Book: Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth (2019). Co-author Kathleen Draper (Victor, NY) is also US Director of the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence
Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence, an international open source network for climate farming and carbon strategies, renowned for its expertise in biochar.
NOFA-NY (Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York)
https://www.nofany.org/
Food
Food: General
Information
State
NYS Pollution Prevention Institute at RIT, with a team team of engineers and sustainability specialists, gives NYS businesses, communities, and nonprofits the practical tools and solutions they need to realize the benefits of sustainability
https://www.rit.edu/affiliate/nysp2i/
Food
Food: General
Information
Local
Article: "How Shopping Abundance Helps Reverse Global Warming" by Margie Campaigne
The Imaginarium Art & Science Center, at I-Square in the Town of Irondequoit, NY
https://imaginarium.i-square.us/
Food
Food: General
Initiative/Project
Organization
State
Headwater Food Hub is connecting the dots of Farm to Table in NYS and committed to bringing transparency & integrity to the food supply chain. Works with a network of smaller farmers & food producers using regenerative principles to supply good food to customers year round. Certified B-corp. 6318 Ontario Center Rd, Ontario, NY 14519. 585-281-3908.
https://www.headwaterfoodhub.com/
Food
Food: General
Organization
State
Local
Good Food Collective (part of Headwater Food Hub) provides members in Upstate NY with fresh, healthy, whole foods grown or produced with the planet in mind.
https://thegoodfoodcollective.com/
Food
Plant-Rich Diet
Information
State
Organic NY: All In This Together! Northeast Organic Farming Association's infographic of actions everybody can take
Blog post: The “Grandparents’ Diet”. Interview with Walter Willett, co-chair of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health, which in Jan 2019 released the first full scientific review of what constitutes a healthy diet from a sustainable food system, and which actions can support and speed up food system transformation. By Bonnie Liebman of nutritionaction.com (3.11.19)
Film: "Code Blue" reveals lapses in the current state of medicine and provides a common sense solution by featuring the practice of lifestyle medicine to prevent, manage and reverse chronic diseases
https://www.codebluedoc.com/
Food
Plant-Rich Diet
Information
International/Global
Summary Report of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet & Health, co-chaired by Walter Willett
https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/
Food
Plant-Rich Diet
Information
International/Global
The Flexitarian Diet - A Detailed Beginner's Guide from healthline.com. Note there are other sources)
Video: A Life Connected: Vegan (12 min) - about the positive power of making conscious consumer choices that are consistent with our shared values of kindness, justice, and compassion for other people, for the planet, and for animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzOJnIEjeGk
Food
Plant-Rich Diet
Company
Local
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen in Rochester: chef-prepared, home-delivered, plant-based meals, along with nutritional coaching & programs
App: Food Rescue US is an app for “ending American food insecurity by directly transferring fresh, usable food that would have otherwise been thrown away from grocers, restaurants, and other food industry sources to food insecure families throughout the U.S.”
https://foodrescue.us/
Food
Reduced Food Waste
Organization
Local
Flower City Pickers: food recovery & distribution in Monroe County serving 40+ agencies as well as farmers (animal feed, compost), keeping 800K lbs of food out landfills
http://www.flowercitypickers.org/
Food
Reduced Food Waste
Organization
National
MisfitsMarket.com - imperfect organic fruits & vegetables shipped to your door!
https://www.misfitsmarket.com/
Food
Reduced Food Waste
Government
National
United States Environmental Protection Agency "Sustainable Management of Food"
https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food
Food
Reduced Food Waste
Composting
Initiative/Project
Individual Contact
Local
LETTUCE: Lowering Emissions Through Thoughtful Unified Community Engagement. Formed in 2019, the group is interested in engaging in partnership and education with restaurants, influencing political leaders (towns and villages), inspiring the expansion of composting to towns and villages, and creating a template for implementation for other towns and villages. Mission: "Collectively using composting as a simple and impactful way to reverse global warming in upstate NY." Contact: Ann Slocomb
ANNSLOC@msn.com
Food
Reduced Food Waste
Composting
Government
Local
Town of Perinton has free wood chips and compost available in bulk for Town residents in both the spring and fall of each year. Also, the Town of Perinton's High Acres takes food waste from RIT and U of R to make the compost, but will not accept food waste from local residents.
http://perinton.org/Departments/Highway/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Information
National
Article (11/20/19): Progress from the Bottom Up: How Farmers, Consumers and Value Chains Put Local Foods on the Map
Online Course: Soil is the Climate Solution with Kiss the Ground's Finian Makepeace How to be an advocate for practices that replenish our water, make food more nutritious, and reverse global warming.
Video: "From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture" (13 min). Inspired by Charles Massy's best-selling book "Call of the Reed Warbler", filmmaker Amy Browne set out across the dry farming country of South East NSW to meet Massy and the other trailblazing farmers bringing new life to their land.
Kiss the Ground, an environmental nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has built a global community dedicated to addressing some of the largest challenges facing the world today through the regeneration of land and soil. Site includes an inspiring video library as well info on the organization's programs and projects.
https://kisstheground.com/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Initiative/Project
Organization
Information
National
Organic Consumers Association: an online and grassroots nonprofit public interest organization, and the only organization in the U.S. focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million consumers of organically and socially responsibly produced food and other products.
https://www.organicconsumers.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
Local
Barefoot Edible Landscape and Permaculture
http://barefootpermaculture.com/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
Local
Shimmering Light Farm and Renewal Center: a community-supported farm and education center in South Bristol, NY, dedicated to inspiring more conscious and regenerative ways of life.
https://www.shimmeringlight.info/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
National
Oxfam America helps people build better futures for themselves, hold the powerful accountable, and save lives in disasters
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
National
Permaculture Skills Center, Sonoma Country, CA. Offers onsite & online education.
http://permacultureskillscenter.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
International/Global
Charity Navigator
https://www.charitynavigator.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
International/Global
Nuru International: a social venture on a mission to end extreme poverty in remote rural areas by equipping local leaders with the tools and knowledge to build self-sustaining, self-scaling impact programs to lift their communities out of extreme poverty within seven years
http://www.nuruinternational.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
International/Global
One Acre Fund: a social enterprise that supplies financing and training to help smallholders grow their way out of hunger and build lasting pathways to prosperity
https://oneacrefund.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Organization
International/Global
The Hunger Project: programs based on an innovative, holistic approach, which empowers women and men living in rural villages to become the agents of their own development and make sustainable progress in overcoming hunger and poverty
http://www.thp.org/
Food
Regenerative Agriculture
Food: General
Information
National
Video: GMOs, Glyphosate & Gut Health (2 hr): A comprehensive conversation with Dr. Zach Bush about the massive and misunderstood impact of industrial farming, chemical pesticides, the pharmaceutical industry and even errant Western medical practices have on both human and planetary health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgnkgYtqnw
Food
Silvopasture
Information
National
Photo Guide to Northeastern United States Silvopasture: a resource for farmers, foresters, and professionals considering silvopasture practices in the region; includes explanation of various silvopasture methods illustrated in the photos