Links
These links represent just a selection of resources. Find out more about the Slow Food Movement! Get involved in a discussion group or forum! Visit links to local farms, farmers markets, stores and restaurants to create in itinerary for a slow food day! Or inform yourself about organizations concerned with our health, land, and the environment!
And mail us your tips on websites we should include!
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| Urban Harvest Greensboro |
A nonprofit community organization dedicated to local urban food production, distribution and education, employing the principles of sustainability and permaculture, accessible to all citizens. We produce food within the city limits of Greensboro on unused city property and on private land as a network of micro eco-farms.
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| Greensboro's
Community Sustainability Council
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An advisory group to Council members. The group's task is to present proposals both to City Council and City staff members for ways the City as a government and as a community can better protect our environment.
(Sustainability News and Events...) |
Earth Matters
Charlie Headington's Project
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Seeks to teach others how to live sustainably, that is, how to build community with nature and one another in a solar driven society. It offers classes and workshops, practical ideas and designs for restoring and greening our cities, farms, schools, and homes. |
| Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
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Promotes sustainable agriculture in the Carolinas by inspiring, educating and organizing farmers and consumers. Our events include Farm&Garden Tours, On-Farm Dinners and our annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference.
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| Project Greenleaf
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Dedicated to sustaining local agriculture by strengthening community between farmers and consumers, thus providing for better quality of living. |
| Pesticide Education Project |
Goal: To get rid of pesticide pollution, in our water, our food and our bodies. Check for programs, Toxic Free NC News and Toxic Free NC Action Alerts
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| Piedmont Environmental Alliance
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A nonprofit organization formed to facilitate environmental sustainability in the Piedmont Triad community of North Carolina through education, networking and outreach. |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy
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Read the current issue of Landlines, the Piedmont Land Conservancy newsletter for latest updates and events
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| Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA
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RAFI-USA cultivates markets, policies and communities that support thriving, socially just and environmentally sound family farms |
| Sierra Club Piedmont Plateau Group
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Promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions
Meetings are the new environmental library, Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch in Price Park, Greensboro
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| Chef's Collaborative
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The nation's leading network of chefs and members of the greater culinary community committed to sourcing and cooking with local, sustainable, and delicious ingredients |
| Eat Wild:
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- Comprehensive, accurate information about the benefits of raising animals on pasture.
- A direct link to local farms that sell all-natural, delicious, grass-fed products.
- A marketplace for farmers who raise their livestock on pasture from birth to market and who actively promote the welfare of their animals and the health of the land. |
| The Edible Schoolyard
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A non-profit program located on the campus of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, California. The cooking and gardening program grew out of a conversation between chef and author Alice Waters and former King Middle School Principal Neil Smith |
| Local Harvest
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Links to online stores, farmers markets, CSA, restaurants, groceries and Co-ops
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The Society of St. Andrew
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A grassroots hunger relief ministry that relies on volunteers to glean nutritious produce from farmers' fields and orchards after harvest and deliver it to people in need across the United States |
| Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library |
located in the 98-acre Price Park. Includes a
bird and butterfly meadow ,
reading garden , walking trails, ponds, and wetlands |
| The Sustainable Table
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Celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food |
| EpiCourier
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Online Magazine, Greensboro |
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Last modified on:
September 10, 2009
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