Home Local Contacts Menu Alternative Farming Systems Information Center Sustainable Farming Connection Where farmers find and share information. USDA/NAL/ICB/AFSIC, Room 304 10301 Baltimore Ave. Beltsville MD 20705-2351 Website: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/ Phone: 301-504-6422 fax: 301-504-6409 E-mail: afsic@nal.usda.gov Contact: Jane Gates The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) is one of several topic-oriented information centers at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). The Library, located in Beltsville, Maryland, is the foremost agricultural library in the world, and is one of four U.S. national libraries along with the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Library of Education. AFSIC is supported, in part, by USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. AFSIC specializes in locating and accessing information related to alternative cropping systems including sustainable, organic, low-input, biodynamic, and regenerative agriculture. AFSIC also focuses on alternative crops, new uses for traditional crops, and crops grown for industrial production. Top of Page Home Local Contacts Menu Alternative Farming Systems Information Center ©1999 Committee for Sustainable Farm Publishing Please read about our usage permission policyand disclaimer. Send comments, suggestions and questions to the site author: Craig Cramer cdcramer@clarityconnect.com Coded using HoTMetaL Pro 3.0. Best viewed in Netscape 3.0 or later. Please see our credits page for more information. http://metalab.unc.edu/farming-connection/localcon/groups/afsic.htm