Links

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
www.pasafarming.org

Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO)
www.paorganic.org

Find a CSA in Your Area!
Local Harvest
www.localharvest.org

For Local Meats and Eggs,
Check out Meadow Run Farm on Local Harvest:
Their animals are humanely raised on their pastures.

Expressly Local, a Lancaster Grocery
See their Facebook Page

Some of Our Favorite Cookbooks:
Simply in Season, as well as More With Less  and Extending the
Table
www.worldcommunitycookbook.org
(Simple ingredients.  Eating mindfully with an awareness of the food
needs of neighbors around the world.)

From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh,
Seasonal Produce
www.macsac.org/atoz.html

The Green Pages: A Guide to Sustainable Business in
Lancaster and York
www.fandm.edu/sustain.xml
(We're in there!  If you know of a business that belongs in there,
contact them.)

Herbs from the Labyrinth
www.herbsfromthelabyrinth.com
(Our friend and long-time shareholder Sarah Campbell is an herbalist
with a wide range of healing and healthy herbal products.  Now sold
at Radiance, 9 West Grant Street, Lancaster, PA  17602, (717)
314-3246.  As well as Sarah's products, Radiance features Radiant
Child Yoga Studio, Therapeutic Massage by Kara, and the Molly
Keen Memorial Library.)

Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org
(A good site on food and agricultural issues.  Sign up for their email
newsletter.  Check out
www.organicconsumers.org/Corp/mergers.efm to see which natural
and organic products companies are owned by the
mega-corporations.)

The True Food Shopping Guide
www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide/guide_printable.html
(This is an excellent site with loads of information on whether
common products have GMO ingredients.)

More to come later. . .
Water Safety:
The USGS National Water-Quality
Assessment Program has a page
where you can check out the health of
your local streams and aquifers:
water.usgs.gov/nawqa/
Click on Pennsylvania in the Activities
by State box, then click on the Lower
Susquehanna River Basins link in the
window.
Some Interesting Books:
Harvest for Hope
 by Jane Goodall
Having Faith
 by Sandra Steingraber
Living Downstream
 by Sandra Steingraber
Fast Food Nation
 by Eric Schlosser
The Botany of Desire
 by Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma
 Michael Pollan
In Defense of Food
 Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
 Barbara Kingsolver
Resources and Links
Portrait of July 2010 share by Brodi Zimmer Malfliet
Are you eating chocolate from cacao
picked by child slaves?

Read the Huffington Post article.