Must Read: Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement

November 9, 2009 by Colby · Comments
Filed under: Nutrition 2.0 

When I first posted about the eatwellguide, I managed to miss a great resource there about the part social media plays in food movements.

“Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools For the Sustainable Food Movement”

The 37 page publication highlights examples of influential websites, organizations, previous nutrition related online movements that have created change, online tools, and more.

Thankfully one of the authors, Leslie Hatfield contacted me about it, and has agreed to author some blog posts here.  I look forward to seeing more of her insight!

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Eatwellguide.org: Find local, sustainable, and organic food

August 26, 2009 by Colby · Comments
Filed under: Local/sustainable/organic Resources, Nutrition 2.0 

A quick look at a great resource for local foods: http://www.eatwellguide.org.  According to the website:

The Eat Well Guide® is a free online directory for anyone in search of fresh, locally grown and sustainably produced food in the United States and Canada.

Eat Well’s thousands of listings include 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 with the innovative mapping tool, Eat Well Everywhere. Eat Well is also home to The Green Fork blog and the free educational booklet Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement.

Together with the enterprising spirits of independent farmers, locally owned businesses and partner organizations, the Eat Well Guide’s collaborative technology harnesses the power of the web to effect social, environmental and economic change, and maps the route to a more sustainable food system.

Read more about their values and history here: http://www.eatwellguide.org/i.php?id=About

And here is a short video exploring its features:

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVUNcREVIR1xfRF1YWllbV1BQ/tutorial_exploring_eatwellguide_org

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