Sustainability: Local Food/Food

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• Blue Ridge Food Ventures - www.advantagewest.com/content.cfm/content_id/144/section/food
     Blue Ridge Food Ventures (BRFV), an initiative of AdvantageWest Economic Development Group and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, is a shared-use, value-added food processing center centrally located in Asheville to serve food entrepreneurs throughout western North Carolina. It provides services to those wishing to start or grow small businesses in the food industry, to local farmers who wish to add value to their products through processing, and to caterers and bakers needing a certified kitchen. This regional “kitchen incubator,” a first for North Carolina, joins others throughout the U.S. in spurring the development of small businesses, promoting local agriculture and creating jobs.


• EXTOXNET - extoxnet.orst.edu/
     The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides.


• Farmer's Market Finds - www.wpbf.com/farmersmarket/9258440/detail.html
     WPBF's J. Scott Wilson discusses the importance of farmer's markets in NC: "Farmer's markets are one of the reasons why, much as I love it, the Internet will never be the be-all and end-all for finding quality food and gourmet goodies."


• Food News from Environmental Working Group - www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
     EWG is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food. They publish The Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce.


• Get Set, Inc. - www.getipm.com/
     Non-Toxic Pest Control: Setting the standard for the elimination of pesticides from your home, school and business.


• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - www.srs.fs.usda.gov/cc/emerging/hwa.htm
     Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a non-native invasive pest that impacts eastern hemlock and Carolina hemlock. HWA has spread to the Southern Appalachian region of northern Georgia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southern Virginia. Without control, hemlocks typically die within five to seven years after infestation.


• Henriette's Herbal Homepage - www.henriettesherbal.com/
     One of the oldest and largest herbal information sites on the net.


• Herb Research Foundation - www.herbs.org/index.html
     The Herb Research Foundation is the world's first and foremost source of accurate, science-based information on the health benefits and safety of herbs---and expertise in sustainable botanical resource development.


• How to go Organic: North Carolina - www.howtogoorganic.com/index.php?page=north-carolina
     


• NC Native Plant Society - www.ncwildflower.org
     The purpose of the Society is to promote enjoyment and conservation of native plants and their habitats through education, protection, and propagation.


• NC Specialty Foods Association - www.ncagr.com/markets/specfoods/
     The NASFT is a volunteer organization providing its membership with a common voice in the political arena that promotes their passion for culturally diverse and excellent specialty food products, while creating high quality brand recognition.


• Plants Database - plants.usda.gov/
     Got question about plants that you might like to grow? Here's the government database that may have your answers.


• Plants For A Future - www.pfaf.org/index.html
     Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment based largely on perennial plants.


• South Carolina Specialty Food Producers Association - www.scsfa.org/
     The South Carolina Specialty Food Producers Association is a non-profit organization of businesses and individuals whose purpose is the promotion of specialty food products produced in South Carolina.


• Tennessee Specialty Food Association - www.tsfagourmet.com/
     The Tennessee Specialty Food Association provides education, networking and peer support, sales and marketing opportunities, publicity and technical assistance for our members so that member companies may grow and flourish, thereby strengthening and improving the long term viability of the food and farm sector of the Tennessee economy.