Suggested community events

Every Saturday through October: Terre Haute Downtown Farmers' Market, 8 a.m. to noon, parking lot at Ninth & Cherry streets (in front of Clabber Girl)

Sept. 8: Don Richards on "What's Right About Economics and Sustainability, What's Wrong About Economics and Sustainability," 6 p.m., Hayes Auditorium, Hulman Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Sept. 9: Local Food Fair, Vigo County Fairgrounds, Terre Haute, Ind.

Sept. 10-12: Country Lifestyle Experience of the Heartland, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis.

Sept. 11: Yeasted Bread 101 with Candace Minster and Susie Lannoo, 10 a.m.-noon, $10, Clabber Girl Kitchens in Terre Haute. Nothing beats the taste and aroma of homebaked bread! Learn how easy and satisfying it can be to bake a variety of simple breads at home. Register by contacting April Osburn at 812-478-7113 or aosburn@clabbergirl.com.

Sept. 11: Zucchini 500 Race at the Terre Haute Downtown Farmers' Market. Kids build and race cars made from zucchini and other in-season gourds. Bring your own or pick one up at the market.

 Sept. 23-26: Simply Living Fair and Midwest Permaculture Convergence, Bloomington, Ind. Saturday is the main event, with workshops, hands-on demonstrations, and green business vendor booths in Third Street Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Learn about green projects in Bloomington and projects you can try at home such as urban gardening, home weatherization, beekeeping, water catchment, and more.
 

Suggested Web sites

Food, farming and sustainability issues

Eat Well Guide: www.eatwellguide.org
Going Local – a site that celebrates Indiana farmers and restaurants: www.goinglocal-info.com
Indiana Market Maker – a resource for local food and growers in Indiana: http://in.marketmaker.uiuc.edu
Local Harvest – local organic vegetables, meats, dairy, herbs, markets, and fiber: www.localharvest.org
Terre Foods Cooperative: www.terrefoods.org
The Meatrix, a production by the GRACE Project – education about factory farms: www.themeatrix.com

Farming/gardening resources

American Community Gardening Association: http://www.communitygarden.org/about-acga/
The Worm Woman – resources for worm composting: www.wormwoman.com

Other ecological and environmental issues

Bioneers: Visionary and Practical Resources for Restoring the Earth: www.bioneers.org
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association: www.biodynamics.com
National Catholic Rural Life Conference: www.ncrlc.com
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA): www.attra.org
Natural Resources Defense Council: www.nrdc.org
Marion Nestle’s blog: www.whattoeatbook.com
Master of Arts in Earth Literacy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: http://www.smwc.edu/academics/departments/graduate_studies/earth_literacy/index.php
Oregon Biodynamics Group: www.oregonbd.org
Sierra Club: www.sierraclub.org
Sustainable Agriculture Resource and Education (SARE): www.sare.org
Union of Concerned Scientists: http://ucsusa.org
Wes Jackson’s Land Institute: www.landinstitute.org

Suggested films:

The Future of Food. Deborah Koons Garcia. Lily Films, 2004
Supersize Me.  Morgan Spurlock. Kathbur Pictures, 2004.
Field of Plenty. Michael Ableman, a Bioneers Conference Plenary Speaker, 2005
The Living Land. John Jeavons, Wes Jackson, Alice Waters, Mas Masumoto, 1997
The GMO Trilogy. Eden Foods, Inc. and Yes! Books. 2006
The True Cost of Food. Sierra Club, 2007
Beyond the Bar Code. Michael Pollan, a Bioneers Conference Plenary Speaker, 2006
Frankensteer. Marrin Canell, Ted Remerowski, Bullfrog Films, 2005

Suggested readings and resources:

Ableman, Michael.  On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm.  SanFrancisco: Chronicle Books.  1998.

Berry, Wendall.  The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture.  Universityof California Press. 3rd ed. 1996.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Mariner Books, 2002.
--------- The Sense of Wonder.  Harper Collins, 1998.

Coleman, Eliot. The New Organic Grower.  Chelsea Green, 1995.

Dillard, Annie.  Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters. Harper Perennial, 1988.
---------Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Harper Perennial, 1998.

Drengson, Alan and Yuichi Inoue. Eds. The Deep Ecology Movement.  Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.  1995.

Ellis, Barbara W. and Fern Marshall Bradleyl Eds. The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control. Rodale Press, 1996.

Gottlieb, Roger S. Ed. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment.     New York: Routledge. 1996.

Harstad, Carolyn.  Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press.  1999.

Hauk, Gunther.  Toward Saving the Honeybee. Rudolph Steiner Press, 2003.
Jackson, Marion.  Ed. The Natural Heritage of Indiana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1997.

Jackson, Wes. New Roots for Agriculture. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1985.

Kimbrell, Andrew. Ed. Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture. Washington: Island Press.  2002.

Leopold, Aldo.  A Sand County Almanac.  New York: Oxford University Press. 1968.

Lopez, Barry.  Arctic Dreams. Vintage, 2001.

McFague, Sallie.  The Body of God: An Ecological Theology.  Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 1993.
   
Mollison, Bill with Reny Mia Slay.  Introduction to Permaculture.  Australia: Tagari Publications.  1994.

Morrow, Rosemary.  Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture.  Australia: Kangaroo Press. 1993.

Nestle, Marion. What to Eat.  North Pointe Press, 2006.

Pollan, Michael.  The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin Press, 2006.

Pollan, Michael.  In Defense of Food. Penguin Press, 2008.

Ruether, Rosemary  Radford.  Gaia & God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing.  San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1992.

Sanders, Scott Russell.  Writing from the Center. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.

Schlosser, Eric.  Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Harper Collins, 2002.

Snyder, Gary.  The Practice of the Wild.  San Francisco: North Point Press. 1990.

Steiner, Rudolph.  Agriculture.  Sophia Books, 2004.

Storl, Wolf D. Culture and Horticulture: A Philosophy of Gardening.  Steiner Books, 1979.

Swimme, Brian & Thomas Berry.  The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era, A Celebration of the Unfolding of theCosmos.  San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1992.
   
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden. Princeton University Press, 150th Anniversary Edition, 2004.

Williams, Terry Tempest. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Vintage, 1992.