We are now featuring four kinds of Southern SAWG resources.
Through time, more new resources will be added to our website and some materials developed earlier will be made available again.
DVDs and CD-ROM: Virtual Farm Tours
Southern SAWG's video series titled Natural Farming Systems in the South provides an easy, economical way to take a virtual tour of some highly successful farming operations in the region. These broadcast-quality videos focus on featured farmers who relate in detailed, plain-spoken terms the whole farming system and each component unique to their particular operation.
Videos in the series include:
* two small-scale organic vegetable farms
* a farm practicing management intensive grazing of beef cattle
* a pastured turkey operation
* a fresh cut flower production and marketing farm
* a family farm involved in meat goat production
* pastured broiler production on a limited budget
* artisan cheese production and marketing
* pasture-based dairy farming
* diverse marketing avenues for large quantities of produce
Our interactive CD-ROM features North Carolina farmer and educator leading a photo-laden tour through thirteen topics that range from soil-building through marketing and record-keeping and grounded in how the information is implemented on his vegetable and cut-flower farm.
Each of these broadcast-quality videos in DVD format or the CD-ROM can be purchased for $15.00 plus shipping and handling.
Video Teaching Guides:
To enhance the educational value of Southern SAWG's Natural Farming Systems in the South video series, we are producing a teaching guide to accompany each video. The video guides flesh out the core elements of the farming systems. These video guides, with the accompanying broadcast-quality videos, are designed to be used by individual farmers or by educators in classroom or conference settings. You can download the printable teaching guides directly from this site.
Colleague Organizations:
Probably the most important resources that Southern SAWG can share are the many colleague organizations, both in the South and elsewhere, that share our goal of creating a just and sustainable food system. Here we provide brief descriptions and links to dozens of organizations.
If your organization is not listed but should be, please contact us via email. Thanks!
Abstracts from Posters displayed at Southern SAWG Conference Jan, 2011:
Research projects and results on topics relevant to sustainable agriculture were presented on posters at the January, 2011 Southern SAWG Conference. Abstracts of these posters, including author contact information, are available here as PDF downloads.