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August/September 2005
 
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Whatever the future direction of farming, Coleman says it’s important to keep working for healthier, more nutritious foods. “These ideas are all running counter to the current economic drive of our society. But the world envisioned by the mass marketers is not the world most of us would want to live in,” Coleman says. “All of the people interested in local food are actually fighting a battle for a better world.”

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Find Your Own Real Food

Find Local Food

USDA Farmer’s Market Resources
www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets
Search for farmer’s markets nationwide.

USDA CSA Resources
www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa
Find CSAs and other farming resources.

Local Harvest
www.localharvest.org
Search for farmer’s markets, CSAs, co-ops and restaurants featuring local food.

Eat Wild
www.eatwild.com
Search for grass-fed meat and dairy.

Organic Issues

National Organic Program
www.ams.usda.gov/nop
Information about the national standards.

Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org
Learn more about genetically engineered food and related food safety issues.

Organic Farming Research Foundation
www.ofrf.org
Funds research on organic farming.

Consumer Guides

Environmental Working Group Guide to Pesticides in
www.foodnews.org

Greenpeace Shopper’s Guide to GM
www.greenpeace.org.uk/Products/GM

GRACE Factory Farm Project’s Guide to Sustainably Raised Meat
www.eatwellguide.org

Farming And Gardening

ATTRA — National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.org
Publishes extensive farming resources.

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
www.albc-usa.org
Find heritage livestock breeds.

Seed Savers Exchange
www.seedsavers.org
Find rare vegetable and fruit varieties.

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