This page contains the following closely related resource categories:
1) Urban agriculture related sites (see also the page on Similar Projects)
2) Community food security and food banks
Urban Agriculture related Sites and Information
Cities Feeding People, An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa Click Here to Download 1.28MB PDF file
Common Vision - Local programs, education http://www.commonvision.org/index.html
Community Food Security Coalition - “Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe” http://www.foodsecurity.org/urbanag.html
Edible Landscaping / Rosalind Creasy – Information on turning your yard into a food production resource. Also information about chickens. http://www.rosalindcreasy.com/
Evergreen, Canada - http://www.evergreen.ca/en/index.html
Growing Better Cities – Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development- http://www.idrc.ca/in_focus_cities/ev-93906-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Growing Food In Cities - A report to highlight and promote the benefits of urban agriculture in the UK – a comprehensive report click here for PDF file
Growing Power, Inc – Milwaukee, WI- They provide training, demonstrations, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, markent and distribute food in a sustainable manner. http://www.growingpower.org/Index.htm They also have a very good link page here http://www.growingpower.org/links.htm
Journey to Forever - http://journeytoforever.org/ Many of the links listed in this section come from their link page on Resources for City Farms. http://journeytoforever.org/cityfarm_link.html
Michael Pollan: The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Presentation by Michael. YouTube video
Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe - Click here for the PDF file
Urban Agriculture Notes by City Farmer, Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture – http://www.cityfarmer.org/
Community food security and food banks
Center for Food & Justice from Urban & Environmental Policy Institute - Occidental College. http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/
Community Food Bank – Tuscon & Pima County Arizona – resourceful site. They also have a gleaning program. http://communityfoodbank.com/
Feeding America (formerly named America’s Second Harvest) http://feedingamerica.org/
Harvesters – Kansas City – Community Food Network http://www.harvesters.org/
Renewing America’s Food Traditions – RAFT - Northern Arizona University - http://www.environment.nau.edu/raft/what.htm
Sustainable Food Center, Austin - http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/ & blog page http://sustainablefoodcenter.wordpress.com/
The Stop, Community Food Centre, Toronto, Ontario - http://www.thestop.org/mission
Additional Link Pages
3) a) Fruit Info Sites b) Special research tools
5) Local Nurseries and Orchards
6) Mail Order Nurseries, Supplies
