Resources


ORGANIZATIONS and WEBSITES

Lillooet Food Matters! visit http://lillooetfoodmattersblogspot.com

BC Food Security Networkhttp://www.fooddemocracy.org/
Links people all over the province involved in community-level action related to food; emphasizes the way in which food issues cross cultures, sectors, and age groups.  Has an enormous amount of links, resources, network listings, and information on food security issues.  A must see website.

Canadian Organic Growers - http://www.cog.ca
Leads local and national communities towards sustainable organic stewardship of land, food and fibre while respecting nature, upholding social justice and protecting natural resources.

Farm Folk City Folk - http://www.ffcf.bc.ca
Working to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. Their projects provide access to and protection of foodlands; they support local growers and producers; and engage communities in the celebration of local food.  Especially check out Our Knowledge Pantry http://www.ffcf.bc.ca/resources/knowledge_pantry.html

100 Mile Diet – Local Eating for Global Change - http://100milediet.org

Beyond Factory Farming - http://www.beyondfactoryfarming.org/
This website has information on sustainable and humane animal husbandry practices.

Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia (COABC)www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca
They serve as the voice of organic agriculture in BC and provide outreach services to organic growers.

Real Milk - http://www.realmilk.com/  - Promoting sources of raw milk, etc.

BC Food Security Gatewaywww.bcfoodsecuritygateway.ca
Designed to be a “one stop” Web resource for food security practitioners and others in BC who want to make “healthy eating the easy choice” and build food-secure communities.  Monthly news releases of valuable, up to date food security news.

Food Secure Canada - http://foodsecurecanada.org/
Working to unite people and organizations working for food security across Canada and globally. 

SPIN-Farming is a non-technical, easy-to-learn and inexpensive-to-implement vegetable farming system that makes it possible to earn significant income from land bases under an acre in size. - http://www.spinfarming.com/
also visit http://www.greencityacres.com/ to learn about a SPIN farm in Kelowna (has workshops)

The Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project - www.richmondfruittree.com
Connects volunteers with growing and harvesting fruit and vegetables – for their neighbours in need. A great example of what is possible.

La Via Campesina www.viacampesina.org
Farmers in Resistance to defend their right to Peasant Seeds. 

BCFarms.com - http://www.bcfarms.com/ - A site developed to promote the B.C. Farming Industry. Featuring free listings for Farms, Bed & Breakfasts, Arts and Crafts, Businesses, Associations, Real Estate & some great Kids links.

Small Scale Food Processors Association http://www.ssfpa.net/
Linking Growers and Small Entrepreneurs to each other, buyers and suppliers

Encourages urban gardening by connecting those who have the space to garden with those who would like to garden but don’t have the yard space, and shows communities how to develop their own Backyard Sharing program.

BC Agri-Food Knowledge Platform - http://www.kmwpp.ca
A collaborative initiative between the British Columbia Agriculture Council (www.bcac.bc.ca) and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
 
DOWLOADABLE DOCUMENTS/ ARTICLES/ CONSUMER GUIDES

Dig It! Community Garden Guide - practical tools and templates that can be used or adapted by local governments and offers a variety of resources related to community gardening

Interior Health Community Food Action Initiative Project Overview and Kamloops Food Action Plan

The Ram's Horn is a monthly (downloadable) newsletter with stories and analysis of what is happening in the food system, locally and globally. www.ramshorn.ca

The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security - Edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte

BC’s Food Self-Reliance – Can BC’s Farmers Feed Our Growing Population?

Thought About Food?  A Workbook on Food Security and Influencing Policy * has a very large,  comprehensive Bibliography - http://www.foodthoughtful.ca/

From the pages of The Economist to the halls of the White House, the myth persists that eco-farming can't feed the world -- even though the big development agencies like the FAO and the U.N. Environment Program keep saying otherwise. Tom Philpott sets the record straight. - view the full article online at: http://tinyurl.com/66gfuap


Environmental Working Group's 2010 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides – even has an app for iPhones, and a wallet guide: http://www.foodnews.org/index.php


Greenpeace’s GMO Shopper’s Guidehttp://gmoguide.greenpeace.ca

BOOKS (*available at the Lillooet Public Library as of March 2011)
*Animal, Vegetable, Miracle:  A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver
Building Food Security in Canada: A community guide for action on hunger - Laura Kalina
Down to Earth: a Working Cookbook - Susan Davidson and David Alsop
Farmland Preservation: Land for Future Generations - Wayne Caldwell, ed.
*Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes - Mark Bittman
*Food Security for the Faint of Heart - Robin Wheeler
Gardening When it Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times - Steve Solomon
Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen - Anna Lappe and Terry Bryant
Guerrilla Gardening: a Manualfesto - David Tracey
How to Grow a Seed Collective: a community template for seed saving - Robin Wheeler & Susan Davidson
*Independence Days:  a guide to sustainable food storage & preservation - Sharon Astyk
*Locovore: From Farmers' fields to rooftop gardens-How canadians are changing the way we eat – S. Elton
*Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew - Samuel Fromartz
The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating (Canada & Australia Edition) – Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
*The Food Revolution:  How your diet can help save your life and our world - John Robbins
The Pantry: its History and Modern Uses - Catherine Seiberling Pond
*The Sustainable Kitchen - Stu Stein
*Thriving During Challenging Times:  The energy, food and financial Independence handbook - Cam Mather

~ this list is just a sampling of what’s available, and was compiled by Lillooet Food Matters, for a public forum held in Lillooet, March 19th, 2010, entitled Bringing Our Food Back Home: a free forum on making our communities more food secure ~
visit http://lillooetfoodmatters.blogspot.com