This is where we will post readings about food, farming, access and privilege that we believe help to explore and deepen our mission statement and values. Also, we have provided a brief snapshot of some folks doing good work with food nearby, and in the wider food community which we are a part of.

Resources

• GRuB (Garden Raised urban Bounty)
• The Evergreen Teaching Gardens
• Sustainable South Sound
• The Longhouse Ethnobotanical Garden @ the Evergreen State College
• The Olympia Seed Exchange
• South Sound Fruit Society
• Olympia Slow Food
• Food and Water Watch

Readings

• A Permaculture Love Story (New York Times)
• Vandana Shiva on International Women’s Day (Democracy Now!)
• Uprooting Racism in the Food System: Communities Organize For Justice (The People’s Record)
• Fear in the Fields: Migrant Farmworker Harassment (In These Times)
• The True Cost of Food: Immigration and Agriculture Workers (Truth Out)
• From Seeds of Suicide to Seeds of Hope (Huffington Post)
• Food For Everyone — Resource Guide (Yes! Magazine)
• Polyculture: Higher Yields, Less Water (Permaculture Magazine)
• Also, this from the RAND Corporation
• Why Golden Rice is Not a Golden Bullet (Food and Water Watch)

• The Myth: Scarcity. The Reality: There IS enough food (Food First: Institute for Food & Development Policy)