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WEBSITES

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Marketing Standards for Grass Fed Forage Livestock 

Pasture Based Dairies in Missouri

TheSocial Implications of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing: An Annotated Bibliography
 is now available on the web at:http://www.cias.wisc.edu/bibliog2.php
The bibliography presents:
         * a comprehensive literature review of social issues of managed grazing, including a summary and analysis of future research needs.
         * Over 100 abstracts covering economic, social, and general  reports on grazing. Links to full web documents provided.
         * More than 30 abstracts covering the agronomic, environmental, human nutrition, and grazing "how-to" literature.
         * Additional information sources are also identified.

Eatwild.com
Jo Robinson explains why grass fed meat is healthier for animals, farmers, environment, & consumers. Helpful for consumers & farmers. Farms can be listed on the site.

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Web Site
Click on publications. Notable items here are: Dairy Farmer Profitability using Rotational Grazing Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring Pasture condition Score Sheet Prescribed Grazing and Feeding Management for Lactating Dairy Cows

Northeast Grazing Guide Web site
Lots of stuff here. UMCE's Online Pasture Home Study Course, Research reports, Grazing links, Extension resources

University of Maine Livestock Page
Extension publications, NRAES Publications, On Line Pasture Home Study Course, Livestock links

UMCE Livestock Publications

UMCE Equine Web Page  Equine Fact Sheets, Poisonous Plants

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)  Click on publications.

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service  Click Livestock, then Grass Farming

DISCUSSION LISTS

Grazersedge: grazersedge-subscribe@onelist.com

Grassfedbeef: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grassfedbeef

Graze-l: Graze-l@witt.ac.nz; http://graze-l.witt.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/graze-l

BOOKS

Grass Productivity Andre Voisin

Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence Bill Murphy

Salad Bar Beef Joel Salatin

Pastured Poultry Profits Joel Salatin

Pasture Profits with Stocker Cattle Allan Nation

Know Your Fats Mary Enig

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Weston A Price

Cholesterol Myths Uffe Ravnskov

Diet and Heart Disease Stephen Byrnes

Nourishing Traditions Sally Fallon

Moving ’Em: A Guide to Low Stress Animal Handling Burt Smith

PERIODICALS

Graze

Stockman Grass Farmer

Wise Traditions Weston A Price Foundation

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