The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is an American organization headquartered in Butte, Montana, that is dedicated to

appropriate technology Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and loca ...

and sustainability. Projects specifically deal with sustainable energy,

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and food, sustainable living, farm energy, and

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. The center was created in 1976 by the merger of several energy conservation programs started after the 1973 oil crisis. It carries out projects within the

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, especially in poor

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descr ...

s. It has regional offices in Davis, California; Fayetteville, Arkansas; San Antonio, Texas; Jackson, Mississippi; and Keene, New Hampshire. Its headquarters is located in the former Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital, which is listed on the U.S.

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ATTRA

Since the farm crisis in the 1980s, NCAT has operated ATTRA
attra.ncat.org
, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. The program goal is to provide technical assistance to farmers throughout the nation in succeeding with sustainable, organic and

regenerative agriculture Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, ...

. The roughly two dozen specialists can assist farmers in everything from pest management and crop selection to farm business planning and marketing. Around 500 publications are available for download on the ATTRA website and the vast majority of them are free. They are based in the latest scientific research and are constantly updated. The website is also home to numerous tutorials, webinars and short videos. ATTRA was originally an acronym for "Appropriate

Technology Transfer Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...

for Rural Areas" which has since fallen out of use and is just "ATTRA".

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Official site
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ATTRA

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