Organizations for More Information

LocalHarvest is our recommended choice as a starting point for connecting with local growers and finding sources for locally and sustainably produced foods. This site allows the user to search for farmers markets, CSAs, direct farm sales, restaurants, grocery stores, and other local food sources. In addition it provides forums for various farming topics. Worth a visit!

The New Farm Farm Locator provides a search resource for locating fresh local food sources, and provides the reverse: finding markets for farmers and producers

USDA farmers’ market website.

The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association provides CSA information and state-specific search options.

The Robyn Van En Center at Wilson College also hosts an information and CSA finder.

American Community Garden Association site.
The ACGA also provides links for finding community gardens.

City Farmer is a related organization for information on urban gardening in Canada.

The National Gardening Association

Speaking Up
The increased availability of local food in any area is a direct function of the demand from local consumers.  Most of us are not accustomed to asking about food origins, but it’s easy enough to do.

First:  in grocery stores when the cashier asks if you found everything you were looking for, you could say, “Not really, I was looking for local produce.”  The smaller the store, the more open a grocer may be to your request.  Restaurants may be even more flexible about food purchasing, and your exchanges with the wait staff or owner can easily include questions about which entrees or wines are from local sources.  Restaurateurs do understand that local food is the freshest available, and they’re powerful participants in the growing demand for local foods.  You can do a little homework in advance about what’s likely to be available in your region.

Sierra Club’s Sustainable Consumption Pages:
http://www.sierraclub.org/sustainable_consumption

Sierra Club’s Factory Farms Pages:
http://www.sierraclub.org/factoryfarms

Carnegie Library Searchable Online Archive of Recipes (SOAR)
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/food/

Conscious Choice
http://www.consciouschoice.com/cooking/index.html

The Global Gourmet
http://www.globalgourmet.com

Mollie Katzen Online
http://www.molliekatzen.com/

Organic.org
http://www.organic.org/?section=recipes&recipe_classification=1&option=1

Stoneyfield Farm:
http://recipes.stonyfield.com/recipecategories.cfm

Sustainable Table:
http://www.sustainabletable.org/kitchen/recipes/

Worldwatch Institute Consumption:
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/consumption/

Worldwatch’s Online Food Feature:
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/food/

Union of Concerned Scientists Food and Environment Program:
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/index.cfm

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Food, Farming and Health:
http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/default.asp

The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education:
http://www.sustainabilityed.org/

Diet for a New Frances Moore Lappè’s Small Planet Institute:
http://www.smallplanetinstitute.org/

Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE):
http://www.gracelinks.org/

Organic Consumers’ Association:
www.organicconsumers.org/

Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:
http://www.jhsph.edu/Environment

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture(NCSA):
http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/

Center for Ecoliteracy Food Systems (CEFS):
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/

Center for Food Safety:
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/

Grace’s Sustainable Table:
http://www.sustainabletable.org/home/

Local Harvest:
www.localharvest.org

CSA Center:
www.csacenter.org

I Buy Different:
www.ibuydifferent.org/

U.S. EPA’s Potential Environmental Impacts of Animal Feeding Operations:

USDA Sustainable Agriculture Site

Local Food, Eating and Food Security

Local Harvest
220 21st Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

FoodRoutes
37 East Durham Street, Philadelphia, PA 19119
National non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food.

Slow Food International
Slow Food USA
Slow Food UK

Via Mendicità Istruita, 8, 12042 Bra (CN) – Italy
20 Jay Street, Suite 313, Brooklyn, NY 11201

USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302

The Community Food Security Coalition
P.O. Box 209 Venice, CA 90294
dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems

Sustainable Table
215 Lexington Ave, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10016

The Sierra Club National Sustainable ConsumptionCommittee

Edible Communities
PMB 441, 25 NW 23rd Place, Suite 6, Portland, OR 97210-5599

The National Farm to School Network
1600 Campus Road, Mail Stop M1, Los Angeles, CA 90041

Local Food Works (UK)
40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY UK

Sustainable Agriculture and Farming

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program
Waterfront Center, Room 4462, 800 9th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702

The Land Institute
2440 E. Water Well Road, Salina, KS 67401 

The Ecological Farming Association (EFA)
406 Main St., Suite 313, Watsonville, CA 95076
Promotes ecologically sound and economically viable agriculture.

The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
P.O. Box 396, Pine Bush, New York 12566

The Rodale Institute farming resources
611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530-9749

Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming (UK)
94 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF UK

The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture
PO Box 1882, Soquel, CA 95073

Organic Farming Research Foundation
PO Box 440, Santa Cruz, Ca 95061

City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Box 74567, Kitsilano RPO, Vancouver, B.C. V6K 4P4 Canada

American Community Gardening Association
1777 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43203

Food Policy, Consumer and Advocacy Organizations

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
Public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
6771 South Silver Hill Drive, Finland MN 55603

National Family Farm Coalition
110 Maryland Ave. N.E., Suite 307, Washington, DC 20002
Advocates for Family Farms and Rural Communities

Farm Aid
11 Ward Street, Suite 200  Somerville, MA 02143
Promotes Good Food from Family Farms

GrassRoots Action Center for the Environment
The GRACE Factory Farm Project
215 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10016

The Center for Food Safety
660 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, #302, Washington DC 20003
Challenging harmful food production and promoting sustainable alternatives.