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For information and resources on food, water and air. Feel free to post discussions regarding local access to food resources and gardens/agriculture in this group as well as on your own "MyPage."

Website: http://www.ashlandresourcecenter.com/group/foodwaterair
Location: Ashland, Oregon
Members: 21
Latest Activity: Jun 14

About Food, Water & Air

Food

Food and Farm

Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol.

Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.
Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.

Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume. Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".
Source: Wikipedia/Food
Photo: Food


Local Food and Farm Resources:
Allyson's Kitchen
Ashland Food Cooperative
Barking Moon (poultry)
Costco (Medford)
Four Winds Buffalo (meat)
Gooseberries (Grants Pass)
Go Sustainable (farm labeling)
Living Oneness Foundation (farming community near Mt.Shasta) and Shamhala-Shasta
Market of Choice
Rogue Valley Growers and Crafter's Market
Ruch Country Store
Shop N' Cart
Willow-Witt Ranch (meat and dairy)
[SUGGEST LOCAL FOOD & FARM RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Local Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA's):
Ashland Village Farm 301 6447
Barking Moon Farm 846-6297
Blue Fox Farm
Fry Family Farm
Garden Basket 201 0372
Happy Dirt Veggie Patch 499-4903
Meadowlark Family Farm 820-8182
Siskiyou Sustainable Cooperative
White Sage Gardens 488-7489

Local Restaurants:
Dragonfly Cafe and Restaurant
Greenleaf
Grilla Bites - Member
Morning Glory
[SUGGEST LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Local Wineries and Resources:
Conscious Wines
Valley View Winery
Wild Wines
SUGGEST LOCAL WINERIES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Food and Farm Resources:
Acres USA
Alchemical Solutions (organic alcohol)
Anastasia's Garden
Alchemical Solutions
Bright Earth Foods (superfoods)
Cascadian Farms
Cell Tech
Co-op Directory Service
EcoTrust (farm to school programs)
Edible Communities
Edible Publications Directory
Essential Living Foods
Food Quality
Local Harvest
Oregon Farmer's Market Association
Open Source Food
Organic Food
Organic Gardening Magazine
Organic Producer Magazine
Raw Built Magazine
Raw Foods Superstore
Rising Sun Farms
Sunfoods (superfoods)
Survival Foods and Basics
Sweet Creek Farms
The Future of Foodby Deborah Koons Garcia
The Natural Market
Whole Foods Market
World Pantry
[SUGGEST FOOD & FARM RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Iceberg

Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor. About 1.460 petatonnes (Pt) of water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in oceans and other large water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation. Saltwater oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%.

Some of the Earth's water is contained within water towers, biological bodies, manufactured products, and food stores. Other water is trapped in ice caps, glaciers, aquifers, or in lakes, sometimes providing fresh water for life on land.
Water moves continually through a cycle of evaporation or transpiration (evapo-transpiration), precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Winds carry water vapor over land at the same rate as runoff into the sea, about 36 Tt per year. Over land, evaporation and transpiration contribute another 71 Tt per year to the precipitation of 107 Tt per year over land. Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and other life.

However, in many parts of the world - especially developing countries - there is a water crisis, and it is estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability. Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation. Approximately 70% of freshwater is consumed by agriculture.
Source: Wikipedia/Water
Photo: Iceberg


Water Resources:
Arundhati Roy (activist)
Global Hydrology Resource Center
Multi-Pure Drinking Water Systems (household)
Pur Water Filters (survival or camping)
Sea Surface Temperature Charts
Water Pollution
Water Quality
[SUGGEST WATER RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Atmosphere

Air

The Earth's atmosphere (i.e., air) is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by the Earth's gravity. It contains roughly (by molar content/volume) 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% carbon dioxide, trace amounts of other gases, and a variable amount (average around 1%) of water vapor. This mixture of gases is commonly known as air.
The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation and reducing temperature extremes between day and night.

There is no definite boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. It slowly becomes thinner and fades into space. Three quarters of the atmosphere's mass is within 11 km of the planetary surface. An altitude of 120 km (~75 miles or 400,000 ft) marks the boundary where atmospheric effects become noticeable during re-entry. The Kármán line, at 100 km (62 miles or 328,000 ft), is also frequently regarded as the boundary between atmosphere and outer space.
Source: Wikipedia/Air
Photo: Atmosphere


Air and Oxygen Resources:
Alpine Air Products (low-grade air purification system)
Air Pollution
National Air Quality and Act (1967)
Flood Your Body with Oxygen by Ed McCabe
Healthy Transformation (high-grade ozone air purification systems)
Oxygen Medicine
Oxygen Therapies
Ozone in the Atmosphere
[SUGGEST AIR RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Mission Statement and Purpose:

For the health and well-being of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies we're fed with living, organic food grown in healthy soil with clean, fresh water to drink and clean air/oxygen to breathe.

Eating nutritious food prepared with loving hands, not with chemical additives and preservatives, but with life force intact to deliver sustenance to our human expression.

Topical Index & Tags

  • Air
  • Addiction (Alcohol, Food, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Sugar)
  • Agriculture and Farming
  • Diet Programs
  • Farming & Gardening
  • Food Distributors
  • Food Organizations
  • Health & Wellness
  • Hemp
  • Hunger
  • Macrobiotics
  • Media<<br /> Natural Antibiotics and Disinfectants
  • Natural Beef
  • Natural Nutrition
  • Permaculture
  • Raw Food
  • Water

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Dave's Dragon Dust - Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia)

Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia).

RETURN TO TRADITION

A closer look at the exceptional growers, producers and artisans who safeguard our food traditions.

Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food

"Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks."[1] They called for a moratorium on GM foods, long-term independent studies, and labeling.

Raw Spirit Festival

Festivals 2009, World's Leading Healthy-Living Raw Vegan-Eco-Peace Celebrations! Please come join us at one, two or all THREE festivals. All feature onsite camping and parking at beautiful locations which delight and inspire!

Alive Raw

Living foods, alternative health

Trillium Natural Foods

Lincoln City's main source for organically grown whole foods.

LifeSource Natural Foods

Our retail grocery store provides an abundant selection of high quality organic and natural food items and nutritional supplements.

Why Buy Local? - Rogue Flavor

Locally grown fruits and vegetables are usually sold within 24 hours of being harvested. Produce picked and eaten at the height of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, when handled properly, is packed with nutrients. Also, local farm products are chosen for the best flavor, not for their ability to withstand industrial harvesting equipment and extended travel.

Rogue Flavor

The Rogue River Valley is home to some of the best agricultural and artisan foods in the world. The Rogue Flavor campaign makes it easy for you to find the unique businesses that create the local flavor of our community. Savor Rogue Flavor!

Standing Stone Brewing Company

Microbrewery Ashland.

Caldera Brewing

Microbrewery Ashland

Earth Month - Clean Water | Aveda

Join Aveda this Earth Month, and help us reach our goal of $3 million for global and local clean water projects. What began as a day of awareness became $11 million raised for the Earth.

How to Build a Climate-Friendly Food System | CommonDreams.org

Sustainable practices in agriculture, combined with the development of local food systems, can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. food system, finds a new paper by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

Blessing Mountains in the Snow

For the last two years we have done ceremonies on Mount Ashland, in Oregon. We will do this again in April, 2009, at the ski area near the top of the mountain, in the quiet time after the close of the season. We wish to encourage others to do the same kind of ceremony on mountains all around the world.

Friends of Water

Water filters, fluoride water filters, products to save water and filter water, air cleaners

First-line homeless resources | Ashland Daily Tidings

Community meals like the ones served at Uncle Food's Diner in Ashland are the first line of aid to those in need. When one is homeless, the immediate concerns are food, shelter, clothing, bathrooms and a place to shower.

Moving toward a Sustainable Ashland | Ashland Daily Tidings

Farmers, ranchers and other food businesses are invited to the sixth-annual Food Connection, 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 2 at the Medford branch Jackson County Library, large meeting room, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford. The event is organized by THRIVE with the goal of growing the supply and demand for locally produced food.

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"

IPCC's (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) most recent report deals with climate change and its effects on water. Overall, the report indicates that the effects of climate change on water patterns, the Earth's hydrological cycles, will be to create greater extremes.

Neighborhood Harvest

Neighborhood Harvest is an organization dedicated to harvesting fruit and nuts that would otherwise go to waste from people's yards in and around Ashland. We will only harvest fruit that has not been sprayed with pesticides. At least 25% of what we harvest is being donated to local hunger relief organizations, 25% is for the volunteer pickers, 25% we offer to the home owner, and the remaining 25% we are trying to sell and trade in order to support the organization.

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Members (21)

Brady Brim-DeForest Ashland Resource Center Mitchell Turtle Walzer Ingrid Edstrom Trevor S. Thomas Raquel Iturbe Global Business Development Tom DuBois Summer Waters Patrick Marcus Food & Friends Matt Sheehan Aaren Glover Tia Patterson Cindy Ceteras Paul Giacomelli Melanie Molly Ochoa Tiazza Wilson Jack Leishman Brett Schumacher
 
 

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greenLIFE | KVTL Channel 10

Local television station covering green and sustainability issues. Sponsor of the Oregon Green Expo.

Oregon's plate is full of sustainable food | EcoTrust

Leaders say it's one bright spot in an otherwise dim economic forecast. Demand for sustainable food is strong, and regional leaders are working to keep it that way.

Slow Money: Investment Strategies Appropriate to the Realities of the 21st Century

Think about it: a hundred thousand Americans providing millions of dollars a year for investment in local food systems. Is it typical philanthropy? No. Is it investing as we've come to know it? No. Is it achievable? Yes.

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National Sustainable Building Advisor Program

The National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP) offers a 9-month certificate training course and exam specifically designed for working professionals eager to apply sustainable concepts to the buildings they design, develop, and construct.

Green job opportunities appear to be growing | DailyTidings.com

Sporting locally made t-shirts with their personal carbon footprint number on the back, students in Steve Schein's Sustainability Leadership class presented the results of their search for green jobs across the Pacific Northwest.

Global Footprint Network - Ecological Footprint - Ecological Sustainability

Global Footprint Network is an international think tank working to advance sustainability through use of the Ecological Footprint, a resource accounting tool that measures how much nature we have, how much we use and who uses what. By making ecological limits central to decision-making, we are working to end Overshoot and create a society where all people can live well, within the means of one planet.

IMO Index

The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) is your specialist in quality assurance of eco-friendly products, organic agriculture and management systems.

RESOURCES - Food, Air & Water

Dave's Dragon Dust - Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia)

Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia).

RETURN TO TRADITION

A closer look at the exceptional growers, producers and artisans who safeguard our food traditions.

Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food

"Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks."[1] They called for a moratorium on GM foods, long-term independent studies, and labeling.

Raw Spirit Festival

Festivals 2009, World's Leading Healthy-Living Raw Vegan-Eco-Peace Celebrations! Please come join us at one, two or all THREE festivals. All feature onsite camping and parking at beautiful locations which delight and inspire!

Alive Raw

Living foods, alternative health

Trillium Natural Foods

Lincoln City's main source for organically grown whole foods.

LifeSource Natural Foods

Our retail grocery store provides an abundant selection of high quality organic and natural food items and nutritional supplements.

Why Buy Local? - Rogue Flavor

Locally grown fruits and vegetables are usually sold within 24 hours of being harvested. Produce picked and eaten at the height of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, when handled properly, is packed with nutrients. Also, local farm products are chosen for the best flavor, not for their ability to withstand industrial harvesting equipment and extended travel.

Rogue Flavor

The Rogue River Valley is home to some of the best agricultural and artisan foods in the world. The Rogue Flavor campaign makes it easy for you to find the unique businesses that create the local flavor of our community. Savor Rogue Flavor!

Standing Stone Brewing Company

Microbrewery Ashland.

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