State & Federal Resources

State Agencies

• California Dept. of Conservation: Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program: Data for use in assessing present status, reviewing trends, and planning for the future of state agricultural land.FMMP produces maps which are a hybrid of resource quality (soils) and land use information.
• California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA): Multiple programs providing regulation and information regarding environmental and public health issues
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System: Databases of environmental information: oceans, land use, wetlands, environmental education
• California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (CDFA): Multiple programs including detection of exotic pests and diseases, food safety and licensing of agricultural service providers
  • CDFA: Directory of Licensed Nurseries: This directory lists all the licensed nurseries and nursery stock dealers in California, searchable by name, county, city and/or type of stock
    
    
• California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR): Regulation pesticide sales and use
  • CDPR: County Agricultural Commissioners
• California Dept. of Water Resources: Multiple programs involved in management of state water resources
• California Watershed Portal: Information and data regarding watershed activities

Federal Agencies

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Chief agricultural and food safety research agency of the US government. USDA ARS provides information in crop production, sustainable agriculture and food safety, specific research sites and projects. News and events provides updates on current findings.
  • USDA ARS:National Agricultural Library: One of four national libraries, with locations in Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C., it houses an extensive, searchable database of agricultural information (NAL Catalog: AGRICOLA)
  • USDA ARS: National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) and Clonal Germplasm Repositories: A cooperative effort by public and private organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants. This website provides links to 32 separate Repository Home Pages for plant germplasm collections, including collections for various fruit and nut commodities
  • USDA ARS: Salinity Laboratory: Information pertaining to agriculture on salt-affected land
  • USDA ARS: Tree Fruit Research Laboratory: Wenatchee, Washington: Research facility addressing Various aspects of tree fruit production
    
    
• USDA: Current Research Information System (CRIS): Documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research and education projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry
• National Agricultural Statistics Service: A comprehensive statistical service pertaining to U.S. agriculture. Provides databases of acreage, chemical use, faciities, etc. by commodity, grown in the U.S.
• US National Arboretum, Washington, DC: Horticultural information, gardening Q&A, events, USDS coldhardiness map link

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Chief agricultural and food safety research agency of the US government. USDA ARS provides information in crop production, sustainable agriculture and food safety, specific research sites and projects. News and events provides updates on current findings.
  • USDA ARS:National Agricultural Library: One of four national libraries, with locations in Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C., it houses an extensive, searchable database of agricultural information (NAL Catalog: AGRICOLA)
  • USDA ARS: National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) and Clonal Germplasm Repositories: A cooperative effort by public and private organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants. This website provides links to 32 separate Repository Home Pages for plant germplasm collections, including collections for various fruit and nut commodities
  • USDA ARS: Salinity Laboratory: Information pertaining to agriculture on salt-affected land
  • USDA ARS: Tree Fruit Research Laboratory: Wenatchee, Washington: Research facility addressing Various aspects of tree fruit production
    
    
• USDA: Current Research Information System (CRIS): Documentation and reporting system for research and education projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry
• National Agricultural Statistics Service: A statistical service pertaining to U.S. agriculture: databases of acreage, chemical use and facilities by commodity
• US National Arboretum, Horticultural information, gardening Q&A, coldhardiness map link