EXTRA RESOURCES: The Food System

WEBSITES: Articles and Organizations

• US Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms Links to an external site.
• Article: Seattle's Unhealthiest Neighborhoods Dubbed Food Deserts Links to an external site.
• Food Secure Canada What is Food Sovereignty Links to an external site.
• La Via Campesina, International Peasant's Movement, DECLARATION OF NYÉLÉNI Links to an external site. to strengthen a global movement for food sovereignty.

FILMS

• Food Chains Links to an external site. "In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the United States."
• Food, Inc. Links to an external site. "American agriculture has in many respects been the envy of the world... Less obvious, according to Food, Inc., is the entrenchment of a powerful group of food producers, that sets the conditions under which today’s farmers and food workers operate, in order to maximize profits."
• King Corn Links to an external site. "King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation."
• The Hand That Feeds Links to an external site. "Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain. The epic power struggle that ensues turns a single city block into a battlefield in America’s new wage wars."