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Community Programs
Ottawa & Area Programs & Projects
School Programs
Urban Agriculture
Why Buy Local?
Food Buying Clubs
Organic
Provincial
Food Security
Food Policy
Food Research
Agriculture & Environment

Articles

Book Reviews
Food Security in Ottawa
Food Policy
Local Food



Links

Ottawa & Area Programs & Projects

Canadian Organic Growers (COG) - Ottawa Chapter
COG Ottawa Organic Food Directory
Local Flavours (Leeds-Grenville & area)
Ottawa Community Gardens
Ottawa Good Food Box
Ottawa Peace Kitchen (Bethel Park)
Ottawa Farmers' Market
Protect Our Local Communities (PORC)
Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE)

Community Programs

LifeCycles (Victoria)
Equiterre (Montreal)
Farm Folk/City Folk (Vancouver)
The Stop Community Centre (Toronto)
FoodShare (Toronto)
The Rooftop Garden Project (Montreal)
Fresh Food Partners: The Gleaning Program (North York)
SPUD.ca (Victoria) (a business)
Second Harvest (Toronto)

City Farmer (Vancouver)
FoodLink Waterloo Region (Waterloo)
EcoPerth (Perth, ON)
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (Deerfield, MA)
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) US


School Programs

Centre for Food and Justice, Urban and Environment Institute, Occidental College: Farm to Hospital Project
Community Alliance with Family Farmers: Farm to School Program (California)
Food Security Council (USA)

FoodShare: School Project
LifeCycles: Growing Schools
The Edible Schoolyard - Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Berkeley, CA
Sierra Club of Canada - School Education Workshops (Food Choices and Environment Workshop)


Urban Agriculture

FoodShare (Toronto) - Learning Centre
LifeCycles: Sharing Backyards (Victoria)
The Rooftop Garden Project (Montreal)


Why Buy Local?

FoodRoutes.org (USA)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (California)

Oxfam America: Buy Local Food and Farm Toolkit


Food Buying Clubs

SHARE Virginia

Organic

Organic Consumers Association
Canadian Organic Growers
Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO)

Organic Crop Producers & Processors/Pro-Cert Canada (OC/PRO)
University of Guelph Organic Agriculture Program
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
ACORN (Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network)

Organic Crop Improvement Association (International)
Organic Trade Association (OTA)

Provincial

Ontario Food Security & Nutrition Network
Ontario Farmers Markets
Foodland Ontario
Ontario Public Health Association Food Security Working Group
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Food Security

Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food Security
Community Food Security Coalition (US/North America)
Localization: A Global Manifesto

Food Policy

Food Policy Councils – Internet Resources
Toronto Food Policy Council

Food Research


Wisconsin Foodshed Research Project

Food Circles Networking Project (Missouri)

Environment & Agriculture

International Society for Ecology and Culture
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Food Access Network

Articles

Book Reviews

Exploring the Tomato: Transformations of Nature, Society and Economy
Fat is a monetary issue
Near a Thousand Tables
Vegetarianism: A History
Fast Food Nation
Fighting the Obesity Epidemic
Slaughterhouse Blues
Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life
Home Grown
Towards Sustainable Household Consumption?: Trends and Policies in OECD Countries
A review of Safe Food and The Pleasures of Slow Food

Food Security in Ottawa

Rural Ottawa: Securing a Vibrant Economy (November 2002)
• Ottawa Community Consultations re Food Security (May 2002) [English Version] [Version Francais]
• Food Security in Ottawa: A Community Profile (March 2001) [ English Version] [Version Francais]
The Economic Impacts of Agriculture on the Economy of the New City of Ottawa, HCA Study December 2000
• "Harvesting for a Hungry Market" Conference Report Nov. 19, 1998

Local Food

Omnivore's Ottawa by Ron Eade
Bringing the Food Economy Home - Helena Norberg-Hodge and Steven Gorelick
Fighting Global Warming at the Farmer’s Market: The Role of Local Food Systems In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Stephen Bentley and Ravenna Barker
Going Local on a Global Scale: Rethinking Food Trade in the Era of Climate Change, Dumping, and Rural Poverty - Kirsten Schwind, Institute for Food and Development Policy, Vol 11(2), 2005
Home Grown: the Case for Local Food in a Global Market - Brian Hallweil, Worldwatch Paper 163, 2002
Making Links: A toolkit for local food projects - Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming
STRATEGIES, POLICY APPROACHES, AND RESOURCES FOR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM PLANNING AND ORGANIZING: The Local Food System Project Team: Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Kate Clancy, Robert L. Wilson, Jan O'Donnell, 2002

Worldwacth: Arguments for Local Food: at an Unimposing Diner in Vermont, a Revolution is Taking Place - Brian Halweil

Food Industry and Politics

Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? - Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic Monthly

 


 
 

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