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American
Journal of Alternative Agriculture
A monthly journal that reports on alternative agriculture and the developments
in this arena.
Contact:
9200 Edmonston Road
Suite 117
Greenbelt, MD 20770-1551
tel: 301/441-8777
email: wallacecenter@winrock.org
The Daily Grist
Gloom and doom with a sense of humor. It's true! The Daily
Grist gives you environmental news from around the world on a daily
basis. To subscribe send a blank email message to daily-grist-subscribe@egroups.com
The
Ecologist
With international coverage, identifies root causes of such crises as
global climate change, pollution, and deforestation. Published
a special issue on biotechnology.
Contact:
Cissbury House
Furze View, Five Oaks Road
Slinfold, W. Sussex RH13 7RH, UK
tel: 44 1403 786 726
EcoMall's
Green Shopping Magazine
This is an amazing and varied site that has the Magazine as one of its
many offerings. You'll find green products, tips, quotes, world games
to play, changing world statistics & more.
Environmental
News Network
Timely news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories,
forums for debate. Free membership.
Global
Warming News
This monthly newsletter will update you on the latest information on
global warming.
Invisible Giant: Cargill and its Transitional Strategies
by Brewster Keen.
East Haven, Connecticut, Pluto Press, 1995.
A crituque of agribusiness, using Cargill as an example.
The Land Report
The Land Report is a collection of essays, photos, and technical
information on sustainable farming and agrarianism.
Contact:
The Land Institute
2440 E. Water Well Rd.
Salina, KS 67401-9051
tel: 785/823-5376
fax: 785/823-8728
Make No Small Plans: A Cooperative Revival for Rural
America
by Lee Egerstrom, Rochester, Minnesota
Lone Oak Press Ltd., 1994.
A documentation of the change in agriculture from a way of livelihood
to a way of business. Egerstrom focuses on the need for farmers
to act cooperatively in directing this change.
On Good Land
by Michael Ableman.
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1998.
An autobiography of an urban farm.
Organic Farmer
A quarterly digest of sustainable agriculture designed to
build communication among organic farmers and to advocate for sustainable
farm and food policies.
Contact:
Rural Vermont
15 Barre Street Suite 2
Montpelier, VT 05602-3582
Our Land, Ourselves: Readings on People and Place
edited by Peter Forbes, Anne Armbrecht Forbes, &
Helen Whybrow.
San Francisco, The Thrust for Public Land, 1999
A collection of essays exploring people's relationship to
place.
The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World
edited by Douglas H. Boucher, Oakland,
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1999.
Excerpts from Food First publications about the world food system, global
policies, and alternatives.
A People's Ecology Explorations in Sustainable Living
edited by Gregory Cajete, Santa Fe, Clear Light Publishers,
1999.
A view of sustainable living, as practiced by Native Americans of the
Southwest, describing ecology, food systems, health, and broader ideas
involved in sustainability.
Permaculture
Activist
A magazine with a whole-system approach to life-sustaining ways of raising
food and fiber.
Contact:
PO Box 1209W
Black Mountain, NC 28711-1209
tel: 828/298-2812
Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly
A weekly newsletter on toxins and the environment. Frequently
discusses biotechnology and food safety.
Contact:
Environmental Research Foundation
PO Box 5036
Annapolis, MD 21403-7036
tel: 410/263-1584
Taste Life! The Organic Choice
edited by David Richard and Dorie Byers.
Bloomingdale, Illinois, Vital Health Publishing, 1998.
Why organic foods are healthier for you and for the food system as a
whole.
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry, San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1977.
An all time classic, Berry eloquently describes the history of America
through agriculture and calls for an agrarian revival where culture,
ecology, and agriculture are intertwined.
Positive
Futures Network
A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement
in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. PFN is
the publisher of YES! A Journal of Positive Futures. Excellent articles
by renowned authors. Definitely worth a visit.
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