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Agrifood, Brewing, Culinary

Resources to support KVCC AGF, BREW, CUL Students

National Organizations

Ethicurean  Food blog about "sustainable, organic, local, and/or ethical — SOLE food."

Farm Hack Build your own tools and equipment

Field Watch  Communication, collaboration, cooperation with crop growers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators.

Food Sovereignty Tours: Educational travel program

Food Tank   Building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters.

Kitchen Gardeners International  Empowers individuals, families, communities to achieve food self-reliance via kitchen gardening, home-cooking, local food systems.

KOPN Food Sleuth Podcasts Investigative Nutrition on nutrition research, expose diet fraud, help consumers think beyond their plates.

Local Fork  Online community providing tools to stimulate grassroots local food networks.

Locavores  Encourages individuals to eat within 100 mile radius of home.

Michael Pollan  Author of In Defense of Food: An Eater’s ManifestoThe Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of DesireA voice in support of local food/sustainable eating, reporting on American food production and consumption.

National Center for Appropriate Technology Sustainable Ag 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Slow Food and Slow Money Part of "Slow Movement" efforts to promote a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace, developing meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships with local food systems and economies. See Slow Food USA.

SNAP-Ed Recipe Finder  Recipes for local/in-season foods

Sustainable Table Celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.

Sustainable Restaurant Association  

Community Supported Agriculture  National Agricultural Library resources on CSA’s.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)  Sustainable agriculture online books, bulletins, fact sheets.
Sustainable Food Trade Association  Supporting organic food trade businesses
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture  Archive of influential American agricultural writings from the 19th- mid 20th centuries.
United States Farm Bills National Agricultural Law Center's history of the farm bill from 1933-present.
Unsustainable Farming news from Independent Science News

South Central LA Guerilla Gardner