MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
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- Leaders in the Slow Food movement
- General articles on Slow Food/Artisan Food
- Eating Locally
- Cheese
- Bread
- Food and Agriculture Policy
- France
- Italy
- Vegetable Production
- Place, AOC/DOP, Organic Standard
- Case Studies
- Markets
- Education
- Work, Leisure, Livelihoods
- Localization, Anti-globalization
- Slow Cities
- Film List
- Restaurants
- Wildcrafting
Leaders in the Slow Food Movement
- Alice Waters visits the Rungis market in Paris and contemplates opening a restaurant in the Louvre (excerpt from "Paris to the Moon" by Gopnick)
- Richard Olney excerpt from Simple French Food on cooking
- Alice Waters epiphany about food Δ
- Lonnie Interviews Vandana Shiva
- Interview with Carlo Petrini
- Interview with Sustainable Table founder Diane Hatz Originally appeared on Grist
- Carlo Petrini's opening address to the 2007 world Slow Food Congress in Mexico
- Odessa Piper's commencement address 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Odessa is the founder of l'etoile restaurant in Madison.
General Articles on Artisan Foods/Slow Food movement
Basic definition and discussion of artisan foods from USA Weekend, March 26, 2006
- Ark of Taste
- Corby Kummer on the slow food revolution - audio interview
- Mcdonalds closes in Italian town - not enough business
- Local Food/ Slow Food Week proclaimation signed by Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy
- The Music/Slow Food connection
Eating Locally
Bill Mckibben eats locally in Vermont's Champlain Valley for a year (Originally appeared in Gourmet Magazine)
- An NPR audio interview with the Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon, authors of Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally. This British Columbia couple popularized the 100 mile diet.
Cheese
Great report from a goat cheese producer in Wisconsin who went to study affinage (cheese aging) in France
- Aging Cheese at Bluemont Dairy Artisan cheese aging with Wisconsin cheesemaker Willi Lehner - great article, very useful for Fairfield based projects
- French cheese story from "Auberge of the Flowering Hearth"
- Artisan Blue Cheese
- Best cheese experiences, from Chowhound food blog
Bread
- Story about a visit to a Spanish village that still has a communal wood fired bread oven. From Lynne Rosetto Casper's Splendid Table show.
- Eric Rusch's awesome web site on artisan bread making Breadtopia
- Bread Bakers Guild Bread Camp Always sold out early, this is an intensive experience in artisan bread, held in the Bay Area
- Artisan Bread:Crafted by Tradition, Baked with Devotion renaissance in breadmaking in America
- Excerpt from The Bread Builders, introduction and 6 pages of chapter one by Alan Scott and Daniel Wing
Reading this forever changed my thinking about bread
- Excerpt from "The Bread Builders" by Alan Scott and Daniel Wing
- Review of "The Bread Builders" by Alan Scott and Daniel Wing. Review by Racheal Gibson
Food and Agriculture Policy
Very readable story about French farm policy - M. Leduc, a left wing French farmer, discusses the $130,000 a year in EU subsidies he gets for his 300 acre grain farm.
- Local Food/ Slow Food Week proclaimation signed by Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy
- Woodbury County Iowa testimony before congress Woodbury county in Western Iowa wants to become known for organic agriculture, and has enacted a number of incentives for organic farmers.
- Sustainable Agriculture: An Oxymoron? by Tobey Hemenway A critique of Agriculture - maybe the first mistake was to give up hunter-gathering?
France
- Excerpts from Sixty Million Frenchman Can't Be Wrong"
- Excerpt from The Generous Earth by Phillip Oyler One of my favorite books, recommended to me by Eliot Coleman. Tells the story of peasant farmers in the Lot and Dourdougne region of France, with much love and respect.
- A French meal - 1 page
Short description of a memorable meal in France from the owner of Pine Tree Seeds
Very readable story about French farm policy - M. Leduc, a left wing French farmer, discusses the $130,000 a year in EU subsidies he gets for his 300 acre grain farm.
An indignant (and probably plump!) American responds to Mireille Guiliano's excellent book, "French Women don't get fat"
- Semaine du Gout The week of taste - Each year thousands fo France's top chefs visit schoolchildren to educate them about taste
- Lonnie's first day in Paris Fall, 2005.
- Organic agriculture (Agriculture Biologique) associations in France
- The Aligre (Arabic) market in Paris Short article on the history of one of the oldest outdoor markets in Paris - most vendors today are of North African heritage.
- Paris Outdoor Market Statistics Report from the person in charge of all markets in Paris.
- Shopping for food in Paris
Italy
- Mcdonalds closes in Italian town - not enough business
- Claire and Torrey Witherspoon's Italy Blog Calire and Torrey work with a traditional balsamic vinegar maker near Modena.
- Caitlin Allen and Amellia Schuldt big adventure - Terra Madre, wwoofing, baking in Paris and more...
Vegetable Production
- Excerpts from Four Season Harvest - Eliot ColemanExcerpts about the philosophy of eating fresh from the garden and about attitudes toward food in France.
- The no-till market garden
- Urban Agriculture by Michael Ableman excerpted from a bioneers talk. Michael Ableman is one of the most eloquent small farmers in the US. He talks about his shift from Fairview Gardens in Santa Barbara to an island off the coast fo British Columbia
- Sustainable Agriculture: An Oxymoron? by Toby Hemenway A critique of Agriculture - maybe the first mistake was to give up hunter-gathering?
- Culinary Vegetable Institute
- Chef's Garden - amazing project that ships specialty vegetables all over the country to top chefs. From their web site: The Chef’s Garden, Inc. is the leading grower of artisanal products in the United States for the world’s top chefs. They currently grow more than 600 varieties of vegetables, micro greens and herbs in seven different stages of growth to enhance any plate. They currently grow 87 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, 100 different Micro Greens and Micro Herbs and flowers, and more than 500 experimental crops that provide you with the newest products around!
- Broadscale Biointensive vision for Iowa Patrick Bosold bold vision for populating the landscape with biointensive family farms.
Place, AOC/DOP, Organic Standards
Excellent article by Kellog Food and Policy fellow Arlin Wasserman on place-based foods from an American perspective
- Connecting Taste and Place: A U.S. Approach to Create Sustainable Markets another Wasserman article
- Beyond Organic - Ode MAgazine
- Authentic Food standard proposed by Eliot Coleman
- A study of place based foods in northeast Iowa
- Failings of the AOC system
Case Studies
- Kalona Organics
- Report on a Columbia University student trip to Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
- The White Dog Cafe, Judy Wicke, and the Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (Balle) Originally appeared in Orion magazine. Judy was a 2007 Bioneers speaker
Markets
- The Aligre (Arabic) market in Paris Short article on the history of one of the oldest outdoor markets in Paris - most vendors today are of North African heritage.
- Paris Outdoor Market Statistics Report from the person in charge of all markets in Paris.
- Shopping for food in Paris
Education - opportunities and projects
- Semaine du Gout The week of taste - Each year thousands fo France's top chefs visit schoolchildren to educate them about taste
- Report on a Columbia University student trip to Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
- Veggie U - child culinary education
- Culinary Vegetable Institute
- French Village Life Study Abroad Program
- Slow Food On Campus
Work, Leisure, Livelihoods
- Stone Age Economics excerpt, by Sahlins
- Work Ethic/Play Ethic Article from The Observer
- Medieval Peasants Worked Less Than You
- Real Men Play Nice - Nordic Economies - Ode Magazine
- The Play Ethic - Ode Magazine
- Sustainable Agriculture: An Oxymoron? by Tobey Hemenway A critique of Agriculture - maybe the first mistake was to give up hunter-gathering?
- Work Less Party of Conrad Schmidt, Vancouver, British Columbia
See also Schmidt's excellent book Workers of the World Relax
- David Orr essay on Speed
- Ivan Illich classic article on the cars, technology, and speed - you will be surprised at the true speed of auto transport in North America
- Fred Gratzen's In Praise of Laziness - great little movie with contemporary and historical quotes about work and leisure. See also Fred's book "The Lazy Way to Success"
Slow Cities
Slow Cities excerpt from Carl Honore's book, "In Praise of Slow"
Localization, Anti-globalization
- Richard Douthwaite's excellent book on local economy, Short Circuit. The entire text of the book is available here free on the internet
- A look at initiatives in food, energy and economic/social justice from the European Greens Coalition
Food Tourism, Agritourismo
Film List
Restaurants
Green Restaurant Certification
- Restaurant Going Green
- A visit to Chez Panisse - blog entry with photos
Wildcrafting
- Excerpt from Wildcrafting Δ
- Wildcrafting - Michael Saunders piece on Maine wildcrafter