Green Leaf Web Links
US National Agricultural Library, the largest agricultural library in the world, has recently opened a Web gateway to its AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) database.
Plantlink uses the USDA's list of 85,000 plant genus/species names to guide you in searching for web sites which refer to those species. You can search by common or scientific name.
ECHO - Educational Concerns for Hunger is a non-profit, Christian organization dedicated to the fight against world hunger. Their web site has excellent information for small scale tropical agriculture, including ECHO Development Notes in both Spanish and English, and a good selection of tropical food crop seeds.
Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University covers the search for new and unconventional food crops.
This site has the very useful booklet
"Legume Species as Leaf Vegetables" by Robert P. Barrett
Texas A & M operates this site with a great deal of information on vegetable production.
It includes a large collection of on-line agricultural and food clip art.
The State of the World's Children: Focus on Nutrition 1998 UNICEF
This is a recent UN study on children and nutrition, including several interesting statistical files. There are links to downloadable PDFs in a number of languages.
The Food Plant Solutions project addresses malnutrition through the use of readily available and local food sources. The group creates educational publications that help people understand the connection between plant selection and nutrition. They identity food plants that are potentially important for a country or region because they are suited to the environment, are high in nutrients, and grow with minimal inputs.
American Botanical Council This site covers the field of botanical medicine.
The Blonz Guide is an up to date nutrition information clearing house run by Dr. Blonz , a researcher and columnist covering food and nutrition.
Nutrition Action Healthletter presents strong, clear and up to date coverage of nutrition information. Very oriented towards trying to help Americans improve their diet.
"The Life Cycle of Plants," an informative overview of the life cycle that is common to almost all plants, posted on a floral sales site in United Kingdom.
International Development Research Centre is a large, well organized Canadian site dealing with international development issues.
The World Vegetable Center (previously known as the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center)
The most important vegetable research center in the world. Tons of information on vegetables. Centers in Taiwan and Tanzania.
Evergreen Seeds
A good source of gardening information especially for Asian vegetables
Food Plant Solutions
An Australian organization developing a global database with over 30,000 edible plants