
Organic farming can feed the world, U-M study shows, University of Michigan, 2007
Select Wikis
Specific Vegetables
Peas
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/peas.cfm
World University and School Links
Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Join the World University and School Google Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.
Digital To Do
Broadcast to radio frequency
Create EMail group for page
Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
Print
Recommend
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Free Degrees / Credit
In Google Earth
Google Earth.
In Virtual World
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
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Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
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Video Communication
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Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
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Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
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