Resources

Organizations in Wisconsin

  • Growing Power
  • Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens
  • MACSAC
  • REAP
  • Walnut Way
  • Slow Food
  • DCFM- Dane County Farmers’ Market
  • Dane County Food Council

Online Mailing Lists

Gardening/Farming/Food Books

The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food by Tanya L. K. Denckla
The New Seed Starter's Handbook by Nancy Bubel
Rodale’s Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening by Fern Marshall Bradley
Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman
Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
Worms Eat my Garbage by Mary Appelhof
Hard Tomatoes Hard Times:  A Report of the Agribusiness
Accountability Project on the Failure of America’s Land Grant College Complex by Jim  Hightower
Foragers’ Harvest by Samuel Thayer (wild foods)
Food Not Lawns by Heather C. Flores (DIY gardening/Sustainable lifestyle)
Food, Society, and Environment by Charles L. Harper, Bryan F. Le Beau (history of food and American diet)
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe (Food politics/nutrition)
Eat Here by Brian Halweil (local food)
Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (agribusiness/food industry/story of western diet)
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
The Death of Ramon Gonzalez by Angus Wright

Films/Documentaries

Food Inc.
Future of Food
The World According to Monsanto
Seeds of Deception
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
King Corn

Cookbooks

Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh compiled by MACSAC
A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen: Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and Friends by Jack Bishop

Internship and Job Resources

Other resources and publications

  • ATTRA  National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service   http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html (Downloadable HTML and PDF Resources organized by topic • What is Sustainable Agriculture? • Livestock • Horticultural Crops • Marketing, Business & Risk Management • Field Crops • Farm Energy • Soils & Compost • Education • Water Management • Other Resources • Pest Management • Publicaciones en Español • Organic Farming)
  • SARE  Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education http://www.sare.org/ (Grants, outreach materials, publications)
  • CIAS  Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems  http://www.cias.wisc.edu/  (A research center at UW-Madison created in 1989 to facilitate sustainable agriculture research programs to assist in local and regional farmer and citizen needs.  Website contains publications, research and education opportunities and sustainable agriculture events and news.)
  • MOSES  Midwest Organic and Sustainable Educations Services   http://www.mosesorganic.org/index.html  (Education and outreach to promote sustainable and organic agriculture.  Conducts Midwest Organic Farming Conference every year in La Crosse, WI.)
  • Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural  http://ruralco.org  (An alliance of regionally and culturally diverse organizations working to build a more just and sustainable food system. Farm and food policy)