RESOURCES AND TOOLS

SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Seminar: Dr. Laura Jackson, The University of Northern Iowa. "Native Prairie: Restoring Resilience to Farms and Watersheds." October 12, 2012 at The Ohio State University, ESGP Seminar.
  video of presentation

• Seminar: Dr. Kate Clancy, Digging Deeper into Some of the Issues Confronting Local Food Policy and Councils. November 16, 2011 at The Ohio State University
  pdf of presentation; powerpoint presentation

AMP ASSOCIATED TOOLS

• localfoodsystems.org
• GIS maps
• GIS tools
• for more resources and useful websites, visit our links page

INITIATIVES

• Poultry Processing Working Group Summary Report 2009
  

• Leap into Local Foods
  

Leap into Local Foods Workshop - held Feb 29, 2008  write-up

Local Food Systems.org  This site was developed as a result of the Leap into Local Foods Workshop held February 29, 2008. It is the go-to site for networking, collaborating and building local economies in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The site is open to anyone wishing to find out more or to participate in strengthening our local food systems. Log on to the site and select from a long list of working groups all engaged in finding solutions and opportunities for building local food systems.

• Planning and Design for a Sustainable Farm
  

In the Spring of 2008, AMP offered a class in Planning and Design of a Sustainable Farm - Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the class was video linked between Wooster and the Columbus OSU campuses.  The Mellinger Farm was the focus for the planning exercise and resulted in team presentations proposing unique enterprise opportunities and innovative designs for the long term sustainability of the historic farm.

       Course and reference materials used for the class:

Course flyer
Mellinger Farm Background

Syllabus and Course Material

- Syllabus
- Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture (ATTRA)
- 72 Ways to Make Agriculture Sustainable (Kerr Center)
- Triple Bottom Line for Ohio Farmers (AMP)
- Holistic Management: In Practice (Holistic Managment 1998)
- Journal Article: Stinner, D.H., B.R. Stinner, E. Martshof. Biodiversity as an organizing principle in agroecosystem management: Case studies of holistic resource management practitioners in the USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 62: (1997) 199-213.

Systems Analysis and Simulation Models:

- Agroecosystem Sustainability: A System Simulation Model Approach. Belcher, K.W., M.M. Boehm, M.E. Fulton. Agricultural Systems. 79, 2004.
- Multifunctional Agriculture in the United States. Boody, G., et al. BioScience. Vol.55 No.1, 2005.
- Food Animal Production, Opportunities, and Challenges. Fluharty, F.L. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University.
- Plant-based Agriculture. Bennett, M., J. Cardina, M. Kleinhenz. Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University. 

Farm Energy Reference Material

- Challenges in Farm Energy Conservation and Production. Keener, H.M. FABE, Ohio State University. 2008.
- Energy Challenge
- Saving Energy on the Farm. Canada, 1985.

Economic Case Studies

- The New American Farmer. Profiles of Agricultural Innovation, 2nd Edition. Sustainable Agriculture Network.
- Bennett, R.
- DeWilde, R. and L. Halley
- Endicott, D. and G. Endicott
- Transaction Cost Case Studies for Six Iowa Food Producers. Walter, C.K. and R. Boeckenstedt. Leopold Center, Iowa State University, 2007.
- Farm Economics and Marketing Lecture Slides
- Small Farm Profitability. Arnold, P. and S. Arnold.
- Revitalizing Agriculture: Farming Economically as Starting Ground for Rural Development. Douwe van der Ploeg, J. Sociologia Ruralis. Vol 40, No 4. 2000.
- Potential for a New Generation of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems of the Future. Kirshemann, F. Leopold Center, Iowa State Univeristy. Presented at “ASA-CSSA-SSSA Symposium”, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2005.
- Community and Agriculture Lecture Slides (Smith, M.B.)