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Organic and Natural Products Resources List (Winter 06/07)
VIDEOS (to watch)
o Good Food, Good Business: New connections for
farms and markets
Available from- http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com
GUIDEBOOKS (to use)
o 2007 National Green Pages (by Co-op America)
- http://www.greenpages.org
o Sustainable Santa Fe: A Resource Guide -
http://www.earthcare.org
o Guide to Vegetarian Restaurants in the US and Canada
from the
Vegetarian Resource Group - http://www.vrg.org
o Greenopia: The urban dweller's guide to green
living - http://www.greenopia.com
BOOKS (to read)
Organics
and Food
o The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By
Michael Pollan
o Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
by Anna Lappe and Bryant
Terry
o Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappe and
Anna Lappe
o Organic, Inc.; Natural Foods and How They Grew
by Samuel Fromartz
o The Small-Mart Revolution: How local businesses are beating the global competition by
Michael shuman
o The Better World Shopping Guide: Every dollar makes a difference
by
Ellis Jones
o What to Eat: An aisle by aisle guide to savvy food choices and good eating
by Marion Nestle
o The Way We Eat: Why our food choices matter
by Peter Singer and
Jim Mason
o Harvest for Hope: A guide to mindful eating
by Jane Goodall, Gary
McAvoy, Gail Hudson
o The Organic Food Guide: How to shop smarter and eat healthier
by Steve Meyerowitz
o The End of Food: How the food industry is destroying our food
supply and what you can do about it by Thomas Pawlick
o Slow Food: The case for taste
by Carlo Petrini
Business and Life
o The Organic
Entrepreneur: Cultivating the conscious capitalist
by Maxine Hyndman
o Slow is
Beautiful: New visions of community, leisure and joie de vivre
by Cecile Andrews
o
Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability
by Greg Horn
o Capitalism
3.0: A Guide to reclaiming the commons
by Peter Barnes
o True to Yourself: Leading a
Values-based business
by Mark Albion
o Getting to Scale: Growing your business
without selling out
by Jill Bamburg
o Marketing That Matters: 10 practices to profit
your business and change the world by Chip Conley and Eric Friedman-Fishman
o Untapped:
creating value in underserved markets
by John Weiser, Michele Kahane, Steve Rochlin, Jessica
Landis
o The Better World Handbook: Small changes that make a big difference
by Ellis
Jones, Ross Haenfler, Brett Johnson
o Cheap: The real cost of the global trend for
bargains, discounts, and consumer choice by David Bosshart
o Affluenza: The
all-consuming epidemic
by John De Graff, David Wann, Thomas Naylor
o Naturally Clean:
The Seventh Generation guide to safe and healthy non-toxic cleaning by Jeffrey Hollender and Geoff
Davis, with Meika Hollender and Reed Doyle
o Green Living: The E magazine handbook for
living lightly on the earth
by the editors of E magazine
o Making Kind Choices:
Everyday ways to enhance your life through earth-and animal-friendly living by Ingrid Newkirk
Articles of Note (magazines and newspaper and online)
Making a
Profit and a Difference by Glenn Rifkin
(The New York Times, October 5, 2006 issue)
Setting the Record Straight by Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm
Moos from the Farm -
Stonyfield.com (October 2006 issue)
No Bar Code: The next revolution in food is just
around the corner
by Michael Pollan (Mother Jones, May/June 2006 issue)
Paradise
Sold: What are you buying when you buy organic
by Steve Shapin (The New Yorker, May 15, 2006
issue)
Doing Well by Doing Good: This thriving farmer-owned brand is revolutionizing the
food business by Brian Welch (Mother Earth News, Feb./March 2006)
Beyond Organic - Good
food is about more than standards: it's a state of mind by Joseph Hart (Utne, Jan./Feb. 2006
issue)
Web Sites (to visit)
Shopping
All Organic Links http://www.allorganiclinks.com
Alonovo: social values marketplace -
http://www.alvonovo.com
Co-op America - http://www.coopamerica.org
Eco Mall -
http://www.ecomall.com
Green Choices - http://www.greenchoices.org
Green Festivals -
http://www.greenfestivals.com
Green For Good - http://www.greenforgood.com
Green
Home - http://www.greenhome.com
The Green Pages - http://www.greenpages.com
The Groovy
Mind - http://www.thegroovymind.com
Organic Shopper - http://www.organicshopper.org
Organic Wine Company - http://www.theorganicwinecompany.com
Responsible shopper- http://www.responsibleshopper.org
Shop
Natural - http://www.shopnatural.com
Simple Living - http://www.simpleliving.com
Some Favorites -
Edible Santa Fe - http://www.ediblesantafe.com
Eden Foods - http://www.edenfoods.com
Frey Vineyard - http://www.freywine.com
Equal Exchange - http://www.equalexchange.com
Locals Care (Santa Fe, NM) -
http://www.locals-care.com
Organic Consumers Assn - http://www.organicconsumers.org
Living
Green - http://www.living-green.org
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy -
http://www.pharmaca.com
Publications -
The Green
Guide - http://www.thegreenguide.com
LOHAS - http://www.lohas.com
Natural Home
magazine - http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com
Root Stock (Organic Valley)
http://www.organicvalley.coop
Veg News - http://www.vegnews.com
Vegetarian Times -
http://www.vegtariantimes.com
Organizations -
Beyond Organic - http://www.beyondorganic.org
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) -
http://www.livingeconomies.org
Center for a New American Dream - http://www.newdream.org
(Newsletter - In Balance: live consciously, buy wisely, make a difference)
Children's Health Environmental Coalition - http://www.checnet.org
Dine Green -
http://www.dinegreen.com
Fair Trade Federation - http://www.fairtradefederation.org
Food Alliance - http://www.foodalliance.org
Food First -
http://www.foodfirst.org
Local Harvest (Farmers
Markets) - http://www.localharvest.org
Naturally Boulder -
http://www.naturallyboulderproducts.com
Organic Consumers Assn -
http://www.organicconsumers.org
Sustainable Table - http://www.sustainabletable.org
Trans
Fair- http://www.transfairusa.org
More Useful Organizations
(Source: Organic Times, Natural Food Merchandiser, Sept. 2006)
Organic Farming
Research Foundation
http://www.ofrf.org
Founded in 1990 by certified organic farmers, OFRF
has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants for research related to organic farming practices.
Results are disseminated to farmers interested in adopting organic production systems. OFRF also
works to ensure that the public and policymakers are educated about complex organic issues.
Organic Trade Association
http://www.ota.com
Established in 1985, OTA offers resources
to members, press and the public on its Web site, including a database of organic manufacturers,
suppliers, consultants and other industry sectors. OTA also funds market research studies on the
growth of the organic marketplace and acts as a voice for the North American organic industry
throughout the world.
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
http://www.ifoam.org
IFOAM members constitute the full spectrum of international organic
stakeholders, including farmers, retailers and certification agencies. IFOAM is committed to the
highest principles of organic agriculture, and its Web site and conferences offer information on
international organic issues and trade.
Chefs Collaborative
http://www.chefscollaborative.org
Chefs Collaborative is a national network of more than
1,000 members of the food community who promote sustainable cuisine and local, seasonal and
artisanal cooking. The Collaborative provides tools for running economically healthy, sustainable
foodservice businesses and making environmentally sound purchasing decisions.
The Organic
Center
http://www.organic-center.org
Established by the OTA in 2002 to "generate credible,
peer-reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and
products to society," The Organic Center has funded research and works to educate consumers.
Farm Aid
http://www.farmaid.org
Famous for its annual concerts featuring board members
Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, Farm Aid's mission is to keep family
farmers on their land. Since 1985, Farm Aid has used the funds raised by this concert and other
efforts to make grants to organizations that directly support family farmers.
Ecological
Farming Association
http://www.eco-farm.org
Best known for its annual conference in
Monterey Bay, Calif., Eco-Farm is an educational organization that conducts innovative programs
designed to "bring together growers, consumers, educators, activists and industry-related
businesses to exchange the latest advances in sustainable food production and marketing."
Community Alliance With Family Farmers
http://www.caff.org
Founded in 1983, CAFF's
mission is to build a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that
cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. CAFF offers many
resources, including a farm-to-school program, a local foods guide and a sustainable cotton
project.
Slow Food USA
http://www.slowfoodusa.com
The organization's Web site says
it all: "Slow Food, founded in 1986, is an international organization whose aim is to protect the
pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life. It promotes
gastronomic culture, develops taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity and protects
traditional foods at risk of extinction."
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