LINKS***
Food webs
Ethnic
Food Action Group
Ethnic Food Action Group represents and assists the ethnic
foods cluster in Yorkshire and the Humber
Farm
Folk / City Folk
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Farm Folk / City Folk works towards
a local, sustainable food system, lots of projects on the go and good resources
and links on the website
Food
Climate Research Network
Based in the UK, FCRN works to research and promote ways of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food chain. The website has
lots of background information and an extensive research library.
East
Anglia Food Link
EAFL is a wonderful example of a network for a more sustainable
and localised food system. The site has information on the meat, fruit and
veg, organic and other supply chains in the East of England region, local
markets such as the public sector and background information on issues like
food culture and climate change.
Grassroots
Food Network
Grassroots Food Network works to develop the local and regional
food supply chain in Yorkshire and the Humber
World
Family
World Family is a network working for food sovereignty for
all, inspired by Dr. Makanjuola Olaseinde Arigbede, doctor, author and smallholder
in Nigeria.
Food info
Association
for Study of Food and Society
Multidisciplinary study of food, society and culture
British
Agriculture Marketing
BAM gives 100% independent info and advice on the UK food market,
including for farmers developing local food initiatives
f3-
local food consultants
Local food consultants, developing the local food sector throughout
the UK, regular newsletter
Farming
Solutions
Examples of successful environmentally friendly farming, which
also tackle hunger and poverty, from all over the world
Food
Site of the Day
A treasure chest of food info from around the world, updated
daily with amazing links, virtual museums like World Carrot Museum...
Great
British Kitchen
Lots of good info about British food, history, regional specialities
seasonal produce and more
Sustainable
Food
Very informative guide to sustainable food with sections on
environmental, social, economic, safety and health issues. Plus regular news
on food policy, events and media stories.
International
Food Policy Research Institute
IFPRI works for policy solutions to hunger and malnutrition,
with an emphasis on low income countries and people
NGO's and campaigns
Agricultural
Accountability Initiative
The AAI promotes collaborative responses to concentration of
corporate power in the global food system, the website is a great source of
information from its international network of academics, activists and other
experts
Food
Commission
The Food Commission campaigns for the right to safe, wholesome
food for all in the UK. Newsletter and magazine highlight truly gruesome examples
of unhealthiest food products and misleading marketing.
GRAIN
GRAIN supports and promotes agricultural biodiversity based
on people's control over genetic resources and repsect for local knowledge,
and campaigns against erosion of biodiversity.
Sustain:
The alliance for better food and farming
Sustain represents over 100 organisations, the website includes
reports and campaigns on issues including children's food, hospital food and
food poverty
tfX:
the campaign against trans fats in food
tfX aims for reducation and limits on trans (hydrogenated)
fats in food, and for improved labelling
Tescopoly
Tescopoly brings together several NGO's which are critical
of Tesco's practices and dominance, particularly of the UK grocery market
Foody fun
Hen
Cam
Watch the hens and find out about keeping chickens, plus biogs
of all the hens
Potato
Museum
The first museum about the potato with the world's largest
collection
Nice
cup of tea and a sit down
Lively discussion and cutting edge debate about tea and biscuit
issues, plus authoritative biscuit taxonomy.
The
Meatrix
Matrix inspired cartoon about factory farming - go on, take
the red pill!
Store Wars
Cartoon - may the farm be with you
Yorkshire food
North
Yorkshire Local Food
Directory of produce from North Yorkshire including farmers'
markets, farm shops, pick-your-own and more
Pontefract
Liquorice Festival
Pontefract in West Yorkshire has a history of liquorice production
going back to medieval times, and holds an annual liquorice festival in July
Rare
Breeds in Yorkshire
Links to lots of rare and traditional breeds websites in Yorkshire,
slide show and more
Yorkshire
Orchards
Over 100 varieties of apple are being grown, cooking, dessert
and crab apples, plus jams and preserves for sale
Brain food
BRASS
Food Sector Research
Food Sector Research on roles, responsibilities and regulations in the food
industry at BRASS (Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability
and Society), Cardiff University
Food
Ethics Council
To keep abreast of food and farming issues you can subscribe to the Food Ethics
Council bulletin with news and analysis from people involved in producing
food and shaping policy
Green
Economics Institute
An emerging discipline and network for an economic system that addresses what
really matters
Journal
of World Systems Research
Online journal of the Institute for Research on World Systems. Great articles
on globalisation, and the changing roles of transnational corporations and
nation states.
Rural
Economy and Land Use
The RELU Programme is an interdisciplinary research programme informing future
policy and practice on the countryside and rural economies
Just love the web...
Artchive
Explore art galleries from all over the world, worth the pop
ups
Ayup!
Ayup! lives up to its claim to be a non-sensible, unashamedly
local website all about Yorkshire in England, where I am based
Institute
of Crazy Dancing
Dancing in the streets, (dis)organised chaos...
LibraryThing
Fantastic site for bookworms! Catalogue your books, brilliant
suggestions for books you might like, author chats, reviews and more
Jonathan
Gatward Photography
My favourite photographer
Despair
Hilarious, imagine a cynical David Brent* with brains. Sort
of. (*Lead character in UK TV programme The Office)
The
Guild
Indie band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire
UK, turn it up
Trekearth
Learning about the world through photography, seeing the world
through other people's eyes
Web Broadcasting Corporation
Live wildlife webcams - the butterfly farm and sharkcam are
brilliant. Webcams take a while to download and some need to be in daylight,
or darkness, to work
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12th Nov 08 installed gizmo
23rd Dec 08 installed another gizmo