Harold L. Drimmer Library Research Guides: Food Studies: Organic Food and Farming

Organic Food and Farming - EBooks

Organic Food and Farming
Explores the issue of organic food and farming by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
Organic Struggle - The Movement for Sustainable Agriculture in the United States
Organic Food - The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Consumed - Food for a Finite Planet by Sarah Elton
Call Number: Circulating Collection S494.5.S86 E467 2013 In process
In Consumed, Sarah Elton walks fields and farms on three continents, not only investigating the very real threats to our food, but also telling the little-known stories of the people who are working against time to create a new and hopeful future.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver; Camille Kingsolver; Steven L. Hopp
Call Number: Circulating Collection S521.5.A67 K56 2007 3-wk loan
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.

Organic Foods and Products - NY Times
News about Organic Foods and Products, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Is Organic Food Worth The Price - NY Times - The Opinion Pages Room for Debate
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Organic Foods
What's So Great About Organic Food
It costs too much, and it's harder to find, but everyone keeps saying you should be eating it. So the question is: What's So Great About Organic Food?

Environmental Protection Agency - Organic Farming
The Environmental Protection Agency has a site giving background information as well as specific information about organic farming in the United States
Organic Consumers Association
The OCA is a consumer organization with the purpose of endorsing organic farming.
Organic Trade Association
OTA's mission is to promote and protect ORGANIC with a unifying voice that serves and engages its diverse members from farm to marketplace. OTA's vision is to grow ORGANIC to achieve excellence in agriculture and commerce, protect the environment and enhance community well-being. -
USDA Organic Information Access Tools
A guide to help people understand the government's definition of "organic." Also contains helpful information and links for further research.
Organic Consumers Association
The OCA is a consumer organization with the purpose of endorsing organic farming.
Organic Farming Research Foundation
The OFRF provides support for organic farmers by providing access to research policies and community building as well as grant searching.

FRESH, the Movie
This film celebrates farmers who are innovating and reinventing the food system by confronting issues such as pollution, obesity, and depletion of natural resources.
Ingredients - The Local Food Movement Takes Root
You'll find thought leaders of the locavore movement like Alice Waters and Peter Hoffman dropping knowledge in this film illuminating the dangers of America's industrialized food system