Rodale Starts New Farm Database

The Rodale Institute has started a new database of farms at http://www.newfarm.org/farmlocator/index.php. Currently the database is sparsely populated so the site is inviting farms to add themselves to the database (getting listed in the database is free.) Searching options include product category, marketing method, state, and county. A search for farms in Oklahoma found three results, including the intriguingly-named Mushroom Planet in Tulsa.

Search results include only farmer name, farm name, city, county, and state, but if you click on the farmer name you get a popup window with additional information about the farm, including farm address, descriptions, what's grown, and where that farm sells its products. Information available varies a lot. Mushroom Planet didn't have a lot of information, but The Redbird Ranch had lots of information about its farm including a photograph.

In addition to the farm database, this site also contains the Organic Price Index (which is just what it sounds like -- a comparison of prices for organic goods) columnists, and a variety of farming news.

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