Chapter 03

Unsustainable Food Production: Its Social Origins and Alternatives

David Holmgren: www.holmgren.com.au

Gift Economy: http://gifteconomy.octapod.org

The Simpler Way: http://socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/

Global Eco-Village Network: http://gen.ecovillage.org/

GeneWatch (UK): http://www.genewatch.org/

GeneEthics Network (Australia): http://www.geneethics.org/community/index.php

Kitchen Garden Program by Stephanie Alexander: http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/abouttheprogram.shtml

Learning for Sustainability: http://learningforsustainability.net/

McSpotlight: http://www.McSpotlight.org

Organic Europe: http://www.organic-europe.net/

Organic Consumers Association (USA): http://www.organicconsumers.org

Slow Food: http://www.slowfood.com/

True Food Network: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/truefood/

USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/

Further reading
Davies, P. 2004, �Gene Flow and Genetically Engineered Crops� (pp. 71-81) & Carman, J. 2004, �Is GM food safe to eat?� (pp. 82-93) in R. Hindmarsh & G. Lawrence (eds) 2004, Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 82-93. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~judycarman/publications.htm

Just Food Project of Friends of the Earth Brisbane 2002, Towards a Community Supported Agriculture, Friends of the Earth, Brisbane. Available online: http://www.foe.org.au/docs/index.htm

Who benefits from GM crops? (Friends of the Earth publication): http://www.foei.org/en/publications/

Documentaries
The Future of Food (2004): Lily Films.

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006): Community Service Inc.

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004): Electric Wallpaper, Canada.

McLibel: Two Worlds Collide (1997) One-Off Productions, 58 minutes.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1997): 52 minutes

The Global Banquet: Politics of Food, Old Dog Documentaries, Inc., 2000, www.olddogdocumentaries.com/vid_gb.html

The Roots of Change: The Journey of Wangari Maathai, Marlboro Productions and the Hartly Film Foundation, 2007, www.marlboroproductions.com