Resources
Eat Wild
The first and foremost online source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grassfed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, pork, dairy...and other wild edibles. Includes in-depth educational information on the benefits of eating pasture-raised animals as well as local suppliers of sustainable meat in your area.The Eat Well Guide
The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of fresh, locally grown and sustainably produced food in the United States and Canada. It has thousands of listings including family farms, restaurants, farmers' markets, grocery stores, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, U-pick orchards and more. Users can search by location, keyword, category or product to find good food, download customized guides, or plan a trip.Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
The Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network (NMPAN) is a national network of professionals in cooperative extension, state departments of agriculture, and other organizations who work to expand the processing bottleneck by helping small-scale meat processors better expand, upgrade, and/or better coordinate with producers.American Grassfed Association
The most thorough source of definitions, protocols and producers, and a third-party certification program that awards is a recognized label to meat producers.National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA)
An extensive list of publications on many various aspects of sustainable animal production, slaughter, processing, marketing & distribution for multi-species enterprises.National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Our resident policy wonks, NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.Civil Eats
Civil Eats is an online magazine/news source that promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. They support the development of a dialogue among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational–its style of conversation is as diverse as its 100+ contributors–but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics. It also has an extensive list of online resources and blogs.Cochon 555
Cochon 555 is a traveling culinary competition and tasting event of five chefs, five pigs, five wine makers whose purpose is to promote sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs. Cochon 555 is the only heritage breed pig culinary competition in the country, and they also have a cute but concise downloadable field guide to heritage breed pigs.Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Profitable Pork publication
Another compendium of well-researched, accessible, and downloadable guides to production of various enterprises, and business and marketing resources as well.I'm High on Cooking
The rousing online revelry of our farmer partner Jared Pickard, and his ruminations on leaving his Wall Street job in late 2009 to dive into sustainable farming head first. A beautiful and hysterical vision of how our farms operate from the eye of a quick and witty convert.The Stockman Grass Farmer
The Stockman Grass Farmer is the grazing publication of North America. Since 1947 it has been devoted solely to the art and science of making a profit from grassland agriculture, and brings its readers the latest information on high profit grassland ideas from all over the world.Any and all books by Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin continues to refine his models to push environmentally-friendly farming practices toward new levels of expertise.Any and all books, essays and poems by Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is the author of more than forty books of poetry, fiction, and essays; he has farmed a hillside in his native Henry Country, KY for more than forty years.Email us with your suggestions on growing this resource list
