Can you take a look at this post from the Union of Concerned Scientists?
Call your senators today and urge them to support the full funding for conservation programs promised in the Food and Farm Bill.
These guys are smart, brave, and are recognizing the vital importance of sustainable farming practices. These guys are trying, and will make a difference, with your help.
Please take one minute to look at what they have to say -
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Keith Bolin (right), life-long farmer and Pres. of the American Corn Growers Association (click photo for link), a leading voice in the pursuit for renewable energy sources, as well as farm and trade policy, issues such as seed patent law, GMO policies and other issues that affect farmers. The ACGA is a voice representing the interests of farmers without the influence of agribusiness interests. Keith, and his friend Illinois farmer Jim Braun, inspired us, and we hope to have these brave men as guests to our island someday soon. (And Biordi Import owner Gianfranco Savio is from the same region of Italia as Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini, rides a bike to work, and was very kind and helpful during our visit to the Slow Food Congress/Nation!)
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- Family owned Uprising Seed, Washing State's 1st Certified Organic Seed Company
- Seed Savers Exchange
- High Mowing Seeds
- Salt Spring Seeds - Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
- Join the Fedco Seed Cooperative
- Baker Creek Seeds
- Fedco Seeds Cooperative -
- Annie's Heirlom Seeds
- Wood Prairie Farm - potatoes, Dorinny Sweet Corn, and more
OUR MISSION
Supporting and advocating for Clean, Fair, Healthy Food and Sustainable Agriculture, and supporting local farmers and producers, with an emphasis on directly supporting emerging farmers and farm workers, with the understanding that local foods produced sustainably are:
- Good for our health
- Good for our Mother Earth
- Good for a strong local economy
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- Slow Food Seattle
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MILK - Great Information
- Fresh, Untreated (Raw) Milk Facts
- Real Milk - Washington state fresh, untreated milk/cheese/yogurt retailers guide
- RealMilk.com
- Weston A. Price Foundation
- If you buy "organic" milk from off-islands, you might want to check this Cornucopia Institute up to date scorecard
- Organic Pastures
- CREMA
- the Bovine blog - up to date info on milk in US and Canada
Land & Sea Resource Pages
The WSU San Juan County Extension Office!
- Here Are Just Some of the Amazing Programs We Have (4-H, County Extension Workshops, Master Gardener, etc.) Because of WSU Extension (and check out the "What's Happening" sidebar)
- Here Are the Great People Who Make This Office and All These Programs Happen. Call our local Extension director, Tom Schultz, at 370-7667 to get the scoop.
Followers
Info About Lopez Island Farm Education Program (LIFE)
Local and Sustainable Associations
- Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland - Skagit Valley
- Agricultural Resources Committee
- Islands Certified Local
- Northwest Agribusiness Center (NABC)
- San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild
- Island Grown Farmers Coop (local grass fed meat - USDA certified )
- WSU Extension - Friday Harbor
- Lopez Community Land Trust Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development page
- Orcas Island Farm to Table
ALTERN. ENERGY - WIND, SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, BIOMASS / ALCOHOL FUEL - FROM SUGAR AND FROM GARBAGE!
- Journey to Forever - based in China, simply amazing!
- List-Currently operating garbage to ethanol plants
- CA Science fair - Trash into Fuel
- Make your own fuel with easily available materials = clean burning, for internal combustion engines
- Alcohol Can Be a Gas
- Ethanol - Artichokes, sugar, and good practices
- US map - Solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal potential.
- Getting a (Firm) Grip on Renewables
- Ag. Industry Today - Alt. Energy News
- Keith Bolin and Wind Power
- Wind Power: A Research Primer
- ENERGY FARMS NETWORK
- "It runs on water" documentary film. Curious?
Blogs & Inspiration for Students & Others
SOIL HEALTH
- "From the Oil Age to the Soil Age" - wonderful, accessible Powerpoint presentation. (Growing grass well = recapturing carbon = reducing global warming big time)
- Carbon Farmers of America - Growing Grass/reducing Global Warming - "powerful stuff " - SJI farmer Bruce Gregory
- Soil Carbon Coalition - EXCELLENT links to info about soil carbon capture. We can do it! - Thanks for all the info, Bruce!
- Tom Philpott/Grist post on Vandana Shiva, healthy soil info/ Terra Madre 2008 - great article!
- Vandana Shive - Navdanya International - Seeds, Food Security & Sustainability
- Terra Madre - MANIFESTO ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD - Go here for pdf download
Marinkovich's FISH FOR TEETH
Local PTA's
EXTRA! EXTRA!
To read more about Farm to Institution & other programs:
New Friends from Slow Food Nation Event 2008
Organic Certification
Things you might want to know : GATT Treaty, WTO, and Codex Alimentarius
- Codex Alimentarius - Wikipedia
- Codex info - Alliance for Natural Health
- Codex A. info on positive and negative effects
- History of GATT
- GATT - Environment Versus Trade
- GATT Treaty - Info on Uruguay Treaty, the WTO, and small farmers
- GATT - Agreement on Agriculture
- GATT and Agriculture
- How GATT undermines food safety regulations
- Rural Women the WTO and Globalization
- Indian Farmers Rally Against GATT, Bio-Patents
- Background on Cargill Inc - the Transnational Business Giant
- Who Owns What in the Organic Food Industry
- Cyber Help for Organic Farmers
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)
Renewing America's Food Traditions Alliance (RAFT)
Slow Food - University of Gastronomic Sciences
Our wonderful friend farmer Keith Bolin, at Biordi Imports in San Francisco with Gianfranco Savio
Keith Bolin (right), life-long farmer and Pres. of the American Corn Growers Association (click photo for link), a leading voice in the pursuit for renewable energy sources, as well as farm and trade policy, issues such as seed patent law, GMO policies and other issues that affect farmers. The ACGA is a voice representing the interests of farmers without the influence of agribusiness interests. Keith, and his friend Illinois farmer Jim Braun, inspired us, and we hope to have these brave men as guests to our island someday soon. (And Biordi Import owner Gianfranco Savio is from the same region of Italia as Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini, rides a bike to work, and was very kind and helpful during our visit to the Slow Food Congress/Nation!)
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