Advances in New Crops 
Proceedings of the First National Symposium of the Center for new crops and plant products of the Purdue University which focuses on research, development, and economics.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-toc.html
Agronomy Program 
Plans and conducts applied research and extension programs on forages and sugar cane for the mineral (sandy) and adjacent (organic) soils of Florida's cattle and sugar cane production areas at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center of the Uni
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/agro/
Alternative Field Crops Manual 
Detailed information on the production of a number of agronomic crops adapted to the upper Midwestern U.S., from adzuki bean to wild rice.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/index.html
Badgersett Research Corporation 
Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as staple crops, sale of seedlings and nuts. Minnesota.
http://www.badgersett.com/
Catholic Educator's Resource Center: Population 
Food is more abundant and cheaper today than ever before in history due to a dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0025.html
CropReference 
Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops for food, timber, shade, soil improvement.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropReference/crop_reference.html
Edible Landscape Nursery Catalog 
Information about plants (many obscure) that are available from ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization, a Christian non-profit group that is battling world hunger).
http://www.echonet.org/eln&herbs/nurserycatalog.htm
Famine Foods 
A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as crops but are consumed in times of famine.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_home.html
Kentucky American Seeds 
Information on soybeans, wheat, grasses, corn, specialty crops, legumes, seed treatments and seed conditioning.
http://www.kentuckyamerican.com
Lost Crops of the Incas 
An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation.
http://books.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/index.html
Monsanto India 
Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically enhanced seeds in a number of languages.
http://www.monsantoindia.com/
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) 
Focused on preserving the genetic diversity of plants by acquiring, preserving, evaluating, documenting and distributing crop germplasms to research scientists. Includes general information on NPGS and Germplasm Resources Information Network. Contents inc
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
PlantFacts - Ohio State University 
Searches over 20,000 pages of horticulture and crop science info from over 40 academic and government institutions departments in the U.S. by keyword and region..
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/
Rothamsted Research 
Conducts basic, strategic and applied research in biological and related sciences, integrating these to optimise crop production systems.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html
The ProBiotech Web Site 
An analysis of the development and benefits of biotechnology in agriculture. UK.
http://www.probiotech.fsnet.co.uk
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