Links and Resources
Want to dig deeper into the issues of food and farming? Click on the links below to find more information relating to sustainable local food systems. Enjoy!
Fiction
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- Close Range by Annie Proulx
- Bad Dirt by Annie Proulx
- The Devil’s Larder by Jim Crace
- The Garden of Reading by Michael Slung
Non-Fiction
- Fertile Ground by Janette Hasse - Combines detailed information for growing your own vegetables in a small, efficient, and productive garden with dozens of recipes and ideas for eating seasonally and locally in a northern climate. Arranged in monthly chapters, an article about a food related issue accompanes each section. Available at Tara Foods, Novel Idea and Sigrid’s Natural Foods for $27.00.
- Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community by H.C. Flores
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
- A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
- First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology by Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.
- Gaining Ground: Making a Successful Transition to Organic Farming by the Canadian Organic Growers
- Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon
- The End of Food: How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Food Supply—And What You Can Do About It by Thomas F. Pawlick
- The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Cookbooks
- Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert
- Simply in Season Chilren's Cookbook by Mark Beach and Julie Kauffman
- More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
- Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables by Farmer John Peterson and Angelic Organics
- From Asparagus to Zucchini by Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
Periodicals & Reports
- Acres: A Voice for Eco-Agriculture published by Acres U.S.A.
- The Farm Crisis: Its Causes and Solutions, The National Farmers Union’s Submission to the Ministers of Agriculture Meeting (2005)
Films
- The Real Dirt on Farmer John
- Babette’s Feast
- Deconstructing Supper
- Fast Food Nation
- The Future of Food
- The Gleaners and I
- Like Water for Chocolate
- The Promise of the Land
Websites
For links to other relevant websites, please click on a following category:
- Local Food Directories
- Farmers Markets
- Local Food Stores
- Food Security
- Local Food Programs
- New Farmer Training and Resources
- Education Centres and Courses
- Urban Agriculture and Growing your own Food
- Food Related Events
- Activist and Action Groups
- Preservation Initiatives
- Research Initiatives
- Kingston Community Meal and Food Programs
- Cooking with Local Food
Local Food Directories
- Ontario CSA Directory — csafarms.netcompass.ca
- Durham Farm Fresh — www.durhamfarmfresh.ca
- Eat Local Sudbury — www.eatlocalsudbury.com
- Foodlink Grey-Bruce — www.foodlinkgreybruce.com
- GTA Local Food — www.gtalocalfood.ca/GTALocalFood/home.html
- Hamilton Local Food Directory — environmenthamilton.org/eatlocal/directory
- Kawartha Choice Farm Fresh — www.kawarthachoice.com/buylocal.php
- Local Flavours (Leeds, Grenville & Frontenac) — www.localflavours.org
- Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association — www.ontariofarmfresh.com
- Waterloo Foodlink — www.foodlink-waterlooregion.ca
- The Eat Well Guide — www.eatwellguide.org
Farmers’ Markets
- Kingston Market — www.geocities.com/kingstonmarket
- Farmers’ Market at Queen’s — www.thefarmersmarketatqueens.com
- Frontenac Farmers Market — www.frontenacfarmersmarket.ca
- Farmers’ Markets Ontario — www.farmersmarketsontario.com
- Harvest Ontario — www.harvestontario.com/fmoeast.html
Local Food Stores
- Desert Lake Gardens — www.dlgardens.com
- Tara Natural Foods — www.taranaturalfoods.com
- Local Family Farms — localfamilyfarms@bellnet.ca
- Glenburnie Grocery (613-542-6234)
- Be Now Natural Foods — www.benownaturalfoods.ca
- Sigrids Natural Foods — www.explorekingston.com/sigrids_natural_foods.htm
Food Security
- Just Food Ottawa — www.spcottawa.on.ca/ofsc
- Foodshare — www.foodshare.ca
- Toronto Food Policy Council — www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm
- Food Net — www.opha.on.ca/foodnet
- Food Secure Canada — www.foodsecurecanada.org
Local Food Programs
Ontario
- Local Food Plus (Toronto) — www.localflavourplus.ca
- Foodlink Grey and Bruce — www.foodlinkgreybruce.com
Canada
- 100 Mile Manitoba — 100milemanitoba.org
- 100 Mile Diet — 100milediet.org
USA
- Be A Local Hero (Massachusetts) — www.buylocalfood.com
- Food Routes (USA) — www.foodroutes.org
- Sustainable Table (USA) — www.sustainabletable.org
New Farmer Training and Resources
- CRAFT Ontario — www.craftontario.ca
- FarmStart — farmstart.ca
- SOIL — www.soilapprenticeships.org
Education Centres & Courses
(for Farmers and Eaters alike)
Ontario
- Everdale — www.everdale.org
Canada
- Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada - Web Courses — www.oacc.info/courses/course_web.asp
- Falls Brook Centre — www.fallsbrookcentre.ca
USA
- New England Small Farm Institute — www.smallfarm.org
- Intervale — intervale.org
Urban Agriculture & Growing Your Own Food
Kingston
- FRILL Community Garden — www.frillgarden.org
- Sunnyside Community Garden — opirgkingston.org/info/groups/garden
- Kingston Horticultural Society — www.ikweb.com/khs
- Kingston Plant Trade — ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/kingston_plant_trade
- Sisters of Providence – Seed Sanctuary — www.providence.ca/seeds
Canada
- City Farmer — www.cityfarmer.org
- You Grow Girl: Gardening for the People — www.yougrowgirl.com
- Urban Harvester: Edible Landscape Consultant — www.urbanharvester.ca
Food Related Events
Kingston
- Taste of Kingston — www.whatsonkingston.com/tasteofkingston
Ontario
- Guelph Organic Conference — www.guelphorganicconf.ca
- International Plowing Match — www.plowingmatch.org
- Canadian Organic Growers (COG) – Ottawa Chapter ECO Farm Day 2008 in Cornwall — www.cog.ca/ottawa/EFD_2008_main.htm
Activist & Action Groups
Biotechnology
- Canadian Biotechnology Action Network — www.cban.ca
Climate Change
- ECO Perth — www.ecoperth.on.ca
Other – Kingston
- Queen’s Oxfam — clubs.myams.org/oxfam/about.html
Other – Ontario
- National Farmers Union - Ontario — www.nfu.ca/on
Other – Canada
- National Farmers Union – Canada — www.nfu.ca
- Canadian Organic Growers — www.cog.ca
- Equiterre — equiterre.org/en
- ACORN — www.acornorganic.org
Other – USA & International
- ETC Group — www.etcgroup.org/en
- The Ethicurean: Chew the Right Thing — www.ethicurean.com
- The New Farm — www.newfarm.org
Preservation Initiatives
Seed-Saving
- Sisters of Providence – Seed Sanctuary — www.providence.ca/seeds
- Seeds of Diversity — www.seeds.ca
Land Preservation
- Ontario Farmland Trust — www.farmland.uoguelph.ca/oft/oft.htm
Animal Breeds
- Rare Breeds Canada — www.rarebreedscanada.ca
Research Initiatives
- Canadian Association for Food Studies — www.foodstudies.ca/public.html
Organic Research Initiatives
- Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada — www.oacc.info
Kingston Community Meal &Food Programs
- St. Paul’s Anglican Meal Program kingston.cioc.ca
- Martha’s Table kingston.cioc.ca
- Partners in Mission Food Bank kingston.cioc.ca
- Good Food Boxkingston.cioc.ca
- Food Sharing Project www.limestone.on.ca
- KFL&A Public Health Emergency and Supplemental Food Access Directorywww.kflapublichealth.ca
Cooking with Local Food
- Slow Food www.slowfood.com
- Taste Ontario www.tasteontario.ca/index.html
- Culiblog: Inside the Secrets of the Culinary Elite — www.culiblog.org
- Edible Tulip — www.edibletulip.typepad.com
A National Farmers Union Local 316 initiative, Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System for Kingston and Countryside relies on the generosity of many partners, supporters and volunteers. Food Down the Road is funded in part through contributions by the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario under the Agricultural Management Institute (AMI), an initiative of the federal-provincial-territorial Agricultural Policy Framework designed to position Canada’s agri-food sector as a world leader. The Agricultural Adaptation Council administers the AMI program on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario.