Sustainable Food Resources
Chris Dolezalek
Bay Area Local and,or Organic Restaurant Links:
Bay Area Vegetarians (http://www.bayareaveg.org) is a San Francisco Bay Area wide group for
vegan, vegetarian and animal rights folks to connect and find support with
like-minded folks, while our activities & events encourage and educate the
community on the benefits of a plant-based diet. We are a 100% volunteer, no
fees, plant-powered organization with over 4,000 members throughout the Bay
Area and beyond.
Can
CCFO (http://www.ccof.org/) Organic Certification, Trade
Association, Education & Outreach, Politcal Advocacy. CCOF promotes and
supports organic food and agriculture through a premier organic certification
program, trade support, producer
and consumer education and political
advocacy. From apples to zucchini, from almonds to wine, CCOF is involved
in every facet of organics, with over 750 different organic crops and products,
including livestock, processed products and services.
Center for Informed Food Choices (informedeating.org) advocates a diet based on whole, unprocessed, local, organically grown plant foods; its Web site contains a useful F.A.Q. page about food politics and eating well, as well as an archive of relevant articles.
Communities:
3greencommunities (http://environment.meetup.com/340/)
The Communities of Los Gatos/Monte Sereno,
Communities:
Communities: Food Near CNET Network (http://cnetfood.ning.com/)
Communities: Food Shed Network (http://foodshed.ning.com/) A Facebook/MySpace-like social network for people who care about where their food comes from - and for those who grow it, distribute it, prepare it, and sell it . . . within the local
Communities: Going Green (http://green.meetup.com/224/) A Community fostering Greener SOLUTIONS Through Innovation, Investing, and Industry Experts, investors, and entrepreneurs meet to provide innovation & insight into the cutting edge green areas.
Communities: Power of the Heart (http://poweroftheheart.ning.com/) This site is about possibilities. It’s about compassion, action, and change. It’s about empowering people to make a difference.
Communities:
Communities:
Communities: Sustainable Food (http://sustainablefood.ning.com/) Growing 100 M tons of corn to burn for ethanol creates ecological suicide as it drains trillions of gallons of non-replenishable groundwater, spikes food and fuel prices, decimates food exports and threatens millions with starvation.
Cool Eatz (http://www.cooleatz.com) CoolEatz makes a
difference by using food and wine raised, harvested, and produced sustainably and regionally.
Eating Sustainably (http://www.globalcommunity.org/vhd/eatsusbay.pdf)
Here in the
Eat Local (http://environment.about.com/od/greenlivingdesign/a/locally_grown.htm)
About.com: Environmental Issues: “How Does Eating
Locally Grown Food Help the Environment?”
See also, www.newdream.org/consumer/farmersmarkets.php">
Center for a New American Dream
Eat Local Challenge (http://www.eatlocal.net/)
Eat Well (eatwellguide.org) is an online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs. Enter your ZIP Code to find healthful, humane and eco-friendly products from farms, stores and restaurants in your area.
Eat Wild (eatwild.com) lists local suppliers for grass-fed meat and dairy products.
Ecology Action
(http://www.growbiointensive.org/)
A sustainable solution for growing food. Aware of
intensifying world challenges and the basic need of people to feed themselves,
we have developed a small-scale agricultural system — GROW BIOINTENSIVE®
Sustainable Mini-Farming — that nurtures soil, produces high yields, conserves
resources and can be used successfully by almost everyone. Our goal is to help
this system be known and used locally — on a worldwide scale.
Farm Fresh to You (http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php)
where food comes from and how it was grown, Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) is becoming a popular alternative for getting high quality food from a
trusted local farm.
My Organic Day (http://myorganicday.com/)
Explore San Francisco Bay Areas hot spots for organic and sustainable living
edible
Fresh As It Gets (http://www.freshasitgets.com)
Farmers in developing world hurt by 'eat local' philosophy in
Farmers & Flea Markets (http://www.sfgate.com/food/farmersmarkets/) SFGate’s List
Food First (http://www.foodfirst.rog) The Institute for
Food and Development Policy/Food First shapes how people think by
analyzing the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation
and developing solutions in partnership with movements working for social
change.
Food Routes (foodroutes.org) is a national nonprofit
dedicated to “reintroducing Americans to their food — the seeds it grows from,
the farmers who produce it and the routes that carry it from the fields to our
tables.”
Games:
SimFarm for Windows (http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/simulations/games_s/simfarm_for_windows.html)
Tips, cheats, reviews, … (http://dobre-gry.het.pl/SimFarm,40.html)
Games: Local Food Economy Game (http://localfoodeconomygame.com/)
Green Store Zebra (http://www.thegreenzebra.org)
A coupon book, a directory, an educational resource, the 2008 Green Zebra
guides show you how to have fun living green in the Bay Area, while saving
thousands of dollars too.
Healthy World Organic Guide Books ( http://www.healthyworld.org/guides.html)
Heifer International (http://www.heifer.org/)
Heifer animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the
world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Children receive
nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income for school, health care and
better housing; communities go beyond meeting immediate needs to fulfilling
dreams. Farmers learn sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural
techniques.
Heritage Foods
Just Food (justfood.org) works to develop a just and
sustainable food system in the
KeepGreenGoing (http://keepgreengoing.com/) is a blog developed for anyone who wants to become more environmentally friendly. We enjoying researching the latest green news and passing that information on to you. With the overwhelming amount of “green marketing” taking place, it’s hard to know where to look for useful information.
Local Foods Wheel (http://www.localfoodswheel.com/)
Local Harvest (localharvest.org) offers a definitive and reliable nationwide directory of C.S.A.’s, farmers’ markets, family farms and other local food sources.
Locavores (locavores.com), based in
Omnivores Solution (http://www.theomnivoressolution.com) a journey in search of
creative solutions in the kitchen that balance the sustainability of our earth
and ourselves with a passion for taste and flavor.
Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org), The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
Organic Highways /
Organic List –
Organic Travel (http://organictravel.com)
guides for natural food markets, farmers markets, organic restaurants, organic
farms, wineries, natural attractions, pesticide-free parks, organic stores,
events, green lodging & more.
Seafood Watch (mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp) — a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources — offers a downloadable, pocket-sized, region-by-region guide to eco-friendly seafood.
Seed Quest ( http://seedquest.com/organic/printpublications/default.htm)
SF Bay Area Community (http://sfbaylocalfood.ning.com/) for people interested in eating organically and/or locally grown food in the San Francisco Bay Area
Sierra Club:
Slow Food
Sustain Lane
(http://www.sustainlane.com) We're a
group of people who are probably a lot like you. We care about living healthy
and full lives, and we are concerned about our future and that of our friends
and families as we become more aware of the growing issues surrounding the sustainability
of our communities and our planet.
Sustainable Table (sustainabletable.org) offers an introduction to the sustainable food movement and the issues surrounding it, plus resources for further investigation (the links for ‘Introduction to Sustainability’ and ‘The Issues’ are good places to start).
The U.S.D.A. Agricultural Marketing Service (ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets)
includes a state-by-state listing of farmers’ markets across the
True Food Network (http://www.truefoodnow.org), established in 2000 and now a
40,000 member network, is the grassroots network of the Center for Food Safety as a
means to engage non-farmers in the struggle against genetically engineered
crops dedicated to stopping the genetic engineering of our food, farms and
future, and working with others to create a socially just, democratic and
sustainable food system.
Tufts Food Awareness Program (http://www.tufts.edu/%7Eeco/tfap/tfap.html) is a program initiated, developed, and run by Tufts students, to educate the university community about environmentally and socially responsible food choices.
Underground Food Collective (undergroundfoodcollective.org) Home of Underground Catering, Madison WI
Vegetarian
Where does your food come from?
(http://www.foodroutes.org/)
Wine (organic and/or sustainable)
Links
- About.com: Organic Wines (http://wine.about.com/od/wineandhealth/a/Organicwines.htm)
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- Article: Organic & Sustainable Wine Production Expanding Rapidly in California (http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/wine012104.cfm)
- Article: Conventional versus Environmentally-Sensitive Wines: (http://www.scientificjournals.org/journals2008/articles/1343.pdf) The Status of Wine Production Strategies in California North Coast Counties
- Article: Biodynamic
Wine Making (http://ediblesanfrancisco.com/index.php/ESF-Feb/March-08/Issue-10/The-practicing-agnostic.html)
- Winery: Alma Rosa (http://www.almarosawinery.com/about/philosophy.html)Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards practices and promotes organic farming, sustainable agriculture, ecologically-responsible packaging, and green building. In addition it supports related earth-friendly causes such as the reintroduction of peregrine falcons to the Santa Ynez Valley and the international slow food movement.
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Winery: Bonny Doon Vineyard (http://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/)
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Winery: Pelican Ranch Winery (http://www.pelicanranch.com)
- Winery:
Roudon-Smith Winery (http://www.roudonsmith.com)
- Winery:
- Winery:
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Winery:
- Winery: Talley Vineyards (http://www.talleyvineyards.com) Fund for Vineyard and Farm Workers (http://www.talleyvineyards.com/talley_frame.fsp?aname=visittalleyvineyards&bSubSection=0&id=233549)
World Watch Institute (http://www.worldwatch.org/) The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization known around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues.
BOOKS & Lists on sustainable / organic food / living
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally” by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon
This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader,” by Joan Dye Gussow
Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating From America’s Farmers’ Markets, by Deborah Madison
Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods, by Gary Paul Nabhan
Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables by Farmer John Peterson and Angelic Organics.
Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm-Fresh Food, by Joel Salatin
The Habitat Garden Book :
Wildlife Landscaping for the San Francisco Bay Region, by Nancy
Bauer
The
Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control by Barbara W. Ellis and Fern Marshall
Bradley
ListMania (Amazon reader lists)
My
Favorite Green Living Books
Essential
California Native Plant Books
Becoming Organic
Books for fledgling organic gardeners
Real Food Read List
This reading list is for
people who love to eat real food and understand why it is so satisfying
Edible Gardens: Growing Vegetables & Fruits, Guides & Resources
Building A Sustainable Food System:
Susainable Eating in a World
Without Oil:
I've been busy this summer learning where food comes from and thinking about
the implications of Peak Oil. I'm trying to learn to live more
self-sufficiently now so infrastructure will be in place when we need it. This
means getting meat and veggies from a CSA, canning, freezing and drying food in
season, and learning to cook from more whole ingredients that I can grow myself
or buy locally
Slow Food Orange County Recommended
Reading
List of suggested books to members of the Slow Food OC Convivium
Seasonal, Mostly Vegetarian
Cookbooks for Budding Locavores
So you've signed up for a
farm share, hit the local farmer's market, and committed to cooking from
scratch and eating a mostly plant-based diet that's better for you and for the
planet. Congratulations! Now what do you do with all that kohlrabi? What the
heck is kohlrabi, anyway?
Edible Intrigue:
Eloquent explorations of our food habits and culture, guiding us toward a
future where what we eat is a valued expression of culture instead of a cheap
commodity.
KQED Farmers’ Market Resources
Find out more information about
(http://www.kqed.org/topics/home/cooking/farmers-markets.jsp)
About
Farmers' Markets Find out what it means to qualify as a
Bay Area Farmers' Market listings (sfgate.com)
Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org)
Why buy organic? (ecologycenter.org)
FAQ about organic farming (ofrf.org)
California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets (cafarmersmarkets.com)
The National Organic Program: Organic Food Standards and Labels (ams.usda.gov)
What is genetic
engineering? (ccof.org)
California Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (calsawg.org)
Exploring sustainability in agriculture (sare.org)
CUESA -- Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (ferryplazafarmersmarket.com)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (caff.org)
What is Slow Food?
(slowfood.com)