Food Systems

collection of ideas, both conceptual and realized, which use design to enable sustainable food production, helping to re­introduce urban agriculture to our cities.

Publishing and information services company that creates editorially rich, community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through our publications, supporting websites, and events, we connect consumers with family farmers, growers, chefs, and food artisans of all kinds.

Directory of farms across the U.S. Maintained by Rodale.

National model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Each year, over a hundred teens and thousands of volunteers farm on 37 acres in eastern Massachusetts in Beverly, Boston, Ipswich, Lincoln and Lynn.

Documentary, book and multimedia project (launched in 2012).

Their vision: A World Free of Hunger and Malnutrition. Based on the human rights to adequate food and freedom from hunger, and the recognition of the dignity inherent in all human beings.

Directory of farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.

Actively involved in the rejuvenation of indigenous knowledge and culture. Creates awareness on the hazards of genetic engineering, defended people's knowledge from biopiracy and food rights in the face of globalization. Founded by world-renowned scientist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva.

Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment

A consortium of 70 businesses and social organizations from three continents. The mission of the Sustainable Food Lab is to accelerate the shift of sustainable food from niche to mainstream in order to ensure a healthy future for the planet and its people.

Dynamic new model for school improvement and civic engagement. Designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices.

Nonprofit charity which disseminates the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. His research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.