LINKS

SEEDS

http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/
JL HUDSON'S ETHNOBOTANICAL SEED CATALOGUE. Strong seeds, strong opinions. I've been reading JL Hudson's seed catalogues with awe and admiration every year. Lloyd and Momoko started their seed business as a tribute to Hudson and his ideas. Check out his catalogue, and you'll see why.

http://www.seedsavers.org
SEEDSAVERS EXCHANGE. The grassroots seed saving organization that inspired Geek and saved Lloyd and Momoko's seeds.

http://www.linnaeafarm.org
LINNAEA FARM. The website for Linnaea Farm, a beautiful working and teaching farm on Cortes Island, B.C. Check out their 2003 seed catalogue for some very nice seeds. (The "Resistance Is Fertile" seeds are from Linnaea, so you can look up their descriptions here.)

FOOD, FARMING, & GENETIC ENGINEERING

http://www.organicconsumers.org
ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION (OCA) promotes food safety, organic farming and sustainable agriculture practices in the U.S. and internationally.

http://www.etcgroup.org
ACTION GROUP ON EROSION, TECHNOLOGY AND CONCENTRATION is dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights.

http://www.safe-food.org
MOTHERS FOR NATURAL LAW Iowa-based organization founded "to transform the overwhelming problems facing families into simple, practical action steps every mother can take to safeguard the health, well-being and innocence of her children". Focusing now on genetic engineering.

http://www.gefoodalert.org
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD ALERT is a coalition of seven organizations united in their commitment to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org
THE CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY addresses the impacts of our current industrial food production system on human health, animal welfare, and the environment.

http://www.thecampaign.org
THE CAMPAIGN TO LABEL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS

http://www.cropchoice.com
CROPCHOICE is an alternative news source for American farmers and consumers about genetically modified crops, corporate agribusiness concentration, farm and trade policy, sustainable agriculture, wind farming and alternative energy, and rural economic and social issues. CropChoice has news that big companies may not want farmers to hear.

http://panna.igc.org
PANNA (Pesticide Action Network North America) works to replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.

http://www.iatp.org
THE INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE POLICY promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.

FARMERS BEING SUED BY BIOTECH COMPANIES

http://www.percyschmeiser.com
Canadian canola farmer

http://nelsonfarm.net
North Dakota soybean farmer

ALTERNATIVE NEWS SITES

http://www.alternet.org/
ALTERNET.ORG - dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism.

http://www.tompaine.com/
TOM PAINE - an excellent public interest journal inspired by the great patriot, Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."

http://www.progressive.org
THE PROGRESSIVE - a journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad.

http://www.motherjones.com
MOTHER JONES - "A regacy of raising hell, a commitment to JOURNALISM"

MEDIA WATCHDOG SITES

http://www.prwatch.org
PR WATCH helps the public recognize manipulative and misleading PR practices by exposing the activities of secretive, little-known propaganda-for-hire firms that work to control political debates and public opinion.

http://www.accuracy.org/
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ACCURACY seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions.

SCIENCE

http://www.gene-watch.org/
THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE GENETICS fosters public debate about the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies.

http://www.cspinet.org/
THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org
Website for authors of OUR STOLEN FUTURE, provides regular updates about the cutting edge of science related to endocrine disruption.

BUDDHISM

http://www.everydayzen.org
Website for THE EVERYDAY ZEN FOUNDATION and Zoketsu Norman Fischer, a Soto Zen teacher and poet.

ACADEMIC PAPERS ABOUT OZEKI'S WORK

http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/literary_research-ef/n28-n36/old35/ArticlesZryd.htm
"IRONIC IDENTITY FRAMES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY." A really smart paper by Michael Zryd, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at University of Western Ontario, about the uses of irony in "My Year of Meats" and "Halving the Bones."