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Baltimore's fortuitous location on the northern Chesapeake Bay has been at the heart of its social and economic development. Farther inland than other eastern seaport, the city is convenient to landlocked areas. Water-related industry quickly developed around Baltimore harbor, and when tracks for the nation's first railroad were laid there in 1829, the thriving port city increased both its accessibility to other cities and its attractiveness to immigrants and investors.

Through careful city planning and cooperation between public and private investors, Baltimore has entered the ranks of America's "comeback cities" in recent years. Its downtown business district has been transformed into a mecca of sparkling new hotels, retail centers, and office buildings. But Baltimore has not wholly exchanged its traditional working-class image for high-technology polish. Many of its urban renewal programs focus on the preservation or renovation of historical buildings and neighborhoods amidst new construction. For example, its wildly popular Oriole Park at Camden Yards offers state-of-the-art amenities in a turn-of-the-century style baseball stadium. Nicknamed the "charmed city," Baltimore has become a top tourist destination.

Baltimore: Geography and Climate

Located on the Mid-Atlantic coast, Baltimore was built at the mouth of the Patapsco River, which empties directly into the Chesapeake Bay. The city is protected from harsh weather variations year-round by the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Appalachian Mountains due west. Freezing temperatures generally do not occur after mid-April or before the end of October, allowing the area approximately 194 frost-free days. Precipitation, averaging 41 inches annually, tends to be equally distributed throughout the year, but the greatest amounts accrue during summer and early fall—the thunderstorm and hurricane seasons, respectively.

Since snow is often mixed with rain and sleet due to Baltimore's relatively mild winter temperatures, freezing rain is considered a greater hazard to motorists and pedestrians than the infrequent snowfall that remains on the ground more than several days.

Area: 80.8 square miles (2000)

Elevation: 148 feet above sea level

Average Temperatures: January, 31.8° F; July, 77° F; annual average, 55.1° F

Average Annual Precipitation: 41.94 inches (22.7 inches of snow)

Baltimore: History

City Founded on Tobacco-Centered Economy

The geology at the mouth of the Patapsco River determined the location of Baltimore. The area lies on a fall line where hard rocks of the piedmont meet the coastal plains of the tidewater region. A large, natural harbor had formed, and streams coursing from the north and west toward the Patapsco fall line had tremendous velocity. This made them ideal sites for water-driven mills. Additionally attractive to early settlers were the plentiful forests, fertile countryside, and moderate climate that was ideal for agriculture.

In 1632, England's King Charles I gave George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) a vast area in colonial America that became Baltimore County in 1659. During the 1660s the Maryland General Assembly appointed commissioners who granted land patents and development privileges to enterprising colonists. Although the Piscataway and Susquehannock tribes originally lived in neighboring regions, tribal competition and the onslaught of colonial diseases dissipated all but a few hundred of the Native Americans in Maryland by 1700.

The sandy plains bordering the Chesapeake Bay were ideal for growing tobacco, and a tobacco-based economy quickly developed in pre-Revolutionary Maryland. An area of 550 acres, formerly known as "Cole's Harbor," was sold to Baltimore landowners Daniel and Charles Carroll in 1696; they sold a parcel of this land in one-acre lots for development. These lots became Baltimore Town, which grew quickly in both size and trade. By 1742 regular tobacco shipments were leaving Baltimore harbor for Europe.

Radical Politics Gain Popularity

Productive mills had also sprung up along the northwestern tributaries of the Patapsco; the market for locally-milled flour and grain was primarily directed toward the British slave and sugar colonies in the West Indies. This trade was cut off at the outset of the American

Revolution, a loss that cost Baltimore. The loss was partly mitigated when Congress authorized private citizens to arm and equip their own vessels for war in 1776; privateering became a growth industry in Baltimore, since the city had become an important center for shipbuilding. Anti-British activities in the city during this era earned Baltimore a reputation for radical politicking that lasted through the nineteenth century. Baltimore was the meeting place of the Continental Congress after the British occupied Philadelphia in 1777.

City Prospers During Reconstruction

After the Revolutionary War, Baltimore, incorporated in 1797, resumed its commercial success by exporting grain, particularly to South America. A slump in maritime trade prompted the building of America's first public railroad in Baltimore in 1828, thus linking the city to other parts of the country and expanding commercial possibilities. During the Civil War, Maryland remained Unionist but Baltimore was split. Trade was cut off with the South and badly hurt with the North, but Baltimore managed to profit as a military depot. The city recovered rapidly from the physical and economic damages of the war, embarking during the reconstruction era on the period of its greatest prosperity.

Renewal Follows Destruction

In 1904 Baltimore was struck by a fire that had started in a cotton warehouse and soon spread to destroy more than 2,000 buildings. This calamity initiated improvements in the streets and the harbor and the construction of a sewer system that was considered one of the most modern of its time. The city again prospered during World War I, its economy remained relatively untouched by the 1930s Depression, and Baltimore continued to flourish as a military supply center during World War II.

Baltimore's urban renewal began in 1947, when inner city decay was so extensive that more than 45,000 homes were considered substandard. A rigorous construction and rehabilitation program reduced this number to 25,000 by 1954. In 1955 public and private cooperation resulted in the formation of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a group of influential businessmen who worked with municipal agencies to develop civic programs. Extensive neighborhood revitalization and development were undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s. Projects included the construction of shops and restaurants in Harbor Place, the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium, the American Visionary Art Museum and the construction of a rapid transit line to the suburbs. Waterfront development carried in the 1990s and into the new millennium, with many old neighborhoods experiencing a growth in popularity. Development continues along with historical preservation and the careful blending of the past and the present. More than $1 billion in new development is in the works, including hotels, retail space, increased arts offerings and technology improvements to Baltimore's harbor.

The 1990s were also a time of sharp population declines. Like many of the older, urban areas of the northeast, Baltimore faced an exodus to the suburbs and lost 11.5 percent of its population. Today, Baltimore is beginning to buck the trend. From 2000 to 2003, it lost only 3.2 percent.

In 1999, white city councilman Martin O'Malley won the Baltimore Democratic mayoral primary, defeating 16 candidates, 8 of whom were African American, in this predominantly African American city. Mr. O'Malley went on to win the mayoral election after a campaign in which he promised to clean the streets of open-air drug markets and have zero tolerance for crime. By 2004, Baltimore led the nation's 25 largest cities in a five-year reduction in violent crime, with the city experiencing a drop of 40 percent in violent crimes from 1999 to 2004.

Development Projects

Baltimore is continuing its redevelopment program for its Inner Harbor and downtown areas. The $71 million Calvert Mercier Lombard Grant Street redevelopment project is designed to include 300 apartments, retail space and a 542-car parking garage in the heart of the central business district. Improved water taxi/commuter service at Inner Harbor provides tourists and commuters with easy access to the city's cultural, business, entertainment, historic and recreational venues. The city also plans to redevelop Oldtown Mall, a once thriving pedestrian mall in East Baltimore. The west side of the city is also seeing revitalization in the Westside Initiative which incorporates the redevelopment of 100 square blocks and links the finance district to the University of Maryland's graduate and medical schools.

Ten of Baltimore's neighborhood commercial districts received a financial boost over three years under a national Main Street program. The revitalization initiative followed the National Trust for Historic Preservation model, using more than $1.5 million in city, state, and private funds. The program has been successful in creating 210 new businesses, more than 700 new full–and part–time jobs, and 291 facáde improvement projects.

Commercial Shipping

Baltimore-Washington International Airport is a major cargo carrier for the mid-Atlantic region. CSX and Norfolk Southern railroad systems service industry throughout the Baltimore area. Several major interstate highways run through Baltimore; I-95 links Baltimore with major cities from New England to Florida, and I-70 connects it with the Midwest. More than 100 trucking lines also accommodate the Baltimore area.

The most significant mover of goods in the area is the port of Baltimore, the fifth largest and one of the busiest deep-water ports in the nation. One hundred fifty miles closer to key midwestern markets than any other Atlantic Coast port, the port of Baltimore has lower transportation costs between its marine terminals and inland points of cargo origin or destination. Baltimore also benefits by having two access routes to its port: from the north through the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, and from the south up the Chesapeake Bay. Since 1980, more than one-half billion dollars has been invested in maritime-related improvements to the Port.

Baltimore: Economy

Major Industries and Commercial Activity

Baltimore's heritage as a strategically-located East Coast port is drawn upon by its developers today. The city's revived downtown and central location among major East Coast cities has made it increasingly attractive to new or expanding businesses. The blue-collar tradition exemplified by Bethlehem Steel's ranking as top employer in the 1980s is being replaced by jobs in the service sector in fields such as law, finance, medicine, hospitality, entertainment, maritime commerce and health. Growth in the high-technology market in areas such as electronics, information technology, telecommunications and aerospace research has also created new jobs.

Baltimore is an established center of medicine and biosciences. It is a national headquarters for advanced medical treatment and research with two pioneering teaching hospitals, Johns Hopkins Hospital and University Hospital at the University of Maryland. The Baltimore area is the research center for the mapping of the human genome and its resulting commercial applications.

Year after year, Greater Baltimore ranks among the nation's top twenty markets in key retail categories. Tourism, spurred on by the opening or expansion of downtown attractions, has boosted construction and the success of the Inner Harbor renovation has lured city residents back downtown. Tourism in Baltimore brought increased revenues from 2003 to 2004, with increased hotel occupancy rates, convention–related spending, overall air travel to the city, increased tax revenues and growth in the number of leisure and hospitality jobs.

Among the city's major exports are coal, grain, iron, steel, and copper products. Baltimore also remains a center for shipbuilding.

The Baltimore metropolitan area is home to three companies on the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the country: food distributor U.S. Foodservice Inc., power tool giant Black & Decker Corp., and Constellation Energy, the utility holding company that owns Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

Items and goods produced: steel pipe; plate, sheet, and tin mill products; ships and ship-related products; aerospace equipment; sugar and processed foods; copper and oil refining; chemicals; clothing

Colleges and Universities

Of the approximately 30 colleges and universities located in the Baltimore metropolitan area, nearly half lie within the city limits. Towson State University, the oldest four-year college in Maryland and the largest in the Baltimore area, offers bachelor's degrees in 57 fields and master's degrees in 29. Considered one of Baltimore's outstanding assets, Johns Hopkins University boasts a world-renowned medical school and an affiliation with a prestigious music conservatory, the Peabody Institute. Loyola College offers a joint program in medical technology with Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center. The University of Baltimore, a state-supported institution, awards upper-division, graduate, and law degrees. One of five campus units of the University of Maryland, the University of Maryland at Baltimore offers professional programs in

health and medical fields, social work, and law, as well as undergraduate degrees in a variety of fields. At Morgan State University students can earn advanced degrees in architecture, city and regional planning, and urban education. Coppin State University benefits from a cooperative program with local industries and offers both bachelor's and master's degree programs.

The Baltimore area's other large academic institutions include University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the U.S. Naval Academy, the Maryland Center for Career and Technology Education Studies, the Ner Israel Rabbinical College, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, the Maryland Institute College of Art, Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Harford Community College in Bel Air, Western Maryland College in Westminster, Howard Community College, and Carroll Community College.

Baltimore has many public gardens and parks. The largest is Druid Hill Park, at 674 acres one of the country's largest natural city parks. One hundred fifty acres are devoted to the popular Baltimore Zoo, which features the largest captive colony of African black-footed penguins. Also in Druid Hill Park is the Conservatory, a remarkable glass pavilion similar in construction to the Victorian-era "Crystal Palace" built in 1888. Known as "The Palm House," the building contains an extensive collection of tropical and desert plants. Other gardens include Cylbyrn Arboretum, on the grounds of Cylbyrn Mansion, and Sherwood Gardens, located in the beautifully-landscaped neighborhood of Guildford.

• Black alone - 395,589 (62.1%)• White alone - 195,628 (30.7%)

• Hispanic - 19,275 (3.0%)

• Asian alone - 11,926 (1.9%)

• Two or more races - 11,696 (1.8%)

• American alone - 1,547 (0.2%)

• Other race alone - 1,448 (0.2%)

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 308 (0.05%)

For population 25 years and over in Baltimore:• High school or higher: 68.4%• Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

• Graduate or professional degree: 8.7%

• Unemployed: 10.7%

• Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.1 minutes

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Baltimore City

Baltimore City is a mature urban area that is laced with streams, most of which

are now covered over, that drain into the Patapsco River. Baltimore has

experienced a steady population loss in the past 30 years. The population in

1998 was approximately 645,590 and is projected to be 605,900 by 2010. The

city is highly urbanized throughout.

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The city covers approximately 52,070 land acres. The city’s Department of Recreation and Parks

manages 5,700 acres of land on nearly 400 different properties. Half of the properties are less than one

acre. The city’s parks/greenways system includes large city parks, golf courses, community parks,

neighborhood playlots, open spaces, playfields or courts-only parks, urban lots, and traffic islands.

Baltimore’s green spaces were once considered among the nation’s finest. Many of the parks and

parkways were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. In the last 30 years the parks and greenways system

has suffered from deferred maintenance.

The city’s newly proposed Comprehensive Plan, clearly and strongly

supports the establishment, maintenance and design of new greenways.

Two greenways trail systems are under development: on the west edge

of the city, the 14-mile Gwynns Falls Trail from the Gwynns Falls stream

valley to the Patapsco River will link 30 neighborhoods with 2,000 acres

of parkland and the Inner Harbor; through the north-south center of the

city, the Jones Falls Trail will extend from the Inner Harbor to Lake

Roland, a city-owned park located just across the city line in Baltimore

County. Long term plans include a greenways between Herring Run

Park and Morgan State University, on the east edge of the city.

Other recommendations of the plan include: (a) performing an analysis of the park system that would

create strategies for retaining, adding or removing land from the park inventory, and (b) developing a

financing plan for sustaining the parks and establishing park advisory councils, conservancies, and

friends groups.

1) Baltimore Waterfront Promenade

(Connector)

The Baltimore Waterfront Promenade is a mostly completed urban walkway that serves

as a connector to area greenways and provides pedestrian linkages to attractions in the

Inner Harbor and waterfront neighborhoods. The promenade will be a 7.5-mile continuous

walkway rimming the shoreline of the northwest branch of the Patapsco River connecting

the Canton neighborhood to areas south of Federal Hil l. The project also involves

shorel ine cleanup, restoration, tree and marsh plantings, and educational signage. The

project has been a cooperative effort between public agencies and private enterprises.

2) Gwynns Falls Trai l

(Ecological and Recreational Greenways)

The Gwynns Falls Trail begins in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park and travels 14 miles

southeast along the Gwynns Falls stream to the Patapsco River and the Inner Harbor.

The trail will eventually l ink 30 neighborhoods with over 2,000 acres of parkland,

including Gwynns Falls /Leakin Park, Leon Day Park, Carroll Park, and the Middle

Branch Park system.

Phase I of the trail is a four-mile section stretching from Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to Leon Day Park.

Construction of this phase was completed in June, 1999. The trail is open and being used by the public.

Phase II is in the final stages of design, and funding has been secured. The city was awarded $1.44

million in transportation enhancement funds for Phase II construction. This four-mile segment will extend

the trail to Carroll Park. Construction is expected to begin in December, 2000. Design for Phase III will

begin in summer/fall of 2000.

The Gwynns Falls Trail project is a partnership of the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, Trust for Public

Land, Parks & People Foundation, and the Gwynns Falls Trail Council. The Gwynns Falls Trail could

eventually connect to the Patapsco Regional Greenways, the BWI Trail, and the B&A Trail. Baltimore

County is also working to establish a greenways along the Gwynns Falls from its headwaters to the city

line. This link will bring together the upper and lower reaches of the river to provide a continuous linear

greenways all the way to Middle Branch Park.

3) Herring Run

(Recreational Greenways)

The Herring Run greenways is a partial ly established stream valley greenways in Herring

Run Park. Connections are needed between Mt. Pleasant Park and Herring Run Park,

and between Herring Run Park and Morgan State University, as well as the Chinquapin

Run stream valley and Clifton Park. A planned sewer replacement may provide

opportunit ies to expand the trai l. This greenways would connect to a proposed

greenways corridor along Herring Run in Baltimore County.

4) Jones Falls Trai l

(Ecological and Recreational Greenways)

The Jones Falls Trai l will extend 10 miles through central Balt imore

following the Jones Falls stream valley. This trail system will connect

20 neighborhoods with the Inner Harbor, Druid Hill Park, and Lake

Roland in Baltimore County. The Midtown Cultural Distr ict in Mt.

Vernon will also be linked along this trail system, providing

opportunit ies for experiences in the arts and connections to museums

and shops.

The Jones Falls Trail received $1.3 million in federal transportation funds for construction of the first 1.5-

mile segment. This segment will connect Penn Station and the Mt. Vernon Cultural District with Druid Hill

Park. Design is still underway, but the alignment is expected to basically follow Falls Road. There are no

formal designs for the remainder of the Jones Falls Trail, but the city agencies are working on a master

plan for the location of the remaining segments.

5) Patapsco Regional Greenways

(Ecological and Recreational Greenways)

The Patapsco Regional Greenways is a partial ly completed regional greenways

traversing four counties and ending in Baltimore City. This stream valley corridor is

planned as a major ribbon of green providing enhanced water quality, natural and wildl ife

areas, and public recreation areas. In Baltimore City, the opportunity exists to connect

the Patapsco Valley State Park in Anne Arundel County to the Middle Branch Park by

way of Reedbird Park and a few segments at the south end of the city along the river.

Protection of these parcels could help complete the Gwynns Falls and Patapsco loop.

6) Stony Run Trail

(Ecological and Recreational Greenways)

The Stony Run Trail is an existing hiking trail corridor which was part of Frederick Law

Olmsted’s 1904 park plan for Baltimore. The trail follows the original easement of the

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad along Stony Run, a tributary of the Jones Falls.

Much of the corridor from Druid Hil l Park to the Baltimore County line is already

protected greenspace. This quiet hiking trai l l inks Wyman Park at the Johns Hopkins

University’s Homewood Campus with Roland Park to the north. This trail will ult imately

l ink with the Jones Falls Trail in the vicinity of Druid Hil l Park where the Stony Run joins

the Jones Falls.

Chesapeake Bay cleanup 'on track'

State, federal officials discuss costs, computer modeling

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Gov. Martin O'Malley declared Monday that Maryland is 98 percent of the way to reaching its short-term "milestone" for accelerating the state's efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, while federal officials said all the bay watershed states generally are on track in boosting their cleanup efforts.

O'Malley made the announcement while in Richmond at a meeting of governors, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and others to assess progress in the regional effort to revive the bay. EPA officials said it appears, with six months to go, that all six bay states and the District of Columbia are on course to meet short-term goals set in 2009 for increasing pollution reductions by the end of this year.

"A tremendous amount of effort has been put forth by all the bay restoration partners since [we] met last year in Baltimore," EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said in a statement released near the end of the meeting. Some states have made more progress than others, according to Jeff Corbin, Jackson's bay adviser, but even laggards have adjusted to make up their gaps in curtailing nutrient and sediment pollution.

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/bayfaq.aspx?menuitem=14589

The Bay Watershed The Chesapeake Bay watershed stretches across more than 64,000 square miles, encompassing parts of six states — Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia — and the entire District of Columbia. Watersheds | Bay Geology | The Estuary System | Chemical Makeup | Food Web

How big is the Chesapeake Bay watershed?

The Chesapeake Bay watershed stretches across more than 64,000 square miles, encompassing parts of six states—Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia—and the entire District of Columbia.

How deep is the Bay?

The Bay averages about 21 feet in depth, but most of the Bay is extremely shallow. A person who is 6 feet tall could wade through over 700,000 acres of the Bay and barely get his or her hat wet. A few deep channels that are over 100 feet deep provide important passageways for ships to get into ports.

How long and wide is the Bay? (TN river is 652 miles long)

The Chesapeake Bay is about 200 miles long, stretching from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia. The width of the Bay varies from its narrowest point—3.4 miles across near Aberdeen, Maryland—to its widest point—35 miles across near the mouth of the Potomac River.

How many miles of shoreline does the Bay have?

The shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, including all tidal wetlands and islands, is over 11,600 miles. That's more shoreline than the entire west coast of the United States.

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Urban Agriculture

On Friday, March 25, 2011, the Baltimore City Department of Planning and the Department of Housing and Community Development released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Urban Agriculture in the City of Baltimore. Both non-profit and for-profit farmers are invited to apply. A pre-submission conference will be held at the Department of Planning on Friday, April 8 from 3-5pm. Submissions are due Friday, May 6.

Green Schools

Every student attending public or private schools in the City of Baltimore deserves to receive the best education available in a safe and healthy environment.

By “greening” our schools, we provide a healthy environment for both students and staff, improve academic performance, and save money which can then be spent on educational resources. Through an environmentally-based education children can be taught about the impacts their behaviors have on their communities, both local and global, encouraging them to become better stewards of their communities and the planet. Here are five strategies to help:

• Incorporate sustainability into curriculum and activities• Build and retrofit green school buildings

• Adopt a green facilities management guide for school operations

• Implement a teacher training and certification program for sustainability

• Recognize schools making strides in sustainability

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Greening

Ecology & Biodiversity

It is important for urban dwellers not to forget that we still are a part of the larger ecosystem, one that supplies and contributes to the quality of the air we breath and water we drink.

Baltimore City is part of a very unique collection of ecosystems including the Chesapeake Bay, and four regional watersheds. Practicing good stewardship of our natural world improves the ability of future generations to eat fresh food, breath clean air, drink healthy water, and enjoy open space. The health of those ecosystems we depend on relies upon stewardship of those ecosystems by Baltimore’s residents. As both stewards of the environment and the beneficiaries

of its gifts, it is critical that we protect and enhance the biodiversity that keeps our ecosystems healthy. Here are five strategies to help:

• Create habitat for native species and eliminate invasive plant species• Implement sustainable landscaping practices throughout the city

• Develop a plan to regenerate Baltimore’s soil ecosystems

• Support the development of native plant nurseries in the city

• Develop community support for urban stream restoration and conservation

• Resources for Aspiring Urban Farmers in Baltimore • Updated 4/7/11•

• Funding

• Low-interest loans: http://www.marbidco.org/home.html

• Small-farmer loans: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/values/local-producer-loan-

program.php

• Farm Service Agency loan programs: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?

area=home&subject=fmlp&topic=landing

• Farm funding resources: http://nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/funding.shtml

• Farm business planning and funding resources:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/small_farm_funding.htm

• Farm business planning tools:

http://www.mredc.umd.edu/rootbeginningFarmBusinessPlanning.html

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• Promotion

• Fact sheet on marketing your farm products:

http://extension.umd.edu/publications/PDFs/FS804.pdf

• You can be listed on this site: www.marylandsbest.net

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• Other Information

• Powerpoints on growing specialty crops: http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/events/09niche/

• National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (loads of great info from tips to grant

listings, but its funding was just cut so it may not be around long!): http://www.attra.ncat.org/

• Report on small farm ethnic crops and livestock opportunities:

http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/sfcnews/?article=99

• In-depth research on sustainable agriculture: http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/