Hi! If you heard Jessie Banhazl speak at the American Heart Association's Go Red luncheon, or you are just interested in learning more about where to get local, healthy food, the history of the US food system, of how to grow your own, see below for resources recommended by Green City Growers:
Reading (Current Food Issues):
"In Defense of Food" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" By Barbara Kingsolver
"Eating better than Organic" by John Cloud, Time Magazine (Click HERE for article)
Watch:
"Food, Inc" (it's available on Netflix Streaming!)
"Fresh"
"King Corn"
Reading (Growing your Own):
"All new Square Foot Gardening Method" by Mel Bartholomew
"The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener" by Eliot Coleman
"The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" by Eliot Coleman
"Gaia's Garden: A guide to Home-Scale Permaculture" by Toby Hemenway
"Lasgna Gardening: A new Loayering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!" by Patricia Lanza
"The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields." by
John Jeavons
High-Quality Seeds:
High Mowing Seeds (Vermont)
Johnny's Seeds (Maine)
Find a Local Farm, Farmer's Market, or CSA:
You are also welcome to ask GCG for advice! Email us at greencitygrowers@gmail.com
