Consumer Education

 

 

Consumer Education about Sustainable Agriculture

Organizations Involved in Educating Consumers about Sustainable Agriculture

Consumer Education Campaign Materials

 

*Each resource within the Four Corners region will be marked with an asterisk

 

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Consumer Education about Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

 

Books and Films Related to Community, Food, and Agriculture

Philip H. Howard, an assistant professor in Michigan State University's Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, has compiled and is making available a searchable online bibliography of 226 books and films related to community, food, and agriculture. This database focuses on recent, introductory, non-fiction works. Books are listed with ISBN numbers, while film listings include links to the producer.

http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/booksfilms.html

 

Defining and Implementing Sustainable Agriculture

This report gives an overview of sustainable agriculture. It compares various definitions and dispels some myths.

http://www.kansassustainableag.org/Library/ksas1.htm

 

Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture

Created by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, the 16-page pamphlet includes a colorful annotated illustration of practices used on a model sustainable farm and a list of hints to help consumers make ecologically friendly choices when they buy food.

http://www.sare.org/publications/exploring.htm

 

How to Talk Food Systems

This CD offers a collection of key documents from the FrameWorks Institute's research on how Americans view the food system based on nationwide research.

http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=102&CID=4&CatID=4&ItemID=5000239&NID=20&LanguageID=0

 

How to Talk Rural Issues

This CD is full of information for rural advocates about creating messages based on the way people currently think about rural America.

http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=101&CID=4&CatID=4&ItemID=44232&NID=20&LanguageID=0

 

Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms

This is a comprehensive list of the terms associated with sustainable agriculture.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb9902.htm

 

Tracing the Evolution of Organic/Sustainable Agriculture

This bibliography includes almost 200 annotated references to historical and current works that pertain to many facets of sustainable agriculture.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/tracing/tracing.shtml

 

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

This listing of ATTRA publications explains the principles of sustainable agriculture in terms that the general public can understand.

http://www.attra.org/fundamental.html

 

Organizations Involved in Educating Consumers about Sustainable Agriculture

 

Local Harvest

Use the Local Harvest website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area.

http://www.localharvest.org/

 

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)

Since 1988, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has helped advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program.

http://www.sare.org/

 

Consumer Education Campaign Materials

 

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture

CISA has several “buy local” campaigns aimed at educating consumers about the benefits of buying local foods.

http://www.buylocalfood.com/programs.html

 

Food Routes: Buy Fresh Buy Local

Food Routes is a national non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food     the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables. The website has educational resources for why to buy local foods.

http://www.foodroutes.org/buy-fresh-buy-local.jsp