Food Security Video Guide (19 Oct 2009)

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Food Security . . . what does that mean to you? We’ve

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found our answer in the form of an article we came across on
the Internet. After reading the article, we felt that the topic of
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Introduction
The term "food system" is used frequently in discussions

about nutrition, food, health, community economic
development and agriculture. The food system includes all
processes involved in keeping us fed: growing, harvesting,
processing (or transforming or changing), packaging,
transporting, marketing, consuming and disposing of food and
food packages. It also includes the inputs needed and outputs
generated at each step. The food system operates within and
is influenced by social, political, economic and natural
environments. Each step is also dependent on human
resources that provide labor, research and education.
Community Food Systems
Several qualifying terms have been used to describe the food

system: simple, complex, local, global and regional. A
community food system is a food system in which food
production, processing, distribution and consumption are
integrated to enhance the environmental, economic, social
and nutritional health of a particular place. A community food
system can refer to a relatively small area, such as a
neighborhood, or progressively larger areas - towns, cities,
counties, regions, or bioregions. The concept of community

food systems is sometimes used interchangeably with "local"

or "regional" food systems, but by including the word
"community" there is an emphasis on strengthening existing
(or developing new) relationships between all components of
the food system. This reflects a prescriptive approach to
building a food system, one that holds sustainability -
economic, environmental and social - as a long-term goal
toward which a community strives.
Four aspects distinguish community food systems from the

globalized food system that typifies the source of most food
Americans eat: food security, proximity, self-reliance and
sustainability.
* Food security is a key goal of community food

systems. While food security traditionally focuses on
individual and household food needs, community food
security addresses food access within a community
context, especially for low-income households. It has a
simultaneous goal of developing local food systems.
* Proximity refers to the distance between various

components of the food system. In community food
systems such distances are generally shorter than those
in the dominant or global food system. This proximity
increases the likelihood that enduring relationships will
form between different stakeholders in the food system
- farmers, processors, retailers, restaurateurs,
consumers, etc.
* Self-reliance refers to the degree to which a

community meets its own food needs. While the aim of
community food systems is not total self-sufficiency
(where all food is produced, processed, marketed and
consumed within a defined boundary), increasing the
degree of self-reliance for food, to be determined by a
community partnership, is an important aspect of a
community food system.
* Sustainability refers to following agricultural and

food system practices that do not compromise the ability
of future generations to meet their food needs.
Sustainability includes environmental protection,
profitability, ethical treatment of food system workers,
and community development. Sustainability of the food
and agriculture system is increased when a diversified

agriculture exists near strong and thriving markets,

when non-renewable inputs required for every step in
the food system are reduced, when farming systems
rely less on agri-chemical fertilization and pest control,
and when citizen participation in food system
decision-making is enhanced.
Goals of Community Food Systems
Building a community food system requires comprehensive or

holistic approaches to meeting the food needs of people living
in a particular place. Efforts to develop community food
systems address multiple goals simultaneously:
* Optimized health, reduced risk of diet-related

chronic diseases, and increased enjoyment of food
among community members.
* Dietary change that complements the seasonal

availability of foods produced and processed by the local
food and agriculture system.
* Improved access for all community members to an

adequate, affordable, nutritious diet.
* A stable (or in some cases, expanding) base of

family farms that use integrated production practices to
enhance environmental quality.
* Marketing channels and processing facilities that

create more direct links between farmers and
consumers, and, by shortening the distance between
these partners, conserve resources needed for
transporting food.

* Food and agriculture-related businesses, resulting

in stronger community economies through job creation,
and re-circulating financial capital in the community.
Such businesses could include food processing, or
value-adding processing to expand opportunities for
locally produced food to be consumed locally.
* Increased public participation in food and

agriculture policies that promote local food production,
access to local retail and processing markets, and
institutional procurement of local agricultural
commodities.
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Table of Contents
Videos
Food From Your Own Garden
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Pioneers Who Are Re-Inventing Our Food System
Now What Do I Do?
MarketPlace
Bookshelf
Classified Ads
Additional Resources
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The Living Farm’s Video Guide to Your Food Security 10
Food From Your Own Garden
Site Selection
Systems for Growing Food
Using Raised Beds
Soil Preparation
Seeds
Importance of Non-Genetic Modified Seeds
Saving Your Own Seeds
Starting Seeds and Transplanting
Growing On
Season Extenders
Pest Management
Insects
Weeds
Other
Stocking Up
Freezing
Canning
Dehydrating
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How to Choose a Site for a Vegetable Garden
How to Select a Spot for a Garden
Organic Gardening - Choosing a Site or Location
Return to Food From Your Garden Menu


Permaculture
Permaculture in Action - Greening The Desert
Permaculture - Farms for the Future Favorite
Permaculture Principles at Work
Urban Permaculture in Clacton-on-Sea
Home Permaculture with Earthway Experience
A Permaculture Food Forest
Introduction to Permaculture Design with Geoff Lawton
Geoff Lawton talks Permaculture & Weeds
Permaculture in Hawaii with Bill Mollison & Geoff

Lawton
Permaculture Training at Djanbung Gardens
AvalonSprings.org Sustainable Ecovillage - True!
Using Chickens to Control Pests in a Food Forest with

Geoff Lawton
Permaculture - Forest Garden Design Course
Permaculture
What Is Permaculture?
Healing Quest: Permaculture
Permaculture - What is it, and what can it do for you?
The Permaculture Concept – A 6-part series

Organic Gardening
How to Make a Gardening Plan for Organic Gardening

iiii
Soil Amendments in Organic Gardening iiiii
What Kind of Soil Should I Use in Organic Gardening?

iii
Organic Gardening Soil & Fertilizer Tips iiii
Giving Back to the Soil in Organic Gardening iii
How to Start an Organic Garden - 4 Simple Stepsiii
Organic Gardening Pest Control Tips - 3 Simple Tips

Before You Start ii
How to Protect your Organic Garden iii
Compost
How to Com post : Learn Organic Garden Com posting

Online : Choosing a Com post Bin iiii
How to Make Bokashi iiii
Cooking Up A Story _ Organic Foods: Backyard

Agriculture iiii
Healthy Produce, Healthy Soil For Farming, and

Gardening
Amazing Testimonial Organic Farming Organic

Gardening
Be an Organic Farmer or have an organic garden
Fair Oaks Organic Garden
Don't waste anything! iiii
How To Grow Vegetables: Vegetable Gardening iiii

Kids get bitten by gardening bug
My Organic Outdoor Garden October Harvest 2009 /

Potatoes / Hydroponic Peppers iii
Hydroponics (Coming soon)
Aquaponics
What is Aquaponics?
How to build a basic Aquaponics System
Basic Aquaponics System
Backyard Aquaponics Install video Part 1 of 3
Backyard Aquaponics Install video Part 2 of 3
Backyard Aquaponics Install video part 3 of 3
Growing Your Own Sprouts
How To Make Fresh Sprouts With Sprouting Seed
How To Grow Sprouts
How to Grow Bean Sprouts
How To Grow Sprouts

Other Resources
Gardening On Rooftops by Dr. Martin Priceiiiii
PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond

'Sustainability'
Bullock Brothers Homestead - A 25-Year

Permaculture Project
Growing A Sustainable Community - Sustainable

Food Systems
High density Vertical Growing System
2009 Community Teaching Garden
Agricultural and Food Systems
What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?


How to Build Raised Garden Beds
How To Build a Raised Bed
Raised Garden Beds, Raised Bed Garden-Easy Install
Dave's Garden: Gardening: Raised Beds
Introduction to Raised Garden Beds (using old bathtub)
Drainage System s for Raised Garden Beds
Strengthening the Drainage System for Raised Garden Beds
Adding Planting M edium for Raised Garden Beds
Installing the Soaker Hose for Raised Garden Beds
Settling Transplants with W atering in Raised Garden Beds
Raised Garden Beds
Other Resources
NOBLE Foundation: (All are rated i i i i)
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Introduction
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Site Preparation
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Plot Layout
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Bed Layout
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Recycled Tire Beds
Rubber Board Fabrication

Recycled Auto Tire Beds - Bed Assem bly
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Plastic M esh Beds
Perm anent Raised Bed Gardening: Corrugated Sheet M etal

Beds

Biochar
Biochar - agrichar - Terra Preta
Official Biochar Tutorial
The Promise of Biochar
Biochar Part 1 - Don Slater
Biochar Part 2 - Don Slater
MAKING BIOCHAR: with Peter Hirst iiiii
Simple biochar making gasifier
The Promise of Biochar (Biochar on the Farm)
re:char
The Secret of El Dorado clip

Seeds
Seeding Deep Democracy - Vandana Shiva
YOURTRUTH- Genetically Modified Foods Part 1 iiiii
YOURTRUTH- Genetically Modified Foods Part 2 iiiii
Must-see documentary about GMO ~~ Part 01 of 10
Must-see documentary about GMO ~~ Part 02 of 10
Other Resources
From Jeffery M. Smith, author of “Seeds of Deception”
Health Dangers of Genetically M odified Foods, pt. 1 iiiii
Health Dangers of Genetically M odified Food, pt. 2 iiiii


How to dehydrate and preserve food and seeds iiii
What's So Special About Organic Seed?
Saving Tomato Seeds by Clifton Middleton
Growing Heirloom Seeds & Seed Saving : Seed Viability

& Germination Testing
Saving Seeds Before Winter
Native Adapting Seeds
Extracting Tomato Seeds Favorite iiii
Other Resources
Seed Savers Exchange
Growing Heirloom Seeds & Seed Saving: Video

Series
International Seed Saving Institute
Colorado State University
TED Talk: Save Our Future by Saving the Seeds
Meet Bill Best, heirloom bean and tomato farmer

from Berea, Kentucky

Vegetable Garden Starting onions from seed - Bayou

Gardener
Starting Tomato Seeds EZ - Home Vegetable Garden -

Bayou Gardener
How to Grow Plants from Seed : How to Plant Planting

Seeds Indoors
How to Grow Plants from Seed : Prepare Soil for Seed

Planting
Seed Starting
How To Start Seeds
How To Start Seeds
How To Start Seeds For Spring Planting
Starting Seeds Indoors
How to Start your vegetable seeds indoors Part 1 of 2
How to Start Seeds, the Gardenfork Way
Here’s one way of starting seeds for a garden
Starting Seeds with Soil Blocks iiiii
Starting seeds indoors: Broccoli and Cauliflower

Identifying Late Blight on Tomatoes iiii
Treating Late Blight on Tomatoes iiii
Growing Asparagus iii

Build a Green House for Under $25 (Actually a mini-

greenhouse, aka a cold
frame)
Making Hoops for Your Garden Low Tunnel iiii
Building a cold frame
Winter Gardening Using Cold Frames
Cold Frames
Karen's Garden: II. Cold frame gardening. Structures
How to Build a Cold Frame
Building a Cold Frame Part 1 of 3
Cold Frame Prep and Fall Seeding
Using a Cold Frame and Plastic and Leaf Mulch
Sharon and the City Farmer Cold Frame
Joe Gardener Coldframe
Vegetable Cold Frames

Pest Management
Organic Slug Control iii
Organic Farming: Can It Feed Us (Part 1) iiii
Organic Farming: Can It Feed Us? (Part 2) iiii
Organic pest control - Natural bug and insect repellents
Invisible Gardener Gone Wild: Talking About Organic

Pest Control on TV
Garden Insects
Garden Girl TV: Natural Insect Control
How to Control Flying Insects Indoors
How To Make a Fly Trap that works (Funny joke invention)
Making an Environmentally-Friendly Fly Trap
Trisha controls pill bugs: Central Texas Gardener
How To Make An Earwig Trap - chemical free
Organic Fly Trap

How to do Weed Control in Organic Gardening iiiii
Weed Control Tips for Your Vegetable Garden iiiii
Vegetable Garden – Weed Control Using Cultivators
Weed Identification and Control Part 1 iiiii
SmartGrow-Weed-Control
Organic Weed Control Ceramic Plate Flamer: Weed Em

and Reap

Putting Up a Deer Fence
Keep Unwanted Pests Out of Your Home and Garden

Stocking Up
Using Tubtrugs
Vegetable Garden -- Freezing Bell Peppers - Bayou

Gardener
Other Resources
National Center for Home Food Preservation
How to Store Food : How to Store Fresh Herbs iiiii
Deadly Food Preservations - Avoid Harmful

Preservatives
How To Vacuum Seal A Ziplock Bag

Introduction to the Home Canning Process
Using a Pressure Cooker iiiii
Canning and Preserving - Using a Pressure Cooker for

Canning
How To Can Fruits
From CanningUSA.com: (all videos rated iiiii)
Video 1 M aking Jam and Infusing Fruit
Video 2 Canning Fruit in Syrup or as a Pie Filling
Video 3 Canning Tom atoes; Tom ato Sauce & Salsa
Video 4 Canning Vegetables; Soup and Ratatouille
Video 5 Canning W hole M eals; Chili And Stew And M eat

Sauces
Video 6 Canning Pâtés, M eatloaf and Fish
Gardening By Cuisine: How to Make Jelly and Jam iiiii
Canning and Preserving Food Secrets iiii
Other Resources

Preservatives


From Dehydrate2store: (all videos

rated
iiiii)
How to dehydrate and store food PART 1
How to dehydrate and store food PART 2
How to dehydrate and store food PART 3 (This one is

specially good)
How to dehydrate and store food PART 4 (This one is

specially good)
How to dehydrate and store food PART 5 (Making soup)
How to Dehydrate and store food part 6 (Making more

soups and breads)
How to Dehydrate and store food part 7 (Apple Pancake)
How to cook with Dehydrated and store food part 8 (Fruit

rollups)
How to dehydrate and store food part 9
How to Dehydrate and store food part 10
Dehydrate2store Yogurt and Tea part 1 of 2 (Making yogurt)
dehydrate2store Yogurt and tea part 2 of 2
Chicken Stew W ith Dum plings Using dehydrated foods
Paula's Sw eet Potato Idea
Dehydrate2store Soup and Salm on
Dehydrating Frozen Foods part 1
Dehydrating Frozen Foods part 2
How to Dehydrate Blueberries

Other Resources

Preservatives

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Q: What's a CSA? A: Community Supported Agriculture
What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?
Food Network: Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture in Portland, Oregon
CSA - Community Supported Agriculture & Eating

Seasonally, Episode #51
How Full Circle Farm Packs a Community Supported

Agriculture (CSA) Box_ 2009
Other Resources
Locavore ..... Local Diet, Healthy Planet
Economic Reasons to Buy Locally First

Pioneers Who Are Re-Inventing

Our Food System
Will Allen
2008 MacArthur Fellow: Will Allen
Will Allen and Growing Power
Growing Power.mov
Lynn Gillespie
The Living Farm
Locavore Movie
Interview: Delta County Independent
Joe Salatin
How to Eat Well AND Save Our Planet
Bill Mollison
Urban Permaculture
Michael Pollen
Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised
Geoff Lawton
Geoff Lawton at the Permaculture Research Institute

David Holmgren
PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability'

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Additional Resources
Other Videos and Websites

Gardening On Rooftops by Dr. Martin Price iiiii
The 11th Hour <<< This is a “Must See Video”
Local Harvest
Buy Locally For Food Safety
Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative
A Potential Solution: Farm Vertically
Smarter Cities: Vertical Farming Could Ease World’s

Agricultural Woes
Vertical Farming: For the Greener Good (90 m in video) iiiii
Let's go Shopping. Food Safety and Health
Good Food Club
Old McDonald’s Cheeseburger
Green Careers: Sustainable Agriculture (clip)
Various Publications
Mother Earth News
Organic Farming
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Organic Gardening
ACRES USA
Edible Communities

Groups you may want to join
Mittleider Method Gardening
The Edible Plant Project
Sustainable living > solar greenhouse design >SolaRoof
Hobby Farmers
Organic Gardening Discussion Forum
Organic Homesteading & Gardening
Gardening Organically
The Veggie Patch
Seeds of Change
Fukuoka Farming
Bring back simplicity
Natural witch
Homestead-Work
4 x 4 Garden
Soil and Health

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Message From The Publisher

Food Security . . . what does that mean to you? We’ve

The following was excepted for an article from Cornell University

The term "food system" is used frequently in discussions

Community Food Systems

Several qualifying terms have been used to describe the food

Copyright ©2009 –The Living Farm –All Rights Reserved http://thelivingfarm.org

food systems is sometimes used interchangeably with "local"

Four aspects distinguish community food systems from the

* Food security is a key goal of community food

* Proximity refers to the distance between various

* Self-reliance refers to the degree to which a

* Sustainability refers to following agricultural and

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agriculture exists near strong and thriving markets,

Goals of Community Food Systems

Building a community food system requires comprehensive or

* Optimized health, reduced risk of diet-related

* Dietary change that complements the seasonal

* Improved access for all community members to an

* A stable (or in some cases, expanding) base of

* Marketing channels and processing facilities that

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* Food and agriculture-related businesses, resulting

* Increased public participation in food and

If you wish to read the entire article click here

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Food From Your Own Garden

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Pioneers Who Are Re-Inventing Our Food System

Now What Do I Do?

To Report Broken Links

To Suggest New Videos, etc.

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Food From Your Own Garden

Systems for Growing Food

Using Raised Beds

Importance of Non-Genetic Modified Seeds

Saving Your Own Seeds

Starting Seeds and Transplanting

Return to Table of Contents

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How to Choose a Site for a Vegetable Garden

How to Select a Spot for a Garden

Organic Gardening - Choosing a Site or Location