Healthy Happenings
We currently publish a monthly 2-page newsletter that gets emailed out to members and prospects. For those members who do not have email, a copy is mailed. If you are a member and not receiving our newsletter through email and you'd like to, please contact us.
Continue checking back as we build a resource of websites, health related books and articles and anything else related to local, organic and natural foods. We hope you will find this information helpful. If you have any suggestions for this page, send us an email at cmc@communitymarketcoop.com
NEW! Many of our members are active in their community, politics and the pursuit of their passions. If you or someone you know has been in the news, send us the article or a link and we'll get it posted!
CMC Members in the news
Steve Reinart - PFI Celebrates Earth Day
Scott Sibbel - High End Natural Pork Market Opens Doors for Young Farmer
George Naylor - Farm program works against growers, environment
For Your Reading Pleasure
Eating Better Than Organic - John Cloud
The High Cost of Cheap Food - John Ikerd
Buy Local, Organic and Fair Made - Organic Consumers Association
You Are What You Grow - Micheal Pollan
Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce - Environmental Working Group
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barabara Kingsolver
What to Eat by Marion Nestle
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health by Marion Nestle
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
For Your Watching Pleasure
Impressions of a Cooperative Grocer
Local Foods
Local Producers List from our First Annual Local Harvest Banquet
FoodRoutes Network - Where Can I Find Local Food in My Area?
Edible Iowa River Valley - Celebrating the abundance of local foods, season by season.
Iowa Network for Community Agriculture - INCA aims to promote relationships among people who are developing sustainable local food sources that are safe and healthy for people, all creatures, and the land.
Practical Farmers of Iowa -Fostering profitable, ecologically sound, and community-enhancing approaches to agriculture.
100 Mile Diet - Local eating for global change.
Buy Local Day - It's more than just eating local.
Wheatsfield Cooperative - cooperative grocery store in Ames.
New Pioneer Co-op - cooperative grocery store in Iowa City and Coralville.
Oneota Community Food Co-op - cooperative grocery store in Oneota.
Organic Education, Policies and Politics
Organic Consumers Association - campaigning for health, justice and sustainability
The Green Guide - a great source of information on organic foods by National Geographic.
Equal Exchange - 100% Fairly Traded products.
Eat Wild - the #1 site for grass fed food and facts.
Organic Agriculture - Iowa State University
The National Organic Program - Q&A about organic certification
The Cornucopia Institute - promoting economic justice for family-scale farming
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - explores and cultivates alternatives that secure healthier people and landscapes in Iowa and the nation.
Iowa Legislature approves Farm to School bill!
Rural Lands, Rural Livelihoods
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation - protecting Iowa's land, water and wildlife "for those who follow"
Whiterock Conservancy - over 4,400 acres of preserved land in Coon Rapids
Agren, Inc - agriculture environmental consulting firm in Carroll
Iowa Department of Economic Development - home of Vision Iowa Program and Community Attraction and Tourism Program
Iowa Department of Natural Resources - leading Iowas in caring for our natural resources
