Our Favorite Links . . .
Gardening Information and Related Resources
Area Planting Calendar for Travis County
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/agext/garden/veggies/planting/default.asp
Find out what vegetables to plant when. Put together by the Agricultural Extension
Service.
Austin/San Antonio - National Weather Service
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/default.html
Local weather, including monthly temperature and precipitation data.
Bountiful Gardens
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/growbiointensive.html
A source of open-pollinated seeds for vegetables, compost crops, herbs,
and more. Many biointensively-grown varieties and dozens of publications.
Ecology Action
http://www.growbiointensive.org/
Biointensive gardening and mini-farming, Ecology Action research garden, double-dug raised
beds, Biointensive methods, workshops, tours and teacher training, sustainable
vegetable gardening, how to grow more vegetables, worldwide soil loss, soil
conservation.
Edible Austin
http://www.edibleaustin.net/
A community-based quarterly publication that promotes the abundance of local foods, season by season. Their mission is to transform the way our community shops for, cooks, eats and relates to the food that is grown and produced in and around Austin and the Central Texas Hill Country.
The Environmental Magazine
http://www.emagazine.com
Full of information on issues from the latest hot topics to lifestyle tips,
industry, consumer-product updates and more.
Homegrown Texas
http://www.homegrowntexas.com/
A magazine and store, both online and off, tailored to organic growing in Texas.
Good information for the South.
KVUE Weather Doppler Radar in Motion
http://www.kvue.com/weather/doppler4.html
Get a daily weather forecast for the metro area and see the projected
weather for the week. Local and regional Doppler in motion.
Seattle Tilth Association
http://www.seattletilth.org/
Organic gardening, urban ecology, composting, recycling
Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/
Membership organization. Members exchange open-pollinated seed, promoting genetic
diversity. With a handful of seed companies owning most of the world's seed
production, this organization is providing a vital and exceptional service.
Related Local Organizations
Austin Organic Gardeners
http://www.main.org/aog/
One of the oldest (50+ years) still thriving organic gardeners clubs in America.
Boggy Creek Farm
http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/
Boggy Creek is our local TDA-Certified Organic Market Farm and big supporters
of GCP.
Natural Gardener Organic Gardening Headquarters
http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/
John Dromgoole hosts an organic gardening show every Saturday and Sunday morning
on KLBJ AM, related information on this site.
Sustainable Food Center
http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/
Sustainable Food Center (SFC) believes that every person deserves access to fresh, nourishing food. By promoting a vibrant and sustainable local Food System and teaching children and adults about eating healthfully, SFC provides long-term solutions to hunger and diet-related diseases.
TreeFolks
http://www.treefolks.org
A nonprofit organization located in Austin with similar goals to GCP, focusing
on fruit and nut trees and on general urban forest restoration.
Additional Resources
American Farmland Trust
http://www.farmland.org
AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices
that lead to a healthy environment.
Cities Feeding People
http://www.idrc.ca/cfp/index_e.html
Urban agriculture initiative at Canada's International Development Research
Canter.
City Farmer
http://www.cityfarmer.org
Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org
This is a good site for keeping up with sustainable development, internationally.
Bioneers
http://www.bioneers.org
Visionary and practical solutions for restoring the Earth.
Web Accessibility Information
AIR-Austin Link
http://www.knowbility.org/AIR-Austin
The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR-Austin) is an annual one-day web site
competition that provides professional web developers with the opportunity to
learn from experts about emerging federal mandates for Web accessibility and
how to create fully accessible online information. This web site was created
during the 2001 competition.
Knowbility Link
http://www.knowbility.org/
Knowbility promotes barrier free Information Technology - creating greater access
to I.T. Opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities.
Contact Us
Green Corn Project
P.O. Box 49468
Austin, Texas 78765
512-249-3171
greencornproject@usa.net
