Agricultural Contacts

Contact the following national, regional and state sources of sustainable agriculture research and education. This is by no means a complete list. Please let us know if you have suggestions for more contacts.

The listing includes nonprofit groups, university programs, extension offices, businesses and other organizations that may be of help in your quest for information or networking. You can also contact your NCR-SARE state sustainable agriculture coordinator.

National and Regional Organizations

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
10301 Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
301-504-6559
www.nal.usda.afsic

American Farmland Trust
1920 N Street N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
202-659-5170
202-659-8339 (fax)
info@farmland.org
www.farmland.org/

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
P.O. Box 3657
Fayetteville, AR 72702
1-800-346-9140
askattra@ncatark.uark.edu 
www.attra.org

Center for Holistic Management
1010 Tijeras NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-842-5252
505-843-7900 (fax)
chrm@igc.apc.org

Center for Rural Affairs
145 Main St
PO Box 136
Lyons, NE 68038
402-846-5428
402-846-5420 (fax)
info@cfra.org 
www.cfra.org

Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 
University of Wisconsin
1450 Linden Drive, Room 146
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-6483
eabird@facstaff.wisc.edu

FoodRoutes Network
PO Box 443
Millheim, PA 16854
814-349-6000
814-349-2280 (fax)
www.foodroutes.org

Henry A. Wallace Center at Winrock International
2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22202
703-302-6500
703-302-6512 (fax)
information@winrock.org
http://www.winrock.org/wallace/

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
1313 5th St., S.E. Suite 303
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-870-0453
612-870-4846 (fax)
iatp@iatp.org
www.iatp.org/

The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
PO. Box 588
Poteau, OK 74953
918-647-9123
918-647-8712 (fax)
mailbox@kerrcenter.com
www.kerrcenter.com

The Land Institute
2440 E. Water Well Road
Salina, KS 67401
785-823-5376
theland@midkan.com

Land Stewardship Project
2200 Fourth St.
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
612-653-0589 (ph/fax)
www.misa.umn.edu/lshp.html

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
W 2493 Co. Road ES
East Troy, WI 53120
414-642-2202
414-642-4028 (fax)

Midwest Organic Alliance
400 Selby Ave., Suite T
St. Paul, MN 55102
www.organic.org

Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Dave Butcher
R.R. 3, Box 168
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
218-568-8624
davidb@uslink.net
or
Kris Thorp
Center for Rural Affairs
P.O. Box 406
Walthill, NE 68067
402-846-5428
402-846-5420 (fax)
krist@cfra.org 
www.cfra.org

National Audubon Society
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
212-979-3000
www.audubon.org

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture 
P.O. Box 396
Pine Bush, NY 12566
845-744-8448
845-744-8477 (fax)
campaign@sustainableagriculture.net
www.sustainableagriculture.net

National Organic Standards Program
USDA/AMS/TMD
Room 2510-South
P.O. Box 96456
Washington, D.C. 20090-6456
202-205-7810 (ph/fax)
www.ams.usda.gov/nop/

Native American Farmers' Association
P.O. Box 170
Tesuque, NM 87574
505-983-2172

The Nature Conservancy
1815 North Lynn St.
Arlington, VA 22209
703-841-5300
www.tnc.org

Northwest Area Foundation
E 1201 1st Bank Bldg.
332 Minnesota St.
St. Paul, MN 55101-1373
612-224-9635
612-225-3881 (fax)

National Wildlife Federation
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184
704-790-4000
www.nwf.org/nwf/index.html

Organic Crop Improvement Association
1001 Y St., Suite B
Lincoln, NE 68508-1172
402-477-2323
402-477-4325 FAX
info@ocia.org 
www.ocia.org

Organic Farming Research Foundation
P.O. Box 440
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
818-426-6606
research@ofrf.org

Rodale Institute
611 Siegfriedale Road
Kutztown, PA 19530
610-683-1487
610-683-9175 (fax)
rhartmn@rodaleinst.org
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org

Seed Savers Exchange 
John Torgrimson
3076 N. Winn Road
Decorah, IA 52101
www.seedsavers.org

Sierra Club
85 Second St.
Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
415-977-5500
415-977-5799 (fax)
www.sierraclub.org

Small Farms Program
USDA/CSREES
Stop 2220
868 Aerospace Center
901 D St. S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-2220
800-583-3071
202-401-5179 (fax)
ssureshwaran@nifa.usda.gov
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/familysmallfarms.cfm

Soil and Water Conservation Society
7515 N.E. Ankeny Road
Ankeny, IA 50021-9764
800-843-7645
515-289-1227 (fax)
swc@swcs.org 
www.swcs.org

Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Ferd Hoefner
110 Maryland Ave., NE Box 28
Washington, D.C. 20002
202-547-5754
202-547-1837 (fax)
fhoefner@msawg.org

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Andy Clark, Communications Director
1122 Patapsco Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-6715
(301) 405-2689
(301) 405-7711 (fax)
coordinator@sare.org
www.sare.org

Sustainable Farming Connection
Craig Cramer
1769 Ellis Hollow Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
610-791-9683
cdcramer@clarityconnect.com
metalab.unc.edu/farming-connection

World Wildlife Fund
1250 Twenty-Fourth St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
202-293-4800
www.wwf.org/index.html