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Other related organisations
Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB The parish of Martin lies within this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Wessex Organic Movement Promoting organic farming in Wessex
Springhead Trust Centre for the Arts, Environment, and Personal Development
Martin Parish website News and information about the villages in the parish of Martin
Food, health, and the environment
Friends of the earth “real food” campaign Including the health issues posed by genetic modification and pesticides
Soil Association The benefits of organic farming and the dangers to health and to the environment from industrial farming
Local food: benefits and opportunities Social, environmental, and economic arguments for relocalising our food supply (large file - right click and choose “save target as” if you have a slow link)
Animal welfare
Compassion in World Farming Animal welfare issues in factory farming
The Meatrix Animation about meat farms
Further reading
The Great Food Gamble - John Humphrys; Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General; The effects of factory farming on the nation’s health and environment.
The Worm forgives the Plough - John Stewart Collis; Publisher: Penguin Books; 1988 An account of the author’s time working on British farms during WW2.
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson; Publisher: Penguin Books; 2000 The destruction of the countryside through the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
The Killing of the Countryside - Graham Harvey; Publisher: Vintage; 1998 An attack on modern British agricultural policy and practice
Home Farm - Michael Allaby and Colin Tudge; Publisher: Macmillan; 1977 Complete food self-sufficiency
Home Farm Handbook - Peter Ford; Publisher: Harper Collins; 2000 More food self-sufficiency
So Shall We Reap - Colin Tudge; Publisher: Penguin Books; 2003 An overview of modern farming highlighting the need for change if we are to continue to feed people for the indefinite future.
Food: A History - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; Publisher: Macmillan; 2001 A history of food from the start of humanity to the industrialisation of the modern age.
The Living Land - Jules Pretty; Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd; 1999 A presentation of the case for returning life to the countryside, restoring the rural economy and putting agriculture on a sustainable footing.
We Want Real Food - Graham Harvey; Publisher: Constable and Robinson Ltd; 2006 How modern farming practices are affecting the nutritional value of our food
Not on the label - Feleicty Lawrence; Publisher: Penguin 2004 What really goes into the food on your plate
Let’s Cook it Right - Adelle Davis; Publisher: Unwin Health 1979
Your Daily Food: Recipe for Survival - Doris Grant; Publisher: Keats Publishing 1974
Food Politics - Marion Nestle; Publisher: University of California Press 2002 How the food industry influences nutrition and health
The McDonaldization of Society - George Ritzer An investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life
English Farming, Past and Present - Lord Ernle; first published 1912
The Disappearance of the Small Landowner - Arthur H Johnson; first published 1909
Local events
www.locallydoesit.co.uk - don’t miss it, don’t be missed!
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