January 12, 2009

box of food links


(photo of the excellent book fatal harvest, from the chapter where they talk about CSAs)

i find myself getting more and more into food/farm books/issues. here are some good links i've come across lately:

civil eats "promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities." (i also love their logo.
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local harvest is a great place to find sustainable farms and CSAs near you.

organic consumers association is a politically-focused site that posts great articles (from various sources). their millions against monsanto page is super informative and important. you can watch the documentary, the world according to monsanto here. i have only watched part of it, but that part was chilling and infuriating.

and finally, some action! if you are interested in getting america to move toward a more sustainable agriculture, you can sign a petition to get some good folks in beneath the agriculture secretary: food democracy now's sustainable dozen.

(cross-posted on mecozy)

5 comments:

Pecos Blue said...

I will check them out.

Melissa said...

Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" is a really fun read and is great about gaining some knowledge about eating more locally and sustainable. Same with Gary Paul Nabhan's book "Coming Home to Eat". I have lots of links to other food issue pages on my blog you might want to check out!

http://melissasorganickitchen.blogspot.com

Kerstin Svendsen said...

thanks for your comments.
i will check out your blog melissa. i actually reviewed animal, veg, miracle here a while back. it is great. also loved plenty and of course the omnivore's dilemma. stolen harvest is a huge and great book i borrowed from the library. haven't read the whole thing yet though. the come to the table slow food nation book on california farms is great, esp. for californians...
cheers!

lisa solomon said...

great links shash - thanks for posting them!

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