Videos We Like
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(Fo)odometer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RCyxgz97g
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.
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Grains of Truth
Interviews with farmers, primarily about GMO’s affecting their livelihood. Good introduction. 12 minutes
http://greenpeaceusa.org
Deconstructing Supper
Canadian chef John Bishop travels from his restaurant to England and India, talking with scientists and activists about GMO issues and the food supply. Good production and graphics. 47 minutes 1-800-542-2164
http://bullfrogfilms.com
Fed Up
Excellent look at genetic engineering, industrial and sustainable agricultures. Good production and graphics. Very well done visually; excellent use of old TV and film clips. 58 minutes 415-339-7866
http://wholesomegoodness.org
The Future of Food
The most up to date and in depth look at GE in a film format thus far. A must for everyone that eats food. 89 minutes
http://thefutureoffood.com
Toxic Sludge is Good for You
This video examines the way in which the management of ‘the public mind’ has become central to how our democracy is controlled by political and economic elites. Toxic Sludge Is Good For You illustrates how much of what we think of as independent, unbiased news and information has its origins in the boardrooms of the public relations companies.
http://mediaed.org/videos/CommercialismPoliticsAndMedia/ToxicSludge
Books We Recommend
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE
A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE
By 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
THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS
By 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
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 Farm
By Linda Faillace
Reviewed by Grace Gershuny
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved
Inside America's Underground Food Movements
By Sandor Ellix Katz
Author of 'Wild Fermentation'
Media inquiries: Alice Blackmer, 802-299-2409
or visit Chelsea Green Publishing
Web Links
Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
A national network of people and organizations assisting niche meat processors and the livestock producers and niche meat buyers who depend on them.
Visit the website here
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!
Rutland Area Farm and Food Link
http://www.rutlandfarmandfood.org
Meatpaper
Meatpaper
"Meatpaper is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. We like metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture." -from their website
Rutland Farm and Food
Agricultural Mediation
Mediation for Agriculture-related meetings, conflicts, and situations.
Read More...Grassroots International Report on Food Sovereignty
The report on the Grassroots International website
Rutland Farm and Food
http://www.rutlandfarmandfood.org
SolarWrights
Incentives for Vermont Farmers who want to use renewable energy technology on their farms.
Northeast Animal Power Field Days