Links
Genetic Preservation and Sustainable Agriculture
Southern Seed LegacyThe mission of this website is to educate people on the various projects being undertaken to conserve the southern legacy of seeds and knowledge.
Save Our Seed Project
The Save Our Seed Project: Working with southeast farmers and extension agents in the production of organic and heirloom seed
Virginia Plant Savers
The mission of the Virginia Plant Savers to protect native medicinal plants of Virginia and their native habitat while ensuring and promoting the renewable supply of medicinal plants through education, research, and the promotion and construction of medicinal plant sanctuaries.
Regional Seed Companies Specializing in Genetic Preservation
Garden Medicinals and CulinariesGarden Medicinals specializes in seeds and plants of medicinal and culinary herbs, trees, and shrubs. Additional offerings include heirloom vegetables, and ethnic and heirloom flower seed. All seeds are open-pollinated, non-gmo varieties, many grown organically. Offers a line of seed-saving supplies.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Specializes in open-pollinated, non-gmo, heirloom and traditional varieties, especially those adapted to the Mid-Atlantic and South. Offers many organically certified varieties. Offers some varieties in bulk quantities.
Educational Resources
Cornell Department of Plant Pathology Vegetable MD OnlineThis site is an excellent resource for extensive descriptions and excellent photos of plant diseases. Though not oriented for organic growers, there are many other valuable information resources here that are not to be missed.
Beneficial Insects
The Beneficial Insect CompanySupplies beneficial insects such as green lacewing larvae, fly parasites, ladybugs, beneficial nematodes, praying mantids, whitefly predators and parasites, beneficial nematodes, yellow sticky traps, and milky spore.
Symbiont Biological Pest Management Company
Symbiont Biological Pest Management Company specializes in utilizing naturally occurring, beneficial insects to control pest insects and weeds in a variety of situations.
Seed Processing Equipment
Pleasant Hill Grain sells a fruit and apple cider grinder/press that can be used for grinding tomatoes, peppers and eggplant into pulp which is then processed to extract the seed. Can also be used for other wet-processed seed crops that have a small seed size (less than one-eighth inch in diameter). Only the grinder portion is needed to macerate the fruit for processing.Laboratory and Testing Services
Soil Foodweb Inc.This company provides laboratory services that measure the quality and quantity of organisms in your soil. Also offers other other resources to grow healthier plants.
Updated Hardiness Zone Map and Global Warming
2006 ArborDay.org Hardiness Zone MapThis animation illustrates the general warming that has occurred from 1990 to 2006. After the page loads, click the play button to see how the hardiness zones have changed.
