- Breakfast of Biodiversity
The Truth About Rain Forest Destruction
Resource Type: Book
- Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Canadian Feed The Children
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Canadian Health Food Association
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Canadian organic farmers having trouble keeping up with demand
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2008
Demand for locally grown organic food is on the rise across the country. People are finding out what real food tastes like. After you've sampled an organic tomato or carrot or tasted an organically raised free range chicken direct from a local farm.
- Canadian Organic Growers Inc.
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Cathy's Crawly Composters
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Château des Charmes Wines
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2009
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture.
- Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2017
Martin Empson reviews an important book (DEAD ZONE: Where the Wild Things Were
by Philip Lymber,Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017) for activists, a frightening examination of the impact of industrial agriculture on the environment, and particularly biodiversity.
- The Earthscan Action Handbook
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1990
A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action.
- Food 2000
Global Policies for Sustainable Agriculture
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1987
World food production is characterized by unsaleable surpluses in Europe and North America, alongside mass hunger in the Third World. This report to the WCED argues this pattern is ecologically destructive and morally unacceptable and that the loss of cropland, forests and fertility is not inevitable. It proposes solutions to meet the growing demand for food, and to improve the environment in areas lost to agricultural production.
- From Land to Mouth, Understanding the Food System (Review essay)
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1990
- The future is agroecology
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
The way to a sustainable, people-centred agriculture lies in agroecology - farming based on ecological principles, taking account of the interdependence of all living things.
- Meeting the Expectations of the Land
Essays in Sustainable Agriculture and Stewardship
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1984
Addresses the problems facing agriculture today, such as topsol erosion, lowered water tables, reliance on pesticides, dependence on machinery, the overcapitalization of agriculture, the decline of the rural economy, the energy and dollar cost as well as the health problems associated with commercial fertizlers, the shrinking number of family farms, the increasing dependence on fossil fuels.
- The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2001
Ransom suggests that fair, environmentally-conscious trade is not only a viable alternative to unfair free trade, but that it is the way of the future.
- Ontario Farm Animal Council
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Organic Trade Association
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 19 2014
Spying, terrorism, and protest
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2014
Coverage of spying, terrorism, and protest. Articles on how the ISIS (Islamic State group) comes to be using American weapons; the U.S. government's secret plans to spy for American corporations; the insidious power of propaganda; how to spot and defeat disruption on the Internet, and steps to sustainable livestock production. Topic of the week is War Crimes; book for the week is Berkeley: The New Student Revolt, and website of the week is LabourStart.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2015
Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2015
This issue features a number of items related to sustainability, ecology, and agriculture, including Vandana Shiva's article "Small is the New Big," the Council of Canadians' new report on water issues, "Blue Betrayal," the film "The Future of Food," the Independent Science News website, which focuses on the science of food and agriculture, and the memoir "Journey of an Unrepentant Socialist" by Brewster Kneen, a former farmer and long-time critic of corporate agriculture.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 24, 2015
Voter Suppression
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2015
Featuring information and articles related to the October 19, 2015 Canadian election. The topic of the week is Voter Suppression, with articles about voter suppression in Canada and the United States.
- Sources welcomes the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2008
The Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals raised for food in Canada through public education, legislative change and consumer choice.
- Sustainable Development Experts and Information in the Sources Directory
Resource Type: Website
- Valuing Folk Crop Varieties for Agroecology and Food Security
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
Agricultural sustainability consists of long-term productivity, not short-term increase of yield. Ecological agriculture, which seeks to understand and apply ecological principles to farm ecosystems, is the future of modern agriculture.
- World Resources 1992-93
A Guide to the Global Environment
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1992
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