People Environment Economics Integration
Links for more information:
Conservation Tillage:
Conservation Technology Information Center - a nonprofit public-private partnership working to promote soil and water quality through affordable, integrated management solutions.
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/CTIC.html
Related Research:
Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases (CASMGS) - a consortium of nine universities and a national laboratory investigating the potential of agricultural soils to mitigate greenhouse gases
http://www.casmgs.colostate.edu/
Montanta State University - Carbon and Climate Change Projects - research on the economics of climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation
http://www.climate.montana.edu/index.html
NREL Agroecosystem Research Group - research at CSU examining how agricultural management affects agroecosystem biogeochemistry
http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/agecosys/
Non-Profits and Government Agencies:
Farm Service Agency (FSA-USDA) - information about the Conservation Reserve Program and other government conservation programs
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/crp.htm
Farmland Information Center - a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/