Eat SOLE Food: Seasonal Organic Local Ethical

SOLE Food Resources: For those who want to dig deeper into understanding the ripples of your food choices.

Books

Tip: To save paper and money, find these books at your local library!

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperCollins)
• Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods by Gary Paul Nabhan (W.W. Norton & Co.)
• Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice (Chelsea Green)
  
• Eat Here: Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket by Brian Halweil (W.W. Norton & Co.)
• Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the  People Who Grow It by Michael Ableman (Chronicle)
• Food Fight by Dan Imhoff (University of California Press)
• Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin)
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Penguin)
• Kitchen Literacy: How we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back by Ann Vileisis (Island Press)
• Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry
• The End of Food by Paul Roberts (Houghton Mifflin)
• Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets by Deborah Madison (Broadway)
• Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon (Crown Publishing)
• The Revolution will not be Microwaved by Sandor Ellix Katz (Chelsea Green)
• Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck (Bloomsbury)
• Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair by Carlo Petrini (Rizzoli Ex Libris)

• What to Eat by Marion Nestle (North Point)
• Regional Bonus: Portland's Bounty: A guide to Eating Locally and Seasonally in the Greater Portland and Vancouver Areas by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns; 2nd edition (2001)

Websites

• Eat Well Guide Online listing of sustainable food resources by zip code, including restaurants, Co-ops, stores, CSAs, and more.
• Portland Area CSA Coalition (formerly PACSAC)Online listing of Portland area Community Supported Agriculture farms.
• Tri-County Farm Fresh Seasonal Produce Guide A seasonal produce guide for Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
• Where to Buy Oregon Products (Agri-Business Council of Oregon) Lists of farmer's markets, farm-direct markets, roadside stands, garden centers, nurseries and Oregon food producers and processors. Organized by county and searchable by name.
• Oregon Tilth's Organic Directory A complete listing of Oregon Tilth Certified Organic Growers, Processors, Apiaries, Handlers & Restaurants. In addition, the directory lists numerous statewide and national organic sources and services, including restaurants, retail stores, farm & garden.
• Local Harvest Find Farmers’ Markets, CSAs, Organic farms, and other local resources around the country.
• Portland Farmers Market News, locations, programs, and events for Portland Farmers’ Markets, where local farmers can connect directly with Portland consumers, to build community in an urban setting, and to provide public education on regional farming, gardening and food preparation.
• Oregon Farmers’ Markets Association “The Oregon Farmers' Markets Association seeks to promote, support and develop this partnership for the benefit of Oregon farmers and Oregon communities.”
• FoodRoutes National non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food.
• Slow Food USA “A global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.”
• The Community Food Security Coalition Dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems.
• Sustainable Table “Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.”
• Edible Portland “The goal of this magazine and website is to be a resource that makes eating, growing, and enjoying our local abundance an everyday pleasure. Edible Portland serves the greater Portland metropolitan area including Hood River and the Willamette Valley.”
• Oregon Environmental Council

Films/Documentaries

• The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Directed by Taggart Siegel (2005)
• King Corn: Directed by Aaron Woolf, Written by Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis (2007)
• Fast Food Nation: Directed by Richard Linklater, written by Eric Schlosser (2006)
• Gardens of Destiny with Dan Jason: Directed by Jocelyn Demers (2007)
• Tableland: Pixel One Productions

Study Courses

Northwest Earth Institute’s Menu for the Future