Resources
SANTA BARBARA
Food Resources recommended by the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council (CEC)
www.ediblesantabarbara.com
A publication that celebrates people who produce our food. Complimentary copies available at the SB Farmers Market.
Santa Barbara County Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Support local farmers by buying a membership or a share in their farm. Each CSA or produce delivery service is different.
www.gethookedseafood.com
Get Hooked is a Community Supported Fishery -- a subscription-based program delivering the highest quality sustainable seafood, sourced directly from local fishermen.
https://www.cecsb.org/rethink-food
Santa Barbara Food Action Plan and Rethink Food with the Community Environmental Council.
NATIONAL
Daily Longevity Diet for Adults by Valter Longo, PhD
Valtern Longo, PhD is the director of the Longevity Institute at USC
Food Guidelines for Longevity from the Blue Zones
Research by Dan Buettner, writer with National Geographic of the centenarians around the world
www.ewg.org/foodnews
Environmental Working Group’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce (Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen listing)
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Plant Based Education
Vegetarian Resource Group - information on Omega 3 fatty acids for Vegans pages 22-25
www.ewg.org/foodscores
Environmental Working Group’s rating of food for Nutrition, Ingredients and Processing
www.foodprint.org
Food Print is a project of Grace Communications Foundation which develops innovative strategies to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by our current industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives.
www.seafoodwatch.org
Guide to selecting safe, sustainable seafood
https://www.positivelygroundfish.org/nutrition
Nutrition data for California groundfish
https://michaelpollan.com/resources
Food journalist and professor Michael Pollan’s listing of Environmental Food and Nutrition Resources including growing food.
www.nutritionfacts.org
Dr Michael Gregor video clips of Plant food research
https://foodtank.com
network of people promoting food system change
www.nrdc.org
National Research Defense Center – scientists, lawyers and policy advocates protecting our food supply
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
politics of food; food activism
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
advocacy group focusing on food safety and politics
www.menusofchange.org
Culinary Institute of America and Harvard School of Pubic Health’s initiative to promote healthy sustainable and tasty food
www.makedirtnotwaste.org
how to prevent wasted food
www.gracelinks.org/foodwaste
food waste.. and more
www.localharvest.org and www.eatwellguide.com
find a farm, CSA
www.organic-center.org
Organic information
www.organicconsumers.org
Organic information
www.ccof.org
Organic information
www.whatsinmyfood.org
Pesticide information
www.beyondpesticides.org
Pesticide information
https://foodanimalconcernstrust.org/food-labels
Food label information
http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide
Environmental effects of eating meat
http://www.ewg.org/foodscores
Rates food based on nutrition, environment.
www.environmentalhealthnews.org
Environment and Health
www.healthcarewithoutharm.org
health care and environmental issues
http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/agriculture
Sierra Club Agriculture Information
Welcome to Regenerative Agriculture
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
Climate Change Resources
Links to many well organized and researched articles with facts
Project Drawdown
Leading resource for climate solutions - constantly updated
FILM MEDIA
https://vimeo.com/37835035
True Cost of Food Film by Sierra Club
http://www.pbs.org/food/features/lexicon-of-sustainability-episodes/
Sustainability
www.storyofstuff.com
Story of bottled water
ARTICLES
http://hopkinsdiabetesinfo.org/what-is-resistant-starch/