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PANUPS: Resource Pointer #380 California Agriculture

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:26:37 -0700

 

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Resource Pointer #380 ( California Agriculture, From Organics to

Agri-business )

April 5, 2005

 

For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate

publishers or organizations directly.

 

*Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California, 2004*

Julie Guthman. This comprehensive study considers the complexities of

organic farming in California. The author refutes the popular portrayal

of organic agriculture as a small-scale, family-farm endeavor in

opposition to " industrial " agriculture. Argues that large-scale organic

farming has replicated what it set out to oppose. 250 pages. $21.95.

Contact

University of California Press, California-Princeton Fulfillment

Services, 1445 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ 08618; phone (800)

777-4726; fax

(800) 999-1958; website http://www.ucpress.edu/; email

orders.

 

*The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California, 2004*

Richard A. Walker. Offers an overview of industrial farming in

California. Shows how a persistent emphasis on productivity and growth

allowed

California agricultural production to outpace developments elsewhere in

the United States. Details how California's landscape and Mediterranean

climate have been manipulated to serve a production model that exploits

an army of farm workers who live and work under dismal conditions. 380

pages. $27.95. Contact The New Press, 38 Greene Street, 4th floor, New

York, NY 10013; phone (800) 233-4830; fax (212) 629-8617; website

http://www.thenewpress.com/; email newpress.

 

*The Organic Guide to San Francisco, 2002* Community Action

Publications (CAP). Includes sources for organic food, wine, clothes,

products,

and services, including restaurants, health food stores, specialty

stores, farmer's markets, CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms

that

supply rs with baskets of farm-fresh food, nurseries, " wet " (not

dry) cleaners, less-toxic pest control, mail order products, and more.

Also offers useful information about pesticides, organics, biodynamics,

community gardens, what's in season, and the City of San Francisco

pesticide reduction program. 108 pages. $11.25. Contact Patricia Dines,

Community Action Publication, 708 Gravenstein Hwy N Suite 104-WM,

Sebastopol, CA 95472; phone (707) 829-2999; website

http://www.healthyworld.org/; email PDines.

 

*The Organic Guide to Sonoma, Napa, & Mendocino Counties, 2002*

Community Action Publications (CAP). The first section of this Guide

provides

information about organics, small farms and community gardens, and

effective consumer actions to support them. The second section offers the

author's favorite places to find delicious organic food, wines and more

in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino. The last section brings together

resources on these topics, an indexed list and map. 120 pages. $11.25.

Contact

Patricia Dines, Community Action Publication, 708 Gravenstein Hwy N

Suite 104-W, Sebastopol, CA 95472; phone (707) 829-2999; website

http://www.healthyworld.org/; email PDines

 

*2005 Organic Directory* California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF).

The 2005 CCOF Organic Directory is a comprehensive listing of all CCOF

Certified Clients and CCOF certified producers as well as the crops,

products, services and apprenticeship opportunities they offer.136 pages.

$13.00. 1115 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; fax (831) 423-4528;

website http://www.ccof.org/; email ccof.

 

We encourage those interested in having resources listed in the PANUPS

Resource Pointer to send review copies of publications, videos or other

resources to our office.

 

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