Agriculture/Tourism/Forestry/Mining

Agencies and Organizations

• Michigan Department of Agriculture
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources: Forests, Land, and Water
• Michigan USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Rural Heritage Program
• Travel Michigan

Publications

• Agricultural Data: Michigan Agricultural Statistical Service and the U.S. Census of Agriculture*
• America's Private Land, A Geography of Hope
• The New Entrepreneurial Agriculture

White Papers

• Counties Establish PDR Programs*
• Funder's Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
  • Agricultural Sustainability and Smart Growth: Saving Urban Influenced Farmland
• The Interrelationship Between Land Use Trends and Michigan Agriculture Policy and Effects of These on Sustainable Agriculture in Michigan*
• MSU Faculty Perspectives
  • Agricultural Profitability in a Global Economy
  • Bringing Communities into Agriculture—Local Food and Farming Systems