Food Around Boston

Information

The How and Why of Eating Veg: http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/
Ten Great Reasons to buy Locally: http://www.bu.edu/dining/about/10-reasons.pdf

Organizations who are involved:

food project

fnb

A community farmshare: Bostonorganics.com

volunteer/wwoof homepage: http://wwoof.org/

Equal Exchange Blog: smallfarmersbigchange.coop

Slow Food USA.

Campaigns and Actions

-food for thought and action curriculum download: link

-real food challenge! @BU?

-Arrange to skip two meals program for a worthy cause… some suggestions= microcredit, farm partnership orgs, oxfam.

Corporate Accountability International

Start a farmers market at your school!
New house bill would support local agriculture. Interesting USDA Campaign here: http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-10-usda-to-unveil/

Book recommendations:

diet for a small planet
diet for a hot planet
the revolution will not be microwaved
omnivore's dilemma
animal vegetable miracle
practical/theory of farming book?
native american spirituality book
zen spirituality- goes with the new morals.

Recipe recommendations!

see *Diet for a Small Planet, above
see Epicurious.com
see Veganchef.com
I will put my own on here soon.

Free things that will make you really motivated/pissed off:

youtube movies
food, inc. (Playing at Coolidge Theater, @3:30, $7.50 for Students!) or Website= http://www.foodincmovie.com/trailer-and-photos.php
Corporate Accountability International: press release
Super Size Me (free) at http://freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=98
Anti-coal/environmental destruction. Google “Mountaintop Removal”
The Future of Food (free) at http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food
Monsanto/Chiquita are the two worst fucking companies on this whole planet. It is my life work to take them down! Wikipedia these..
Related: Who Killed the Electric Car? (trailer) http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/who-killed-the-electric-car/trailer

Depending on response I may add/remove sections. Please utilize for your needs.
The best way to be around Boston is definitely connected with your sustenence. Remember to cook!

Namaste,
-Eddie
BU, Small Planet Institute
A world leader
http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/