by Ray, Janisse
to sell fresh, raw milk
to a food distribution system that does not displace families, farmers, animals, or wipe out indigenous peoples, landraces, and food customs
to offer leftover produce to gleaners
to be free of regulations sponsored by Big Ag designed to put us out of business
to be protected from sprawl and other development that threatens to swallow our farms
to economic security
broadcasters (resources)
Organizations
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
Biodynamics is a type of holistic organic farming.
East Troy, Wisconsin
www.biodynamics.com
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture
A coalition of farmers and others committed to ecologically responsible and economically viable agriculture.
http://calgefree.org/
Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
A campaign for food sovereignty and environmental justice.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.cban.ca
Carrotmob
Influencing businesses by spending instead of boycotting.
www.carrotmob.org
Center for Cherokee Plants
Saving the food crops of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Cherokee, North Carolina
www.indiancountryextension.org/extension/program/center-cherokee-plants
Center for Food Safety
Working to end harmful food production technologies and promote organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture.
Washington, D.C.
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Cuatro Puertas
The Arid Crop Seed Cache is one of the projects of this group that connects New Mexico’s urban and rural economies.
http://c4puertas.org
Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO)
Working with underutilized crops to improve the lives of the global poor, ECHO runs an amazing tropical fruit tree nursery and a seed bank.
North Fort Myers, Florida
www.echonet.org
Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN)
An international nonprofit working to support small farmers and social movements in the struggle for community-controlled and biodiverse food systems.
Barcelona, Spain
www.grain.org
Georgia Organics
Promoting organic agriculture in my state.
Atlanta, Georgia
www.georgiaorganics.org
Hawaii SEED
Protecting the Hawaiian Islands and their people from risks posed by genetically engineered organisms.
Koloa, Hawaii
www.hawaiiseed.org
The Highland People’s Food Seedbank Project
One of many such revolutionary projects around the world.
Inverness, Scotland
http://thehighlandpeoplesfoodseedbank.webs.com
Institute for Responsible Technology
Founded by Jeffrey Smith—first look at their ten reasons to avoid GM.
Fairfield, Iowa
www.responsibletechnology.org
International Seed Saving Institute
Highly recommended as the place to go first for seed-saving information.
Ketchum, Idaho
www.seedsave.org
Just Label It!
We have a right to know what’s in our food.
Washington, D.C.
www.justlabelit.org
Label GMOs
The California ballot initiative.
www.labelgmos.org
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Finding sustainable solutions for rural Oklahoma.
Poteau, Oklahoma
www.kerrcenter.com
The Keystone Center
Promoting Pennsylvania’s regional food cultures and keeper of the Roughwood Seed Collection.
Devon, Pennsylvania
www.williamwoysweaver.com
Kitchen Gardeners
An online community promoting food self-reliance.
Scarborough, Maine
www.kitchengardeners.org
Landless Workers Movement: Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST)
Peacefully occupying unused land.
Brazil
www.mstbrazil.org
Laughing Dog Farm
Daniel Botkin offers great information on his website.
Gill, Massachusetts
www.laughingdogfarm.com
La Via Campesina: International Peasant Movement
Representing 150 organizations opposing corporate agriculture;
a grassroots mass movement.
Jakarta, Indonesia
www.viacampesina.org
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)
If you live in or near Maine, join this force now.
Unity, Maine
www.mofga.org
Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG)
Farmer-led network working to maintain local control of genetic and biological resources and agricultural production in the Phillippines.
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
www.masipag.org
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
Organizes a huge organic farming conference.
Spring Valley, Wisconsin
www.mosesorganic.org
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
Organic food is on the table in Nebraska.
Ceresco, Nebraska
www.nebsusag.org
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
Keeping the Northeast at the head of the pack.
Stevenson, Connecticut
www.nofa.org
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Using scientific research to transform agriculture.
Santa Cruz, California
http://ofrf.org
Organic Seed Alliance
Advancing the ethical development and stewardship of agricultural seed.
Port Townsend, Washington
www.seedalliance.org
Ozark Seed Bank
Historically meaningful seeds for Ozark farmers.
Brixey, Missouri
www.onegarden.org
Populuxe Seed Bank
You can start one too!
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
www.theseedbank.net
Primal Seeds
A response to industrial biopiracy and monocults.
www.primalseeds.org
Rodale Institute
Going strong in organic agriculture since 1947.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
www.rodaleinstitute.org
Sacred Seeds
Creating and supporting plant sanctuaries that address the rapid loss of biodiversity and cultural knowledge.
http://sacredseedssanctuary.org
Sand Mountain Seed Bank
Homegrown seed preservation.
Albertville, Alabama
www.sandmtnseedbank.org
Savannah Urban Garden Alliance
Making this town near my home a food oasis, via community gardens.
Savannah, Georgia
www.sugacentral.org
The Seed Ambassadors Project
The path to locally adapted seed in the Willamette Valley. Check out
their seed-saving zine.
Sweet Home, Oregon
www.seedambassadors.org
Seed Matters
Research and education.
Emeryville, California
http://seedmatters.org
Seed Savers Exchange
Nationwide members exchange open-pollinated seeds of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
Decorah, Iowa
www.seedsavers.org
Seedy Sunday
Huge community seed swap in the United Kingdom.
Brighton and Hove, England
www.seedysunday.org
Slow Food USA
As opposed to fast food.
Brooklyn, New York
www.slowfoodusa.org
South Carolina Crop Improvement Association Foundation Seed Program
This germbank includes a heirloom list, many grown for display at South Carolina Botanical Gardens.
Clemson, South Carolina
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/seed/
Southern Foodways Alliance
Documenting, studying, and celebrating the South’s food cultures.
Oxford, Missouri
www.southernfoodways.org
Southern Seed Legacy
A seed exchange that concentrates on the South.
Denton, Texas
http://pacs.unt.edu/southernseedlegacy/
Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center Inc.
Saving yesterday’s seeds for today and tomorrow, as well as economic development for the rural Appalachians; great source for heirloom beans.
Berea, Kentucky
www.heirlooms.org
Whole Grain Connection
Wheat seed project for California (a local-wheat movement).
Mountain View, California
http://sustainablegrains.org
Wild Farm Alliance
Integrating farms and ranches into natural landscapes—one effort is toward farming practices that accommodate wildlife.
Watsonville, California
www.wildfarmalliance.org
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Volunteer on farms around the world in exchange for room, board, and an education.
www.wwoof.org
Print and Online Publications
100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden
Carolyn Male, Workman Publishing, 1999
Acres USA Magazine: The Voice of Eco-Agriculture
Austin, Texas
www.acresusa.com
“Becky and the Beanstock: Rebecca Pastor’s Heirloom Bean Blog”
St. Louis, Missouri
http://beckyandthebeanstock.com
Botany for Gardeners (third edition)
Brian Capon, Timber Press, 2010
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener’s and Farmer’s Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving
Carol Deppe, Chelsea Green, 2000
Breeding Organic Vegetables: A Step-by-Step Guide for Growers
Rowen White and Bryan Connolly, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, 2011
Crops and Man
Jack R. Harlan, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society, 1992
Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story
Gary Paul Nabhan, Counterpoint, 1997
Dave’s Garden
Encyclopedic information submitted by a large, international community of gardeners.
El Segundo, California
http://davesgarden.com
The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans
Patricia Klindienst, Beacon Press, 2006
The Ecologist (especially the November 2008 issue)
London, UK
www.theecologist.org
Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a New Generation
Lynn Coulter, University of North Carolina Press, 2006
Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver
Diane Ott Whealy, Seed Savers Exchange, 2011
“GM-Free Churches: A Project of the Berea Gardens Agricultural Center”
www.gmfreechurches.blogspot.com
Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide (Sage Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future)
Dustin R. Mulvaney, Sage Publications, 2010
Growing Garden Seeds: A Manual for Gardeners and Small Farmers
Robert Johnston Jr., Johnny’s Selected Seeds, 1976
A Guide to Seed Saving, Seed Stewardship, and Seed Sovereignty (fourth edition)
The Seed Ambassadors Project, 2010
www.seedsavers.net
Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers: Marginality and Memory in the Conservation of Biological Diversity
Virginia Nazarea, University of Arizona Press, 2005
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener’s Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History
William Woys Weaver, Holt, Henry & Company, 1997
Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding
Noel Kingsbury, The University of Chicago Press, 2009
Pleasant Valley
Louis Bromfield, Wooster Book Company, 1945
Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods
Gary Paul Nabhan (editor), Chelsea Green, 2008
“Seed Matters: Cultivating a Sustainable Food Future”
www.seedmatters.org/blog/
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
Suzanne Ashworth, Seed Savers Exchange, 2002
Seedling, GRAIN’s Quarterly Magazine
Barcelona, Spain
www.grain.org/article/categories/15-seedling
Seeds of Change—the Living Treasure: The Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and Revolutionize the Way We Think about Food
Kenny Ausubel, HarperCollins, 1994
Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating
Jeffrey M. Smith, Yes! Books, 2003
www.seedsofdeception.com
“Small Is Beautiful (and Radical)”
Elliot Coleman, Grist, February 3, 2010
www.grist.org/article/small-is-beautiful-and-radical
Soiled and Seeded: Cultivating a Garden Culture
An online garden magazine intent on expanding the conventional approach to gardens and the practice of gardening.
www.soiledandseeded.com
Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Vandana Shiva, South End Press, 2000
Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
Claire Hope Cummings, Beacon Press, 2008
Vegetable Seed Saving Handbook
http://howtosaveseeds.com
“The Wheel of Life: Food, Climate, Human Rights, and the Economy”
Debbie Barker, Center for Food Safety (published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung),
September 2011
www.centerforfoodsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/TheWheelofLife_Barker.pdf
“Why Iraqi Farmers Might Prefer Death to Order 81”
Nancy Scola, AlterNet, September 2007
www.alternet.org/world/62273/
The World According to Monsanto
Marie-Monique Robin, New Press, 2008
Other
The Iraqi Seed Project
Film by Emma Piper
-Burket exploring the history and current trials of agriculture in Iraq, seeking solutions to restoring Iraq’s farmland after years of war.
www.iraqiseedproject.com
Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi
Film by Michel and Jude Fanton celebrating traditional food plants and the people who grow them, shot in eleven countries.
www.cityfarmer.info/2012/03/30/our-seeds-one-hour-documentary-released-on-the-net/
Saving the Seed: The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Honduras
Film by Scott Turner and Claire Kane Boychuk (while students at the
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill).
http://savingtheseed.org
Seed Hunter
Film by Sally Ingleton, Philip Bull, and Tony Stevens.
www.seedhunter.com/index.html
Sin, Salvation, and Saving Seeds: Live at Seed Savers’ Heritage Farm
Music CD by Greg Brown
A Few Suppliers
A Few Good Plants
El Dorado Springs, Missouri
www.afewgoodplants.com
Abundant Life Seeds
Cottage Grove, Oregon
www.abundantlifeseeds.com
Amishland Heirloom Seeeds
Reamstown, Pennsylvania
www.amishlandseeds.com
Anson Mills
Columbia, South Carolina
www.ansonmills.com
The Ark Institute
Easton, Pennsylvania
www.arkinstitute.com
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Mansfield, Missouri
www.rareseeds.com
Bountiful Gardens
Willits, California
www.bountifulgardens.org
Family Farmers Seed Cooperative
Williams, Oregon
http://organicseedcoop.com
Fedco Seeds
Waterville, Maine
www.fedcoseeds.com
Gourmet Garlic Gardens
Bangs, Texas
www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Wolcott, Vermont
www.highmowingseeds.com
Hudson Valley Seed Library
Accord, New York
www.seedlibrary.org
J. L. Hudson, Seedsman
La Honda, California
www.jlhudsonseeds.net
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Winslow, Maine
www.johnnyseeds.com
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Calamus, Iowa
www.sandhillpreservation.com
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Kanopolis, Kansas
http://skyfiregardenseeds.com
Sierra Seed Co-op
North San Juan, California