Food
… looking at both natural and industrialized approaches to the business and science of growing food, along with their economic, health, and environmental impacts.
Check out these resources from the Alliance:
- How Industrial Agriculture Is Destroying Human Health, a student research report
- Healthy Food for Healthy Communities
- Factory-farm pork production in PA – Hidden-camera video by MercyForAnimals showing cruelty to mother pigs and their young piglets at a Hatfield Quality Meat supplier—’Country View Family Farms’—in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. Watch the video. [6.5 min.]
[Warning: graphic footage of cruel treatment.]
Also see:
- A Jurassic Park of GDP monsters, by Vandana Shiva [in Asian Age]
- Youth Food Bill of Rights
Additional links for food & farming:
- Food Alliance
- Food & Water Watch
- Natural Resources Conservation Service [part of USDA, but doing some good things with small farmers]
- NOFA [Northeast Organic Farming Association]
- PASA [Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture]
- Real Food Challenge
- Weston A. Price Foundation
- Wild Farm Alliance
Lester Brown’s Plan B
The Wikipedia article on Lester R. Brown provides a lot of useful information on his life and the development of his ideas. Of note is his background in agriculture, food matters, and population, as well as his successes in entrepreneurial … more
Organic Is the Answer for Healthy Food, Healthy People, and a Healthy Planet
by Maya Rodale — The idea that our health is connected to the food we eat isn’t really a shocking concept. It just makes sense: you are what you eat. What matters to our health just as much—if not more—is how our … more
“Their Food”
In this section, we will be looking at the so-called food being provided by industrial ag. Commercial agri-business systems are organized to grow profits. They use such unsustainable approaches as: mono-cropping factory-farming use of laboratory-created chemicals for insecticides, fertilizers, and … more
Help get schools to serve healthier, more nutritious food!
Schools can do more to make sure that the food they serve is nutritious and promotes good health. (Research has found that healthy, fresh food improves school performance — while some over-processed food contributes to childhood obesity and diabetes.) In … more
Shaping The Future Of School Food (April 2005)
Are you concerned about the food students are eating? This free conference was held on April 10, 2005, at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts in Bethlehem to take an in-depth look at such matters as … more
Healthier School Food Conference
On a sunny, Sunday afternoon in early spring, about 60 people attended a conference on the future of school food. Some coming early, some late to learn about different eating habits and food possibilities for students, they attended one or … more
Building a Regional Food System
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007, a conference entitled Building a Regional Food System: Supporting Farmers, Families, Communities, and the Environment will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, from 6:00 p.m. to … more
Roasters and sources for packaged Fair Trade coffee
Many of the local cafés that serve Fair Trade coffee and tea also sell bagged Fair Trade coffee. 1. Suppliers/distributors that are 100% Fair Trade organic Dean’s Beans Orange, MA 800-325-3008 Equal Exchange West Bridgewater, MA Just Coffee Madison WI … more
Lehigh Dining
As part of an Alliance internship, a Lehigh University student completed a report on dining services there. Lehigh Dining, operated by Sodexo, has made many improvements in the area of waste reduction, including phasing out Styrofoam and replacing it with reusable take-out … more