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Politics of Food

foodpolitics.com - Food Politics

foodandwaterwatch.org - Food & Water Watch

Vegetarian

uuam.org - UU Animal Ministry

NutritionFacts.org - videos with the latest nutrition news

veganmd.org - Michael Greger, M.D. - physician, author, speaker on public health issues

PCRM.org - Dr. Neal Barnard - recipe archives, cancer project, etc.

VegMichigan.org - local vegetarian issues

Ethical Eating Study:

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Ethical Eating Study Guide

Summary of the EET submitted to UUA (Colleen Crawley)

EET World Cafe:

• Summary of Answers
• Action Items
• Photos of event

Summary of book discussion: "In Defense of Food" (Stephanie Minerath)

Summaries of 3 Grocery Tours:

• Whole Foods (Cathy Muha)
• Meijer (Cathy Muha)
• People's Food Co-op (Colleen Crawley)

Summary of Sustainable Farming panel discussion (John Erdevig)

Alison Paine's "What is Sustainable Farming?" discussion

Recipes from the Tofu Cooking class (Chris Kelly)

Real Time Farms website

Resulting in showing of Food, Inc.:

• See Food, Inc. Website: http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php
• Chairpersons of Michigan government committees to contact about farm and food issues:

  • House Committee on Agriculture -- Chairman Mike Huckleberry

    Lansing Office Mailing Address:
    S 1089 House Office Building
    P.O. Box 30014
    Lansing, MI 48909-7514

    Phone: 517-373-0834

    E-mail Address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

    Senate Committee on Agriculture and BioEconomy – Chairman Gerald VanWoerkom

    Lansing Office Mailing Address:

    605 Farnum Bldg.

    P.O. Box 30036
    Lansing, MI 48909-7536

    Phone: 517-373-1635

    Email Address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Food/farming articles in online Grist Magazine:

• Parable on the National School Lunch program
• Cafeteria Confidential, by Ed Bruske
• How our food system is destroying the nation's most important fishery
• The dark side of nitrogen
• Whatever happened to the government's war on raw milk?
• Why a meal for 4 at MacDonald's should cost $75
• New study comparing high fructose corn syrup to table sugar: yes, it's worse
• Shopping mall in Cleveland transformed into greenhouse and farmers market
• A view into the U.S. diet, by Tom Philpott
• With a bit more cash and lots of ingenuity, school lunches could be much better, but Ed Bruske
• In a D.C. school, the simple power of a good breakfast, by Ed Bruske

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• Michael Pollan's visit to Ann Arbor, by Cathy Muha
• The Greening of St. Joe's Hospital
• Hunger Site - visit it and they'll donate a cup of food to the hungry
• World Peace Diet, daily VegInspiration