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Ole Ersson, M.D.
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Master VEG Resources Week 8Resources for The Food IndustryAppetite For ProfitHow The Food Industry Undermines Our Health And How To Fight Back By Michele Simon, Public Health Attorney. 2006 Food Fight The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It By Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, academics with the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. 2003 Food Politics How The Food Industry Influences Nutrition And Health By Marion Nestle, Nutrition Chair at New York University and award winning author. 2002 Resources for The US Farm Bill and Related Trade PolicyFood Fight: The Citizen's Guide To A Food And Farm BillBy Daniel Imhoff, Executive Director of Watershed Media, award winning author and publisher. 2007 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition www.sustainableagriculture.net Includes an informative and comprehensive weekly blog on all national and state farm issues. Resources for Sustainable AgricultureEric SchlosserArticles and the book Fast Food Nation (2001) Michael Pollan Articles and books Omnivore's Dilemma (2006) and In Defense Of Food (2008) - look for his frequent media appearances Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education www.sare.org, part of USDA National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition www.sustainableagriculture.net Union For Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture Resources for The National Organic Program and Organic FarmingOregon Tilthwww.tilth.org Resources for GE FoodsThe Food RevolutionBy John Robbins, award winning author of 6 books and founder of Earthsave International, part IV (75 page critique). 2001 Seeds of Deception By Jeffrey Smith, Researcher and Author. 2003. A detailed picture of evidence amassed about injustices perpetrated for huge profits. Genetic Roulette By Jeffrey M. Smith (2006) Genetically modified food and potential dangers to public health. Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Foods By Lisa Weasel, Molecular Biologist and tenured Professor of Biology at Portland State Univ., 2009. Dr. Weasel presents a global perspective derived from intensive research. Organic Consumers Association www.organicconsumers.org Northwest Rage (centered in Portland) www.nwrage.org Organic Consumers Association - Genetically Engineered Food www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.cfm News, articles & resources about GMOs. Seeds of Deception www.seedsofdeception.com Genetic engineering and genetically modified foods from an opponent's perspective. True Food Now Shoppers Guide www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide Learn about which products & brands are genetically engineered. Fair TradeThe Fair Trade Federationwww.fairtradefederation.org Global Exchange www.globalexchange.org Find out about fair trade products and resources. Your Voice and Your ActionsClosing The Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of PlentyBy Mark Winne, former Executive Director of the Hartford Food system in Hartford, Connecticut 2008. Appetite For Profit: How The Food Industry Undermines Our Health And How To Fight Back By Michele Simon, Public Health Attorney. 2006. |