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We have tried to loosely categorize the following links, but many cross over into more than one. Happy surfing
FOOD AND NUTRITION
Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation (PPNF) is a non-profit educational resource providing access to modern scientific validation of ancestral wisdom on nutrition, agriculture, and health for 55 years. Originally known as the Weston A. Price Memorial Foundation, they serve as the guardian for the precious archival material from the research of Weston A. Price. DDS and Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD, and most of the great nutrition pioneers of our time, as well as maintaining a library of over 10,000 historical and contemporary references. They are the publishers of Dr Price's seminal book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration"
Slow Food a global community supporting local, sustainable and traditional foods
The True Food Network is a growing community of everyday Australians, chefs, food experts and community groups uniting to protect our food from genetic engineering (GE). Our members include food icon Margaret Fulton, nutritionist Rosemary Stanton and thousands of concerned Australians.
Three Stone Hearth - a community supported kitchen in San Franscsco
Eat Wild All about why grass fed is important
Nourishing Our Children A non-profit organisation established to address the dramatic deterioration in the health of our children.Timeless principles for supporting learning,behaviour and health through optimum nutrition.
Bread and Money Richard Morris lost nearly 100 kilos by eating real food - an inspiring story
Raw milk facts
The case for untreated milk A special report for the Association of Unpasteurized Milk Producers and Consumers - UK
Originally Published by The Soil Association, this Paper was written by DR. B. M. PICKARD The Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition The University Leeds LS2 9JT
Weston A Price Foundation Dedicated to restoring nutrient dense foods to our diet through education and activism.
Real Milk Australia
Nourished Magazine
True Food Network is a growing community of everyday Australians, chefs, food experts and community groups uniting to protect our food from genetic engineering (GE). Members include food icon Margaret Fulton, nutritionist Rosemary Stanton and thousands of concerned Australians.
Bush Goddess Foods - Bush Goddess Foods sources and supplies Beyond Organic, Certified Organic, in-transition and self-certified biological produce.
Cocosplit. - the coconut user's friend Cocosplit is a tool that gives simple direct access to the juice and kernel of the mature coconut. Coconut oil is a highly stable food, rich in medium-chain fatty acids that enter easily into the energy regime of the body boosting vigour, enhancing the function of the immune system, and providing protection against a wide range of bacterial, fungal and viral infective organisms.
FATS, CHOLESTEROL AND CHOLESTEROL DRUGS
The Cholesterol Myths - Uffe Ravnskov Founder of THINCS and author of the international best seller of the same title.
Goodfat Nutrition NZ
Seniors with high cholesterol healthy
Australian Homo Optimus Association the Website for Optimal Nutrition - based on the research and experience of Polish doctor Jan Kwasniewski
Hippocrates said: "A physician will never dispute any new method of treatment without first trying it"
Second Opinions
A website by Dr Barry Groves exposing dietary and medical misinformation
with general articles covering nutritional information.
Spacedoc Statin Drugs - Side Effects and the misguided war on cholesterol
THINCS - The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics
FARMING & SOILS
Allan Savory - Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for climate crisis?
Allan Savory argued that while livestock may be part of the problem, they can also be an important part of the solution. He has demonstrated time and again in Africa, Australia and North and South America that, properly managed, they are essential to land restoration. With the right techniques, plant growth is lusher, the water table is higher, wildlife thrives, soil carbon increases and, surprisingly, perhaps four times as many cattle can be kept.
The Meatrix - Movie -the Nightmare of factory farming
Store Wars A great 5 minute movie about what has happened to our food.
Savebabe.com Savebabe.com is a website and a campaign that has been created by Animals Australia to highlight the suffering of factory farmed pigs in Australia. Laws have failed to protect millions of pigs each year from acts of cruelty. This website has been created to inform, educate and empower consumers to help created needed change. Watch the video
Farm Business Gym Bruce Ward's great site on farming regeneratively and profitably.
Regenerative Farming Rodale Institute
Soilcarbon Putting Carbon Back Where it Belongs - In The Earth. Measuring - Managing - Monitoring - Marketing
Carbon Coalition One of the most effective strategies for locking up carbon in our atmosphere is to be found in fostering deep-rooted plant species on land used for agriculture.
Grazing Management for Healthy soils By Christine Jones. Healthy soils are the cornerstone of all agricultural productivity. The way we can manage plants for healthy soils, through control of the grazing process, is the focus of this paper.
Acres USA North America's oldest, largest magazine covering commercial-scale organic and sustainable farming
Natural Sequence farming As developed by Peter Andrews, Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) is a rural landscape management technique aimed at restoring natural water cycles that allow the land to flourish despite drought conditions. NSF offers a low-cost, widely applicable method of reducing drought severity and boosting productivity on Australia’s farms and landscapes. The technique is based on ecological principles, low input requirements and natural cycling of water and nutrients to make the land more resilient.
Natural Sequence Farming Peter Andrew's own site. Buy his book "Back from the Brink"
Amazing Carbon Christine Jones site on soil carbon
Polyface Farm As written about in "The Omnivore's Dilemma". Joel Salatin's wonderful farm in Virginia. Joel and his farm have inspired enormous change in farming philosophy and practices around the world.
Seedsavers Preserving the genetic heritage for tomorrow's food
The Aldo Leopold Foundation “The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively " the land.” Aldo Leopold
MulloonCreek Natural Farms Tony Coote's farm near Bungendore, NSW. MCNF is a diverse, sustainable working role model of excellence for profitable biodynamic production and landscape restoration, together with outstanding research and education programmes.
From the soil up A wonderful Australian website by Carolyn Ditchfield dedicated to the open dissemination of knowledge and theories for working with nature, literally From The Soil Up - from below the ground through to our bodies and beyond!
The Meter Man - A wide range of innovative agricultural meters, probes and instruments including refractometers for measuring brix levels. From the Meter man, David Von Pein
Western Tourist Radio This website includes interesting discussion papers on the merits of organic farming, PermacultureFarmers Markets. It will also help you to plan your holiday in Western Australia with heaps of links to relevant websites including organic farms that provide holiday accommodation to allow you to gain first hand experience of truly sustainable farming practices.
Ylad Living Soils. This company based in Young, NSW, was established by Bill and Rhonda Daly in recognition of the rapidly increasing DIS-EASE amongst farmers towards problems associated with conventional agriculture. YLS supplies biological fertilisers and soil fertility programs to support the balance of the physical, chemical nutrition and biological aspects of the soil. This balance returns the mineral and microbial life to the soil providing a healthy and sustainable environment for all life forms.
Their mission is to foster the improved health, productivity and sustainability of soils and implement innovative and profitable soil management and remediation solutions .
HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Inform Yourself
This website by Helen Lobato features seeks to address the vacuum left by the mainstream press in relation to health issues.
The website includes Brochures, CD's, Flyers, Articles and Book Reviews that can aid in your education.
Sydney Coastal Ecovillage - if you are thinking about somewhere to live an enjoyable and sustainable life in the future...
Ovvio - The Organic Lifestyle Store. A beautiful Sydney retail store and holistic clinic that inspires an organic lifestyle
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