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Gardening Wherever You Are
You can join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture - an arrangement in which participants put up "seed money" for a farmer each spring and then shares the farm's bounty with members. Some allow participants to work on their farms. You can start (or join) a community garden. You can sculpt out some space in your backyard or even in pots hanging from a window sill. To learn more, visit:www.communitygarden.org
www.cityfarmer.org,
www.urbangardeninghelp.com
The Farm Bill
It's up this year and it's important. For information, visit:www.farmaid.org
How Safe is Your Meat?
If you're eating beef or chicken that isn't "grass finished," you better read visit this site:www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.cfm
Fair Trade / Shade Grown - Do you know where your coffee comes from?
Fair trade agreements offer farmers in developing countries a fair deal; shade grown coffee does not replace wild forests with monoculture, which endangers wildlife and puts fertilizers and pesticides into the soil. To learn more, visit:www.transfairusa.org
www.fairtrade.net
www.ifat.org
How Good is the Food in Your Schools?
Almost every public school - from elementary through high school- includes courses on nutrition. And yet in many schools, children leave the classroom headed for a cafeteria in which it is nearly impossible to get a balanced, healthy meal. To learn how you can bring locally produced organic food into the schools in your area, visit:www.foodsecurity.org www.farmtoschool.org
Sharing With the World
All the world's farms currently produce enough food to make every person on the globe fat. Even though 800 million people are chronically underfed. ...It's because they lack money and opportunity, not because food is unavailable in their countries. -Steven L. Hopp (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle)For ways you can help, visit:
www.wn.org
www.journeytoforever.org
http://www.heifer.org/
Farmers' Markets Near You
To find farmers' markets and local producers near you, visit:www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/ www.localharvest.org
Terminal Seeds: This is Scary
To learn more about biotech seed producers, makers of Òterminal seedsÓ and genetically modified foods, visit:www.biotech-info.net
www.organicconsumers.org
Supporting Agriculture in Developing Countries
Transporting food from other countries does not benefit poor farmers in developing countries. Rather, what they grow is often dictated by large U.S. agribusinesses and in some cases, land that used to grow enough food for a family now provides a single crop (for example sugar cane)that cannot sustain the same family in money or food. To learn more, visit:www.viacampesina.org
Are Small Farms Efficient?
Small family farms (less than four acres) yield an income of $1,400 per acre. Large, mono-culture farms yield less than $40 an acre and their crops are far more susceptible to disease and weeds that require chemical fertilizers. Buying locally supports small family farms, which benefits the soil, the planet, the farmers, and our bodies. For more information, visit:www.nffc.net
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