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Excerpted from "resources for life-centered agriculture,"
cross-referenced under Agriculture
Consumers, Cooks, & Communities
Organic
Consumers Association
The OCA helps consumers make informed food choices with information
on issues such as cloning, MadCow Disease, rBGH, and food irradiation.
If you're looking for places to buy organic foods, the OCA has a list,
as well as news and political information.
Contact:
6114 Highway 61
Little Marais, MN 55614
tel: 218-726-1443
fax: 218-726-1446
Center for
Ethics and Toxics
Read about the ethics of organics, agriculture agriculture chemicals,
and biotechnology. Cetos champions small farmers, the disenfranchised,
and the poor in their battles against chemical pollution and pesticides.
Contact: PO Box 673
Gualala, CA 95445
tel: 707/884-1700
fax: 707/884-1846
Center for
Food Safety
Part of the International Center for Technology Assessment, CFS provides
information about factory farming, rBGH, and genetically engineered
foods and has sued the EPA seeking a moratorium on the approval of genetically
engineered Bt plants. CFS is also petitioning the FDA to revoke
approval of bovine growth hormone (BGH).
Contact: 310 D Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
tel: 202/547-9359
fax: 202/547-9429
email: office@icta.org
Community Alliance
with Family Farmers
Mostly geared towards Californians, CAFF provides information on CSAs
and answers your gardening questions. In partnership with Global
Exchange, CAFF provides tours of sustainable farms.
Contact:
PO Box 363
Davis, CA 95617
tel: 530-756-8518 fax: 530-756-7857
e-mail: caff@caff.org
Chefs Collaborative
2000
The Chefs Collaborative, a resource for chefs interested in sustainable
cooking, offers annual retreats, newsletters, chefs' guides, and a program
in which chefs teach children about clean and healthy food.
EarthSave
International
EarthSave can answer your questions about how vegetarianism or veganism
would affect your health and the planet's. Learn about factory
farms, soy food, and fish. Take their 60-day Veg Pledge, and get
online support and recognition.
Contact:
444 NE Ravenna Blvd., Suite 205
Seattle, WA 98105
tel:800-362-3648
e-mail: information@earthsave.org
Consumers
Choice Council
The CCC is an association of 57 environmental, corporate, and human
rights organizations from 25 countries, dedicated to protecting the
environment and promoting human rights and basic labor standards.
Council
for Responsible Genetics
The Council is a 20 year old organization of scientists and activists
who encourage public participation in debating the social and ethical
implications of biotechnology.
Food First
The Institute for Food and Development Policy or Food First highlights
root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the
world, with a commitment to establishing food as a fundamental human
right.
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