Web resources
Useful Websites links
http://www.albc-us.org American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect nearly 100 breeds of cattle, goats, horses, asses, sheep, swine and poultry from extinction.
http://www.attra.org ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, funded by the US Department of Agriculture, is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology. It provides information and other technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States. It offers production and marketing information in a broad range of topics.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/index.html Debbie Roos, Agricultural Agent with the Chatham County Cooperative Extension Office in Pittsboro, NC has developed a wonderful website focused on small farm and local farming issues. She keeps it updated and tied to her Extension education program and extension information networks.
http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org CFSA is a membership-based organization of more than 750 farmers, processors, gardeners, businesses and individuals in North and South Carolina who are committed to sustainable agriculture and the development of locally-based, organic food systems. It offers information about organic livestock production and marketing systems.
http://www.nunsuch.org/safesell.htm. Courtney Haase developed Nunsuch Dairy, a goat dairy and cheese production farm. She then moved on to establish theSmall Dairy Project (SDP), a tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3), which evaluates and disseminates knowledge to support sound management of small commercial dairy farms. The SDP defines a "small" commercial dairy farm as one which consists of a herd of not more than 50 dairy goats or the equivalent in fluid milk from lactating cows. The Project provides professional farmers who chose to operate at this scale access to knowledge and resources associated with more capital intensive enterprises. The Project offers support with pasteurizing equipment, pricing and production considerations.
from http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/. This is the site for the University of Wisconsin’s Program Logic Model.
State specific information on permits, licenses and regulations
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Licensing and permitting information
The main website for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture is:
http://www.ncagr.com/division.htm
Two divisions are of interest here in North Carolina:
The Marketing Division handles the administration of the “Egg Law”:
http://www.ncagr.com/markets/gradnreg/reglator/index.htm/
And the Veterinary Division is responsible for meat slaughter and processing requirements:
http://www.ncagr.com/vet/meat%5Fpoultry/
The information about a Meat Handlers License is found at:
http://www.ncagr.com/vet/meat%5Fpoultry/meathandlers.htm
South Carolina
Texas
USDA (Labels)
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. For example, it is the USDA agency responsible for setting labeling standards is the food Safety and Inspection Service . useful website for information that pertains to Federal guidelines on labels is at:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Label_Submission_Checklist/index.asp