Links on food, farming, gardens, sustainability, diet, etc.
Make sure to check Mission Statements, "About Us," "What We Do," etc.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Services Site
Wilson Farms, a Local Community Farm (Lexington, MA)
Center for Ecoliteracy - includes very rich "Resources" page with many links, & many excellent essays.
Schumacher College - International Center for Ecological Studies
Center for Food and Justice - supports National Farm to School Project, among other projects.
Alice Waters' Chez Panisse Foundation - includes link to Edible Schoolyard Project.
Berkeley United School District
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
Center for Food Safety - lots of good stuff here; D.C. - based advocacy organization.
Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network - self-described "grassroots organization" based in Washington State.
Southern Foodways Alliance - an affiliated institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture with headquarters at the University of Mississippi; it promotes regional culture and food.
Nutrition and Obesity - a page of excellent links, sponsored by the University of Baltimore's Obesity Research Initiative.
Fact Sheet on Genetically Modified (GM) Crops in the U.S.
Links to Recent Reports on Farm-Scale Studies in the U.K. - This page is in the Defra website. This site, sponsored by the British Ministry with oversight for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, contains a wealth of info and links.
Solar Oven Society - describes a fascinating cooking technology geared for developing nations.
Fair Trade Federation - American federation promoting fair trade.
Fair Trade - U.K. federation promoting fair trade.
Global Exchange - fair trade is part of this organization's wider focus on fairness in the global economy.
Equal Exchange - an exemplary local fair trade coffee company.
Students for Labor Justice - Students for Labor Justice, which is focusing on Fair Traded Coffee this semester.
On genetically modified (GM) crops - a recent British study describes a "superweed" created by an unexpected cross-fertilization of a GM crop and a weed.
GM crops: Time to choose - A 2003 "debate" on GM crops in the journal Nature.
On Sous-Vide cookery (new slow cooking technology)
News report on a study of the benefits of organic farming
Food and Mood - link to an audio interview from The Infinite Mind (NPR) with Drs. Richard and Judith Wurtman of MIT; they are researching the relationship between carbohydrates and mood.
Appetite and Attitude - an article about Dr. Judith Wurtman's work on carbohydrates and mood.
Strawberry smell trademark denied - A French company fails in its attempt to trademark the smell of fresh strawberries.
Cows make fuel for biogas train - The new train in Sweden that runs on the biogas produced by the entrails of cows killed in abattoirs.