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Explore our list of links for more information about biocultural and ecogastronomic restoration.

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American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC)

The Arc of Taste is an international catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction.

Articles by or about Gary Nabhan

Books by Gary Nabhan

The Chefs Collaborative is a national chef network that’s changing the sustainable food landscape using the power of connections, education and responsible buying decisions.

Cleveland Urban Agriculture Incubator Projects

Community Food Security Coalition

Interactive map of Disappearing Foods: Encouraging a Comeback

Eat Local Challenge is a group blog focusing on the importance of eating locally and sustainably grown food.

Ecogastronomy Initiative

Ecological Farming Association

Edible Communities Publications a network of local food publications interested in keeping up to date on the latest local food news

Farm to Family Connection

Farm to Table

Farmers markets in Australia

Farmers markets in Canada

Farmers markets in the U.K.

Farmers markets in the U.S.

Fishwatch, put out by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, provides relevant data to help people make informed decisions about the seafood they eat.

Food & Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)

Food Routes

Food Security Learning Center

Future Harvest

Green Chefs, Blue Ocean: A comprehensive, interactive online sustainable seafood training program and resource center.

International Society for Ecology and Culture

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Localharvest.org is a U.S. nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. The site also lists growers and producers of foods on Slow Food’s Arc of Taste

Locavores

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Native Seeds/SEARCH conserves, distributes and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and northwest Mexico.

NatureServe

People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty

Renewing America’s Food Traditions Alliance (RAFT)

Seven “Rs” of RAFT:

Recognizing which place-based foods are most at risk.

Recovering their species, varieties, stocks, or populations.

Restoring their habitats in both wild and agricultural landscapes.

Rescuing and passing on local traditional knowledge about their stewardship and cultural uses.

Recuperating markets and local infrastructures to support their production.

Rewarding and actively supporting the original stewards of these resources with market-based incentives, recognition of their “farmers’ rights” or “foragers’ rights,” and cross-cultural reinforcement.

Reducing or altogether eliminating contamination, both chemical and genetic.

Slow Food International

South Asian Network for Social and Agricultural Development

Status of U.S. Fisheries

Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.

Start with our introduction or jump right in and get involved!

Terra Madre is an international network of food producers, cooks, educators and students from 150 countries who are united by a common goal of global sustainability in food.

True Food Network

University of Gastronomic Sciences

Video clips from the Terra Madre Conference and Salone del Gusto International Slow Food fair held in Italy in October.

World Watch Institute Paper #163: Home Grown: The Case For Local Food In A Global Market

The Youth Food Movement is a network of young farmers, cooks, artisans, activists and students that are actively changing the future of food and farming.

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