RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE EATING

BOOKS:

The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan

The Omnivore’s Delema, by Michael Pollan

This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, by Joan Dye Gussow

Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods, by Gary Paul Nabham

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Infulences Nutrition and Health, by Marion Nestle

Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm-Fresh Food, by Joel Salatin

Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food, by the Slow Food Movement

Slow Food: The Case for Taste, by Carlo Petrini

WEB RESOURCES:

http://www.michaelpollan.com Michael Pollan is one of the best advocates for local, sustainable agriculture and the environment. The website has numerous links and extremely useful information on farming and gardening.

http://www.informedeating.org advocates for a diet based on whole, unprocessed, local, organically grown plant foods; their website contains a useful FAQ page about food politics and eating well, as well as an archive of relevant articles.

http://www.eatwellguide.com 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.

http://www.greenopia.com has vast resources for sustainable living in Los Angeles

http://www.localharvest.com offers a definitive and reliable nationwide directory of CSAs, farmer’s markets, family farms and other local food sources.

http://www.organicconsumers.org a research and action center for the organic and fair-trade food movement, maintains a comprehensive web archive of articles about genetically engineered foods, cloning, food safety, organics and globalization

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from ssustainable sources—offers a downloadable, pocket-sized regional guide to eco-friendly seafood.

http://www.slowfoodusa.org is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to land stewardship and ecologically sound food production; to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America; and to living a slower and more harmonious life.