RESOURCES

Last Updated: 5/1/08

Documents to Print *

• "Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit" created by SDFNL (PDF) - This is an instruction list for those who have bought a mushroom kit from us. (If you want, get the Word Doc here)
  
  
• "You are What You Grow" by Michael Pollan (PDF) - This article was published in the New York Times Magazine on April 22, 2007. We have created a text only 3-page PDF, so that you can print and read offline if you wish.
  
  
• List of Local Organic Markets - coming soon as quarter page PDF

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Articles to Read

Specific to San Diego area
• Events aim to focus attention on locally grown foods (NCTimes, July 2006 -- mentions our '06 Eat In, Act Out Week)
• Organic Gardens vs. Chem-Fed Lawns (from Inter Press Service and archived on CommonDreams 3/28/07 -- mentions our 3/3 conference, with photo!)
• Local food makes a global impact: The case for shopping locally (NCTimes, Dec 2004)
• 'Urban farm' will go up on city land (SD Union-Tribune, July 30, 2007)

California, National, and more
• A Farm on Every Corner? (East Bay Express, 2005-11-16)
• Brewing behemoth sneaks into organics (SFGate, Mar 2006)
• Chews Wisely: Local or organic? It's a false choice (Grist, Mar 2006)
• E.coli outbreak is another reason to buy food locally (Press-Citizen, Sept 2006)
• Farming the Conrete Jungle (In These Times, Aug 2007)
• Grist: Victual Reality (online weekly food column)
• The oil in your oatmeal: A lot of fossil fuel goes into producing, packaging and shipping our breakfast (SFGate, Mar 2006)
• Time to become a "locavore" (Seattle Times, Oct 2006)
• West Oakland Gets Fresh (Yes Magazine, Summer 2005)

Videos to watch

• Urban Food Deserts (CNN 3/1/07)

Media Coverage of SDFNL

• Please see the page About Us

More coming soon...