Farming & Gardening
The Old Farmer's Almanac: Offers gardening advice, planting calendars, and weather forecasts.
University Extension Offices: Local extensions often have region-specific gardening advice.
National Wildlife Federation: Tell us how your yard or garden provides habitat and the National Wildlife Federation will recognize it as a Certified Wildlife Habitat.
Surfrider Foundation: Ocean Friendly Gardens is Surfrider's sustainable landscaping and education program that provides beautiful, inexpensive and natural solutions to reduce polluted runoff and support resilient coasts.
American Horticultural Society:Offers gardening resources, educational programs, and a plant finder tool.
Rodale Institute:Offers research and resources on organic farming and gardening.
Selectree: A comprehensive selection tool of tree information.
Dave Wilison Nursery: Largest industry-leading fruit, nut, and shade tree nursery in the nation.
Plant Good SeedsSells certified organic seeds for vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Their seeds are non-GMO, and include heirloom, rare, and original varieties.
Insects
Xerces Society:The Xerces Society is a science-based nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
Rincon-Vitova Insectaries:Producer and distributor of beneficial insects and other natural organisms for biological, organic pest control. Sole Distributor of d-vac insect monitoring.
Community Groups & Organization
Master Gardeners Program: The Extension Master Gardener program unites all of my passions – gardening, lifelong learning, and empowering people to help others. Working alongside Masters in the Horticultue.
California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG): With 22 chapters — not all in California — and members on every continent except Antarctica, we are the largest amateur fruit growing organization in the world.
Permies: Permaculture and homesteading community with forums, videos, podcasts, articles, and other resources. Come and join the discussion.
The Tropical Fruit Forum:Tropical Fruit Discussion. Feel free to talk about anything and everything related to tropical
GardenWeb:A community-driven platform with forums covering various gardening topics, from plant care to landscape design.
The Seed Savers Exchange:Dedicated to preserving and sharing heirloom seeds to ensure genetic diversity in plants.
Permaculture & Homesteading
Permaculture Research Institut:Provides information and resources on permaculture design and sustainable agriculture.
Mother Earth News:Covers a wide range of topics related to sustainable living, including gardening, homesteading, and renewable energy.
The Survival Podcast:Helping You Live the Life You Want, If Times Get Tough, Or Even If They Don't.
Wheaton Labs:A place for mad scientists to learn permaculture skills, experiment with permaculture concepts, and plot world domination!
The Permaculture Student:Learn Permaculture with teacher, plant breeder, seed saver, gardener, and author Matt Powers. Books, online courses, videos, & more.
The Wood DatabaseSearch different woods by characteristics.
Soil Regeneration
Soil Food Web School: Empowering individuals and organizations to regenerate the soils in their communities
Fungi Perfecti:Family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people.
Blue Sky Biochar:Promoting biochar in North America for sustainable food security, improved soil fertility, environment, and climate resilience
Wilson Biochar Associates:Sells the Ring of Fire Biochar Kiln for making biochar and using it onsite to improve soil in fields and forests while sequestering carbon.
