Resources Consumers
Vermont Raw Milk Farm Directory
Rural Vermont has helped to update the information about VT farmers selling raw milk posted at realmilk.com, a project of the Weston A. Price Foundation. That directory can be found HERE.
Lyme Disease Resources
For good information people can go to www.lymediseaseassociation.org and for an excellent symptom list, www.lymepa.org within their booklet. The web support group is VTLyme@yahoogroups.com
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
A Report of the PewCommission on Industrial
Farm Animal Production
http://www.saveantibiotics.org/resources/PCIFAP_FINAL.pdf
Sustainable Table Resources, including a Glossary on Meat Production Methods, for shoppers
Lots of great resources!
Videos about White House Gardens from Eat the View
This Lawn is Your Lawn (1 min)The Garden of Eatin': A Short History of America's Garden
Vermonters for a Sustainable Population
Visit their website for information about population growth and its effects now and into the future. www.vspop.org
Follow that French Fry
Texas Department of TransportationReport on Food Miles and Roadway Damage
Download the report here (pdf format)
New Hampshire Virtual Farmers’ Market
Here you can shop many New Hampshire farms and food businesses in one place, order products and arrange delivery right to your door. Check it out here!
Grassroots International Report on Food Sovereignty
The report on the Grassroots International website
Book: ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
A YEAR OF FOOD LIFEBy Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (HarperCollins Publishers, May 2007), our family documented our year of procuring as much of our food as possible from neighboring farms and our own backyard.
From the book's website
Book: THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALSBy Michael Pollan
In this groundbreaking book, one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner.
From the Author's Website
Information on Agrofuels
Vital Communities
Including (upper Connecticut river) Valley Food and Farmwww.vitalcommunities.org
Publication: Conservation and Environmental Platform 2007 Legislative Session
BUILDING VERMONT’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE AND COMBATING GLOBAL WARMING READ MORE
Book Review: MAD SHEEP
MAD SHEEP-The True story behind the USDA's War on a Family FarmBy Linda Faillace
Reviewed by Grace Gershuny READ MORE
Book: The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved
Inside America's Underground Food MovementsBy Sandor Ellix Katz
Author of 'Wild Fermentation'
Media inquiries: Alice Blackmer,
or visit Chelsea Green Publishing
Book: MAD SHEEP
The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family FarmBy Linda Faillace
If you haven't already checked this one out please take the time to READ this page-turning account of a government cover-up, corporate greed, and a courageous family's fight to save their farm!
For more Information visit
www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/madsheep
Video: The Meatrix (www.themeatrix.com)
The Meatrix is a humorous 4-minute Flash animation that spoofs The Matrix films and highlights the problems of factory farming. READ MORE
Sustainable Table
http://www.sustainabletable.orgSustainable Table is a consumer campaign developed by the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE). READ MORE
Eat Well Guide
www.eatwellguide.orgA free online directory of small farms, stores, restaurants, inns and hotels, and
online shopping resources throughout the U.S. and Canada that offer
sustainably-raised meat, dairy, and egg products. READ MORE
Environmental Resource Links
http://vnrc.orgFor over forty years, VNRC has been Vermont's leader in protecting and restoring our natural resources. By building coalitions, working together, and offering common sense solutions, VNRC has set the standard for an approach to environmental protection that endures.
http://vpirg.org
VPIRG is Vermont's leading watchdog and advocacy organization. Supported by members since 1972, VPIRG's mission is to promote and protect the health of Vermont's environment, people, and locally-based economy. By informing and mobilizing individuals and communities across the state, VPIRG brings the voice of citizens to public policy debates that shape the future of Vermont.
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