Some favorite sites:

CLOSE TO HOME:

Bellingham Farmers Market - a local cook's Disneyland

Sustainable Connections - Buy local, collaborate, maximize community benefit, minimize environmental impact.

Growing Washington - support sustainable agriculture

Common Threads Farm - farm-based educational programs on Lummi Island

Misty Meadows Farm - organic, pasture-raised eggs, chickens, Christmas trees and more

Skagit River Ranch - organic, pasture-raised beef, pork, chicken, and eggs.

Bellingham Nanny Connection - not about food, but the ones to call for experienced, reliable and loving child care

FOR INSPIRATION AND INFORMATION:

Sustainable Table - celebrates the sustainable food movement

Michael Pollan - a fascinating journalist, he and his books (e.g. The Omnivore's Dilemma) will change forever how you think about food and agriculture

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - ongoing account by writer Barbara Kingsolver of her family's return to procuring as much of their food as possible from their own yard and neighboring farms.

Gary Nabham - Author of Coming Home to Eat  and director of Center for Sustainable Environments.

100 Mile Diet - inspired by the book of the same title (published as Plenty in the USA). The book chronicles a Vancouver couple's year of eating locally and led to the Eat Local Challenge

Edible Schoolyard - pioneering school gardening and kitchen project spearheaded by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse

RESOURCES:

Penzey's -  great source for dried spices and herbs

Cancer Nutrition Info - a wealth of good medical and nutritional information including recipes and lifestyle/eating plans for cancer prevention

MISCELLANY

Gabriel's Faith and Laura Slyman - our inspiring young friends. Read about them, it's good food for the soul. And please help if you can.