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www.csacenter.org
The Robyn Van En Center for CSA in the Northeast, offers a variety of services to existing and new CSA farmers and shareholders nationally. These include: The National CSA Farm Directory, Resources, Referrals and Links, Publications and Products, On-line postings of events, Technical Assistance and Support.
www.smallfarm.org
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, a broad network of organizations and individuals representing farm, environmental, consumer, food security, governmental, and other constituencies. All are committed to building a regionally-focused food and agriculture that is truly secure and sustainable.
www.ucsusa.org
Union of Concerned Scientists, an alliance of citizens and scientists who work to research and evaluate the risks and benefits of biotechnology in agriculture and other topics in science and public safety.
www.sustainableagriculture.net
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture supports a network comprised of hundreds of national and grassroots organizations working on agriculture, family farm issues such as farm income, whole farm planning, land loss prevention and other farm programs, farm workers, minority farmers, the environment, consumers rights, animal welfare, food access and security, rural development, and more.
www.justfood.org
Just Food is a nonprofit organization that works to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region. This is done by fostering new marketing and food-growing opportunities that address the needs of regional, rural family farms, NYC community gardeners, and NYC communities.
www.discover.com/may_01/feateatlocal.html
After living well for a year on
foods grown within 250 miles of his house, Gary Paul Nabhan sees a simple
solution to the planet's environmental problems: "Eat Locally"
by Gretel
H. Schueller and photography by James Smolka as published in the May 2001
issue of Discover Magazine. |
