"At either end of any food chain you find a biological system -- a patch of soil, a human body -- health of one is connected, literally, to the health of the other."
- Michael Pollan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resources For Consumers
|
 |
|
The following links offer more information for consumers
- Foodnews
This website contains a buying guide which features the 12 fruits and veggies with the most and least pesticides.
- Cornucopia institute
This institute acts as a corporate watchdog to assure that no compromises to the credibility of organic farming methods and the food it produces are made in the pursuit of profit.
- The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
The Organic Consumers Association deals with issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability.
- Mainefoods
Maine Foods Network is a web site meant to help put more Maine food on more Maine tables more often.
- The soil association
This British organization certifies over 70% of all the organic food in Great Britain.
- Metro farm
This website provides more information about metropolitan agriculture.
- The Organic Center
The Organic Center's mission is to generate credible, peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society.
|
|
|
|
|
|