Tools/Links > Sustainable Local Eating

Local is everywhere

Great web sites about sustainability, slow food, organic and seasonal eating.  For resources to buy your ingredients locally.

Explore the abundant organic foods offered by Berkeley, the Bay Area, and beyond.

• Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Calendars
  • Here is a link to the CUESA, The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture.  They have calendars showing you what fresh fruits and vegetables are in season now.
• Buy Local in California
  • Welcome to Buy Fresh Buy Local! The Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign helps consumers find and choose local products while building relationships between growers, food artisans, farmers' markets retailers, restaurants, and institutions.
• The Online Local Food Guide
  • The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
• Slow Food
  • Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life.
• Seafood Watch - Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Farmed or Wild-Caught?  Pacific or Atlantic Cod?  Your seafood choices make a difference!  The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a series of Guides and Tools to help you make better choices about the seafood you consume, dining either at home or in restaurants.  Learn what seafood is healthy both for yourself and the environment.
• Woods Hole Science Aquarium
  • Fish FAQ -A bouillabaisse of facinating facts about fish (and other marine life)
• Fishwise
  • A non-profit organization designed to improve the sustainability and financial performance of seafood retailers, distributors, and producers
• Edible East Bay
  • Edible East Bay is a quarterly newsletter that promotes the abundance of local foods in the East Bay area.
• pcfma.com
  • The Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association is a not-for-profit organization that develops, operates and supports Certified Farmers' Markets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Berkeley Farmers' Markets - Ecology Center of Berkeley
  • The Ecology Center of Berkeley runs three wonderful local Farmers' Markets on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (see site for details).
• www.localharvest.org
  • The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies
• Berkeley's "Gourmet Ghetto"
  • Kitchen on Fire is located in the heart of Berkeley's "Gourmet Ghetto" neighborhood.
• USDA
  • United State Department of Agriculture