BUF GSP logo Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship

Green Sanctuary Program
Site Map

GSP Home

About GSP

Worship & Celebration

Religious Education

Sustainable Living

Environmental Justice

Simplicity Circles

Information Center

BUF Home Page

Other Links




UUA Ethical Eating



Union of Concerned Scientists Food & Agriculture



Union of Concerned Scientists Food & Agriculture



Sustainable Connections: Food & Farming



Nat'l Geographic Green Guide


Agriculture and Food

"When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark Ages of commerce.
~ Paul Hawken
agriculture image


REGIONAL RESOURCES
GREEN TIPS
ARTICLES
RECOMMENDED READINGS
VIDEOS/FILMS

See our Sustainable Living page for more food information, too.

Regional Resources

Look here to find local businesses and organizations that specialize in food, gardening and agriculture issues for this region.
Whatcom County Agriculture Advisory Commission

Whatcom Farm Friends

Community Food Co-op

Bellingham Food Bank

Community to Community Development

Growing Washington

Just Food

Students for Sustainable Food

Climate Friendly Farming

Herb Crafters

Uprising Seeds (Organic and OP Seeds)

Farming and the Environment

Cascadia Food Not Lawns

Center for Local Self Reliance

Common Threads Farm

Whatcom Fresh

Small Potatoes Gleaning Project

Food To Bank On

Northwest Earth Institute

Green Tips

Click here or on the Tips button above for quick and easy tips to be greener in your food, gardening and agriculture choices.

Articles

Look here for detailed articles discussing various topics and issues in food, gardening and agriculture.

Food

Climate Friendly Gardner, The

Truth Behind Meat Labels, The

Saving Seeds, Sowing Food Security: Gardeners Reclaim Their Seed Heritage

Eating Ethically

Chocolate Buying Guide

Bellingham Food Bank Farm means fresh produce for the hungry

Beer Buying Guide

Livestock and Climate Change

Uh Oh: We are what we eat

Ecoconscious Coffee

How Good Is Organic Milk?

Seafood Choices That Save Fish

Is Bottled Water Better?

Smart Shopper's Fish Picks

Fresh Summer Marinated Salad

Selecting the Safest Meat

Food of the Future to Be More Diverse?

Food Sustainability: Modified opinions

The Year of Eating Organically

Top Ten Sustainability Stories of the Decade
Gardening

Environmentally Friendly Fertilizer

Make the Most of Your Mulch

Build a Worm Compost Bin

Get the Most out of Your Summer Garden

10 Best Herbs for Indoors
Agriculture

Revitalize Rural America? First grow some backbone

Hidden Costs of Industrial Agriculture

Congress Chooses Ignorance on GHG Emissions

Monsanto seed biz role revealed

Food and Farming Transition: Toward a Post Carbon Food System

Complacency on the Farm

Sustainable Approach to Agriculture

Spectacular Failure: Global Climate Pact Deadlock and Where We Go From Here

The Food and Farming Transition: Toward A Post Carbon Food System

GM contamination impacts grain exports: Mixed Signals

USDA: Whatcom County agriculture seeing growth, challenges

Greener Pastures

What's in the Meat You Eat?

The Sustainable Approach to Agriculture

Largest Poultry Producer to Sell Chickens Raised Without Antibiotics

What is Biodynamic Agriculture?

Green fields: How the Farm Bill Became A Force for Conservancy

Recommended Readings

Below is information on specific authors and their books dealing with food, gardening and agriculture issues. To see the full recommended reading list click here.

Michael Pollan
In Defense of Food

Omnivore's Dilemma

Second Nature

The Botany of Desire

Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Vandana Shiva
Soil Not Oil

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed

Stolen Harvest

Carlo Petrini
Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Dining and Living

Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair

Slow Food: The Case for Taste (Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History



Videos/Films


**Films viewed by BUF members

Food

**Black Gold

**Food, Inc.

Global Banquet: Politics of Food

Good Food

Meatrix I, The Meatrix II, and The Meatrix II 1/2

Silent Killer: The Unfinished Campaign Against Hunger

**True Cost of Food

Vanishing of the Bees

We Feed the World
Gardening

Indigenous Plant Diva
Agriculture

Beyond Organic: The Vision of Fairview Gardens

Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture and the New American Farmer

Good Food, Good Business: New Connections for Farms and Markets

Fresh

**King Corn

The Future of Food

The Real Dirt on Farmer Brown