HELPFUL LINKS TO KEY WEB SITES

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For your convenience we have grouped some of the links in easy-to-reference categories:

• Agriculture Links
• Agriculture Related Businesses
• Education
• Conservation and Environment
• Libraries– Reference
• Long Island Tourism and Other Information
• USDA Fruit & Vegetable Information

Agriculture Industry Organizations

• New York Wine & Grape Foundation – http://www.nywine.com
• American Farmland Trust  -- http://www.farmland.org/
• American Society of Agronomy -- http://www.agronomy.org/
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. -- http://www.fao.org/
• National Future Farmers of America -- http://www.agriculture.com/contents/FFA/index.html
• National 4-H Council -- http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/
• USDA Rural Development -- http://www.rurdev.usda.gov
• New York Seafood Council -- http://www.nyseafood.org/ 
• Land Trust Alliance -- http://www.lta.org
• Just Food -- www.justfood.org

Governmental Agencies

• United States Congress -- http://www.house.gov/ 
• United States Senate -- http://www.senate.gov/
• New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation -- http://www.dec.state.ny.us/
• New York State Senate --  http://www.senate.state.ny.us
• New York State Assembly -- http://www.assembly.state.ny.us
• Suffolk County Legislature -- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/legis/

Long Island Agriculture-related Organizations

• Long Island Wine Council – www.liwines.com

Agricultural Publications

• Farm Journal Today -- http://www.agweb.com/

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Agriculture Related Businesses

• Legal Issues in Agriculture – www.aglaw.com

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Focus on Education

• Cornell Cooperative Extension - www.cce.cornell.edu/Suffolk

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Conservation and Environment

• Cornell Center for Environment – www.cfe.cornell.edu
• USDA National Resource Conservation Service – www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov
• Soil & Water Conservation Society – www.swcs.org
• Suffolk County Water Authority - http://www.scwa.com/environment/fertilizer.cfm.
• Suffolk County Farmland Preservation -www.co.suffolk.ny.us/webtemp3.cfm?dept=11&id=369
• Peconic Land Trust - www.peconiclandtrust.org 
• NACD- National Assocation of Conservation Districts -http://www.nacdnet.org/index.htm
• Suffolk County Soil & Water Conservation District - http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/webtemp3.cfm?dept=18&ID=441

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Libraries – Reference

• Library of Congress – www.loc.gov
• Nassau Library System – www.516web.com/library/naslibsy.htm
• National Ag Library – www.nal.usda.gov
• Smithsonian Institution – www.si.edu
• Suffolk Library System – www.suffolk.lib.ny.us

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Long Island – Tourism and Other Information

• Hamptons Online – www.hamptons.com
• Long Island Global Link – www.liglobal.com
• Long Island Leisure – www.lileisure.com
• North Fork Magazine – www.northfork.com
• North Fork Promotion Council – www.northfork.com/nfpc
• Wine and Vineyards - http://www.liwines.com
• LongIsland.com - www.LongIsland.com

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USDA Fruit & Vegetable Information

• Market News Office at Benton Harbor, MI -- www.ams.usda.gov/marketnews.htm
• Weekly Shipments by Commodity (issued every Tuesday am) -- www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/weekship.htm
• National Shipping Point Trends (issued every Tuesday pm) -- www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/shiptren.htm
• Daily FOB Shipping Point Prices – Vegetables, Onions and Potatoes -- www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/shiptren.htm

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