Sustainable Agriculture Resources

For growers (new, beginning, and experienced) and ag professionals

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESOURCES

• Ag Manager, Department of Agricultural Economics
• Extension Agronomy, Department of Agronomy
• Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology
• Finances and the Farm, Online Class, Department of Agricultural Economics
• Fresh Produce Safety, Extension
• Growing Growers Apprenticeship Program, Extension
• Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment (KCARE)
• Kansas Local Foods, Extension
• Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services, Extension
• Kansas Water Institute, Office of the President
• Office of Farm and Ranch Transition, Department of Agricultural Economics
• Rapid Response Center, Extension
• Soil Testing Lab, Department of Agronomy
• Urban Food Systems Initiative, K-State Olathe

BEGINNING FARMER

• Beginning Farmer Tutorials from ATTRA
• Beginning Farmers.org
• Farm Answers - USDA-NIFA clearinghouse for beginning farmer and rancher development program
• Farmer Veteran Coalition
• Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs
• KSU Office of Farm and Ranch Transition
• Market Gardening: A Start Up Guide (ATTRA)
• Mobile Advantage Recordkeeping Software (MARS) App (AgriLogic and USDA RMA partnership)
• Practical Tips for Beginning Farmers (SARE)
• USDA How to Start a Farm: Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

COVER CROPS

• Midwest Cover Crop Council (MCCC)
• National Cover Crop Survey Reports (2012-2025)
• SARE Ecosystem Services from Cover Crops Resources

ENTERPRISE BUDGET WORKSHEETS

• Enterprise Budgets for Diversified Farms: Tools for Understanding Your Bottom Line (SARE)
• Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Production Budget Decision Tool, Iowa State University Extension
• K-State Farm Budgets, includes Crop Budget Generator
• Compass Tools from University of Wisconsin-Madison

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

• Kansas Healthy Yards - Communities (horticulture resources)
• KCARE Livestock Watering Videos
• KCARE Training
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

FARM SYSTEMS

• Noble Research Institute
• Programs and Support for Small and Mid-Sized Farmers
• No-Till On The Plains
• The Land Institute

FOOD SAFETY & PRESERVATION

• KSU Rapid Response Center
• KSU On-Farm Produce Safety

FOOD SYSTEMS

• Kansas Local Foods
• KSU Urban Food Systems Initiative

FORESTRY/AGROFORESTRY

• Kansas Forest Service
• Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri

GENERAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INFORMATION

• Kansas Rural Center
• Kansas Farmers Union
• NCAT/ATTRA: Sustainable Agriculture
• SARE - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

INDUSTRIAL HEMP

• Kansas Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program
• Kansans for Hemp
• U.S. Hemp Roundtable
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Hemp Rules and Regulations
• USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Industrial Hemp Research

HIGH TUNNELS (HOOP HOUSES)

• High Tunnels.org
• High Tunnel Initiative, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

LEGAL

• Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services
• Farm Commons - legal resources for farmers, ranchers, and their service providers
• Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
• National Agricultural Law Center

MEAT PROCESSING

• Kansas Meat Processors Association
• Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
  • Mobile Slaughter and Processing

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

• ATTRA Organic Farming Guidance
• Central Plains Organic Farmers Cooperative
• eOrganic - a National Cooperative Extension Project
• Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) - a grant program from Organic Valley
• Marbleseed
• Organic Agronomy Training Service
• Organic Crop Inprovement Association
• Organic Farmers Association
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
• Organic Seed Alliance
• Rodale Institute
• SARE Organic Production Topic Room
• USDA Organic

SMALL RUMINANTS

• American Sheep Industry Association
• ATTRA Sheep and Goat Resources
• K-State Sheep and Meat Goat Research & Extension
• SARE Small Ruminant Toolbox

SOIL HEALTH

• Kansas Soil Health Alliance
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
  • farmers.gov Soil Health
• Soil Health Institute

URBAN AGRICULTURE

• KSU Urban Food Systems Initiative
• USDA Urban Growers