selected research resources

While this list is by no means comprehensive, we have assembled these useful online materials for others to learn more about small local agriculture and the history of agriculture in the United States and Central Illinois.

Central Illinois Buy Fresh Buy Local http://www.buyfreshbuylocalcentralillinois.org/

University of Illinois Extension http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state/programs.php

WILL Agriculture http://will.illinois.edu/agriculture

Champaign County Farm Bureau http://www.ccfarmbureau.com/

IDNC Farm, Field and Fireside Collection http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois

Illinois State Museum Audi0-Video Barn http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us/

USDA National Agricultural Library Organic Roots Collection http://organicroots.nal.usda.gov/orc/home.xhtml

Core Historical Literature of Agriculture http://chla.mannlib.cornell.edu/

USDA Agriculture Counts http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Illinois/Publications/

USDA Census of Agriculture http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/

USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/

Agriculture in the Classroom Timeline of Farm Technology https://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farm_tech.htm