A little while ago I hailed a popular victory against a NAFTA-compliance measure that would spray large parts of Northern California with a toxin that hadn't been tested on people before, to eliminate a threat that wasn't a threat at all.

Turns out I was a little premature.

From the Retort mailing list comes this update... ... read more »

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Posted on 18 August, 2008 - 16:27

Pesticides are hazardous to human health and the environment, undermine local and global food security and threaten agricultural biodiversity.

Yet these pervasive chemicals are aggressively promoted by multinational corporations, government agencies, and other players in this more than $35 billion a year industry.

PANNA (Pesticide Action Network North America) works to replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers worldwide, we link local and international consumer, labor, health, environment and agriculture groups into an international citizens' action network. This network challenges the global proliferation of pesticides, defends basic rights to health and environmental quality, and works to insure the transition to a just and viable society. ... read more »

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:53

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established in 1997 by its sister organization, International Center for Technology Assessment, for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives. CFS combines multiple tools and strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach.

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:41

The Eat Local Challenge is a

group blog written by authors who are interested in the benefits of eating food grown and produced in their local foodshed.

Spanning the United States, the group is committed to challenging themselves to eat mainly local food during a specific period of time during 2006.

The online home for some of the San Francisco Bay Area participants is Locavores.

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:38

Yelp can be a great resource for finding your way around local places to eat and find ingredients. For the Bay Area, try this link.

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:34

Marco Flavio Marinucci has started a fantastic local cooking group, Cook Here and Now, which meets every couple of months in the San Francisco Bay Area to eat seasonal (and always delicious) food. More at
http://www.cookhereandnow.com/

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:11

CUESA runs the Ferry Building Farmers Market and has details about individual producers, and a handy guide to what's in season in Northern California. Learn more at
http://www.cuesa.org/index.php

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:06