Online Resources
Online Resources
You can use this list to do further reading on the topics covered in this program.
Michael Pollan’s website.
Includes articles he has written for the New York Times.
www.michaelpollan.com
Includes articles he has written for the New York Times.
www.michaelpollan.com
Link to webcast of Michael Pollan and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey in conversation at University of California, Berkeley.
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19147&p=1&ipp=15&category
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19147&p=1&ipp=15&category
Official website of Eden Natural Certified Berkshire Pork.
www.betterpork.com
www.betterpork.com
Official website of Niman Ranch.
www.nimanranch.com:
www.nimanranch.com:
Official website of the National Pork Board, funded by the Pork Checkoff.
www.pork.org
www.pork.org
Temple Grandin's website.
Includes many articles and references in Grandin’s area of work with animals, handling facilities, human slaughter, etc.
http://www.grandin.com/:
Includes many articles and references in Grandin’s area of work with animals, handling facilities, human slaughter, etc.
http://www.grandin.com/:
Hear another interview with Dr. Temple Grandin from National Public Radio’s program Talk of the Nation, from January 20, 2006.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165123
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165123
Video of Dr. Temple Grandin conducting a seminar on humane livestock handling facilities for the University of California Davis Department of Animal Science from February 13, 2007.
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Video/TempleGrandin/index.htm
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Video/TempleGrandin/index.htm
An interview with Dr. Temple Grandin.
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/nation_meat041001_riley.htm
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/nation_meat041001_riley.htm
Further reading about factory farm meat, antibiotic use, pollution, etc.
http://thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=39&sec=3:
http://thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=39&sec=3:
The Weston A. Price Foundation for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts.
http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm:
http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm:
Website for Organic Grassfed Beef Coalition, headed by Angela Jackson-Pridie.
http://www.organicgrassfedbeef.org/:
http://www.organicgrassfedbeef.org/:
Article by Angela Jackson-Pridie.
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/readermail/200506/0602_3.shtml
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/readermail/200506/0602_3.shtml
Women, Land, and Legacy group website.
http://www.womenlandandlegacy.com/index.htm
http://www.womenlandandlegacy.com/index.htm
Iowa Women in Agriculture website.
http://www.iowawomeninag.org/
http://www.iowawomeninag.org/
Women, Food and Agriculture network website.
http://www.wfan.org
http://www.wfan.org
Read an article featuring Maria Moreira as an interviewee.
http://www.sare.org/publications/limited-resource/profile2.htm
http://www.sare.org/publications/limited-resource/profile2.htm
USDA status report on immigrant, minority and women farmers.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/may1998/ao251d.pdf
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/may1998/ao251d.pdf
NPR story, Female Farmers: A Growing Trend in America.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4132715
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4132715
Women on US Farms, a research initiative through Pennsylvania State University.
http://agwomen.aers.psu.edu/index.htm:
http://agwomen.aers.psu.edu/index.htm:
Explanation of Community Supported Agriculture.
http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp
http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp
USDA status report on immigrant, minority and women farmers.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/may1998/ao251d.pdf
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/may1998/ao251d.pdf
National Immigrant Farming Initiative website.
http://www.immigrantfarming.org
http://www.immigrantfarming.org
Website of Julian Samora Research Institute.
http://www.jsri.msu.edu
http://www.jsri.msu.edu
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration website.
http://www.osha.gov
http://www.osha.gov
Employment Development Department, a division of the California State Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
http://www.edd.ca.gov
http://www.edd.ca.gov
Read an article featuring Maria Moreira as an interviewee.
http://www.sare.org/publications/limited-resource/profile2.htm
http://www.sare.org/publications/limited-resource/profile2.htm
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project of Tufts University.
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/research/nesfp
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/research/nesfp
Community Supported Agriculture in the USDAP National Agricultural Library.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml
Chez Panisse Foundation
http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org
http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org
Center for Ecoliteracy; see in particular their program, Rethinking School Lunch at
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl.html
http://www.ecoliteracy.org
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl.html
http://www.ecoliteracy.org
Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org
Chef Ann Cooper’s website, Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children.
http://www.lunchlessons.org
http://www.lunchlessons.org
Interview with Chef Ann Cooper from The Nation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060911/lappe
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060911/lappe
YouTube video of Chef Ann Cooper’s presentation for Authors@Google about her book, Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JR7iVPv-xRg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JR7iVPv-xRg
Full Bloom Baking Company.
http://www.fullbloom.com/index.html
http://www.fullbloom.com/index.html
The Edible Schoolyard project.
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org
Food Change nonprofit; see in particular the SchoolFood Plus program at http://www.foodchange.org/nutrition/schoolfood.html.
http://www.foodchange.org/:
http://www.foodchange.org/:
Schools and Food Resource Guide.
http://www.baumforum.org/archive_additional-program_pgs/schoolfood_2_resources.htm
http://www.baumforum.org/archive_additional-program_pgs/schoolfood_2_resources.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See specifically their Division of Adolescent and School Health page with publications on young people and nutrition: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/nutrition/publications.htm
http://www.cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov
Review the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s research list on childhood obesity.
http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchlist.jsp?ia=138
http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchlist.jsp?ia=138
The Food Project in Massachusetts.
http://www.thefoodproject.org
http://www.thefoodproject.org
Summary of Gillman obesity report cited above.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/08.24/99-obesity.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/08.24/99-obesity.html
Website for Joel Salatin’s farm. Includes links to books authored by Salatin.
www.polyfacefarms.com:
www.polyfacefarms.com:
Learn more about what regressive taxes are on the IRS’s website for students.
http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/servlet/IWT3L2ol
http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/servlet/IWT3L2ol
Read an article by Walter Robb featured in What is Enlightenment magazine.
http://www.wie.org/j28/robb.asp
http://www.wie.org/j28/robb.asp
Whole Foods Market
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Biography of Robert Rodale (some say the founder of the organic movement in the United States) from Seeds of Change.
Rodale founded Organic Gardening magazine.
http://www.seedsofchange.com/cutting_edge/robert_rodale.asp
Rodale founded Organic Gardening magazine.
http://www.seedsofchange.com/cutting_edge/robert_rodale.asp
California Department of Food and Agricultures State Organic Program website.
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/fveqc/organic.htm:
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/fveqc/organic.htm:
The National Organic Program website.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/NOP/indexNet.htm
http://www.ams.usda.gov/NOP/indexNet.htm
Ecology Action, home of the biointensive farming method.
http://www.growbiointensive.org
http://www.growbiointensive.org
Help with understanding the concept of food miles.
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/footprints/food-miles.html
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/footprints/food-miles.html
The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service lists a variety of publications dealing with food miles, sustainable production, and local food systems. The site also has a list of success stories about communities that are reviving their local food systems.
http://attra.ncat.org/farm_energy/food_miles.html
http://attra.ncat.org/farm_energy/food_miles.html
Just Food website.
http://www.justfood.org/jf/index.html
http://www.justfood.org/jf/index.html
Cypress Grove Chevre website.
http://www.cypressgrovechevre.com
http://www.cypressgrovechevre.com
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