LINKS

Local Non-Profits/Public Resources

Agrarian Adventure

Ann Arbor Wild Ones

Cultivating Community

Ecology Center

Fruit Crop Advisory Team (CAT)   Alert Newsletter

Growing Hope

MNPPA - Michigan Native Plant Producers Association

MOFFA - Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance

Project Grow Community Gardens

Recycle Ann Arbor

Slow Food Huron Valley

Washtenaw County Extension Service

Wildflower Association of Michigan

Local Businesses

Ann Arbor Environmental Services -
test soil for lead, arsenic, radon, etc. (734) 997-0348

Downtown Home and Garden, Ann Arbor

The Native Plant Nursery

Pesticides, Toxics, and Pollution

Body Burden,14 European ministers tested for 103 chemicals

Body Burden study

EPA:Drinking Water Contaminants Fact Sheets

Environmental Working Group

Excellent resource for detailed pesticides and products info.

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Pesticide Fact Sheets

Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA)

Pesticide residues in food

Risk assessment
A very succinct explanation of the environmental
"risk assessment" process in North America

Miscellaneous Websites

Alternative Farming Systems National Agriculture Library

ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

Global Invasive Species Database

Organic Consumers Association

OMRI - Organic Materials Review Institute

Organic Standards and Guidelines

Society of Organic Urban Land Care Professionals (SOUL)

The Global Invasive Species Initiative
searchable database with photos of invasive plants