Seeking a Just and Sustainable Food System for West Michigan
Resources


Foodshed Site Links

Policymaking Organizations

CityNet
email:info@citynet-ap.org
www.CityNet-ap.org/en/index.html

International Union of Local Authorities (IULA)
email:iula@iula.org
www.iula.org

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
email:iclei@iclei.org
www.iclei.org

World Federation of United Cities
email:contact@fmcu-uto.org
www.fmcu-uto.org


Organizations/Resources for Food and Agriculture Alternatives

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

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (US)
www.sustainableagriculture.net
Federal (US) Sustainable Agriculture Primer

Center for Rural Affairs
email:info@cfra.org
www.cfra.org

Community Food Security Coalition
email;cfsc@foodsecurity.org
www.foodsecurity.org

Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy at Winrock International
www.winrock.org

International Society for Ecology and Culture
email:info@isec.org.uk
www.isec.org.uk

Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
email:foodfirst@foodfirst.org
www.foodfirst.org

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
email:iatp@iatp.org
www.iatp.org


Groups Building Farmer Capacity, Distribution, Processing and Consumer Connections

Association for Better Land Husbandry
jcheatle@net2000ke.com
www.ablh.org

Intermediate Technology Development Group
email:itdg@itdg.org.uk
www.itdg.org.uk

Appropriate Technology Transfer to Rural Areas (ATTRA)
www.attra.org

Food Cirlces Networking Project
email:Hendrickson@missouri.edu
www.foodcircles.missouri.edu

Leopold Center for Rural Agriculture
email:leocenter@iastate.edu
www.leocenter.iastate.edu


Groups Promoting Local Food

Hartford Food System
email:info@harfordfood.org
www.hartfordfood.org

ANDES (Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development/Kechua-Aymara Association for Sustainable Livelihoods)
email:andes@andes.org.pe
www.andes.org.pe

Farm Folk/City Folk
email:office@ffcf.bc.ca
www.ffcf.bc.ca

Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming
email:sustain@sustainweb.org
www.sustainweb.org

Foundation for Local Food Initiatives
email:mail@localfood.org.uk
www.localfood.org.uk

Vermont Fresh Network
email:info@vermontfresh.net
www.vermontfresh.net

Toronto Food Policy Council
email:tfpc@city.toronto.ont.ca
www.city.toronto.ont.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm

FoodRoutes Network
www.foodroutes.org


Urban Agriculture & Community Garden Groups

American Community Gardening Association
www.communitygarden.org

Community Gardens Forum at Gardenweb
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/commgard/

Green Guerillas (New York)
http://www.greenguerillas.org/

Kalamazoo Community Garden Initiative (KCGI)
http://www.kcgi.org/

City of Detriot Farm-A-Lot Program

Greening of Detroit
http://www.greeningofdetroit.com/index2.htm

Holbrook Garden (Hamtramck)
email: houseyr@hamtramck.k12.mi.us

MSU Garden Extension Link
http://www.msue.msu.edu/fnh/hunger/toolbox/garden.html

Project Grow (Ann Arbor)
aedmonds@umich.edu

The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens
email:mail@fairviewgardens.org
www.fairviewgardens.org

City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
email:cityfarm@interchange.ubc.ca
www.cityfarmer.org

Cities Feeding People Program - International Development Research Centre
http://network.idrc.ca/en/ev-5911-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Just Food
email:info@justfood.org
www.justfood.org

Resource Center on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF)
email:ruaf@etcnl.nl
www.ruaf.org

Urban Agriculture Network
email:urbanag@compuserve.com

Urban Agriculture Reference & Resource Guide 2000
www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/urbanag.htm"


Migrant Labor/Worker Rights

Michigan Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Program
www.michaglabor.org at Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth

National Alliance For Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Vocational Rehabilitation (NAMSFVR)
http://www.ccer.org/Migrant/homemig.htm

Indios
www.jaguar-sun.com/indios/ a program to empower adults from less industrialized countries to be able to live better in Indiantown, FL.

National Center for Farmworker Health
email:info@ncfh.org
www.ncfh.org

Southwest Center for Agriculture Health, Injury Prevention and Education
swcenter.uthct.edu
Migrant Farmworker Issues (information page)

National Farm Worker jobs Program
wdsc.doleta.gov/msfw/ at Dept. of Labor - Employment & Training Admin.

Migrant Farm Workers Under the New Regime (Candace Beck, 1997)

The Stated Position of the National Council of the Churches of Crist on Migrant Farm Labor

Sierra Club Youth Campaigns: Deconstructing Dinner

United Farm Workers
www.ufw.org

Michigan Agricultural Resources

Future Farmers of America
Contact: Jennifer Decker at (517) 353-9221 or deckerjl@msu.edu

Michigan Barn Preservation Network
www.mibarn.net

Michigan Centennial Farm Association
Contact: Barbara Dickman at (616) 772-4239 or barbzee@chartermi.net

Small Flock Poultry Program
Sam Varghese at (517) 353-2906 or varghes2@msu.edu

Dairy Goats
Contact: Linda Coon (989) 855-3896 or eagle@home.ionia.com

Forgotten Pollinators
Contact: Robin Hayes at (517) 420-8161 or rhayes@envirobat.org

Migrant Farmworkers Research - Julian Samora Research Inst. - MSU
Contact: Lil Lane (517) 373-3567 or Lanel2@state.mi.us

4-H
Contact: Joanne Schultink at (517) 355-7704 or schultin@msue.msu.edu


Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council

c/o West Michigan Environmental Action Council
1514 Wealthy Street SE - Suite 280
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 451-3051 -3054 (fax) or info@foodshed.net