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Projects

Critical Art Ensemble

Molecular Invasion with Beatriz Da Costa 2002-04
Free Range Grain with Beatriz Da Costa 2003-04
GenTerra with Beatriz Da Costa 2001-2003
Cult of the New Eve - with Paul Vanouse, and Faith Wilding 1999-00

Beatriz Da Costa

Invisible Earthlings 2008-09

SubRosa

Love is Strong as Death 2006
U-Gen-A-Chix 2003
Expo EmmaGenics 2001
Biopower! A Walking Tour of Biotechnology, University of Illinois 2004

Fritz Haeg

Edible Estates 2005-Present

The Beehive Collective

Biotech Campaigns 2001, 2007
FTAA

Plan Columbia

Nance Klehm

Humble Pile 2008-Present
Urbanforage 2006-present
Urban Homestead 2006-Present
Living Kitchen 2006-Present
Clean Livin' 2005-Present
Greenhouses of Hope 2005-Present
rambling range
Field Trip

Future Farmers

Nearest Nature 2008
Headlands Garden Boat 2008
Victory Gardens
2007
Rainwater Harvester/Greywater System Feedback Loop 2007
Bingo Field 2006
F.R.U.I.T Network 2005

Ted Purves & Susanne Cockrell

The Meadow Network 2008
Lemon Everlasting Backyard Battery 2008
Sonoma County Preserve 2006
Temescal Amity Works 2004-2007

Tattfoo Tan

NMS-Nature Matching System fruits sticker
NMS —Nature Matching System
SOS
The Rhizome
The Green Stewardship
Black Gold
Mobile Garden
Greenade

The Rhizome Collective

Grove Brownfield Cleanup
Autonomous Sustainability Demonstration

Joe Scanlan

Paydirt

Natasha Wheat

Bean In 2010
American Seed 2009
Project Grow 2008-Present

Claire Pentecost

Plastic Greenhouses by the Sea
ExpoChacra

Sarah Kavage

Industrial Harvest  (more)
Living Barge with Nicole Kistler

Joseph Beuys

Mel Chin

Revival Field

Agnes Denes

Wheat Field - A Confrontation 1982

The Enviromental Health Clinic + Lab

NoPark

The Common Studio

GreenAid
(C)urban Ecology

Green Guerillas

The Liz Christy Community Garden 1973 - Present

The Yippies

All Seasons Park, Vancouver - 1971

People's Park, Berkeley

The (San Francisco) Diggers 1967-

The (English) Diggers 1649-1650

Collections

The RSA Arts and Ecology Centre

agriArt: Companion Planting for Social and Biological System

The Green Museum

EcoArtSpace

Sustainability Research Group - Eyebeam: Art and Technology Center

blogs

foodpolitics.com
civileats.com
guerrillagardening.org
arts & ecology
foodnotlawns.net
cityfarmer

Books & Articles

Is Capitalism Sustainable?: Political Economy and the Politics of Ecology, by Edited by Martin O'Connor

Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn. Second Revised Edition, Edited by Fritz Haeg

Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies, by Sue Spaid

Relational Aesthetics, by Nicolas Bourriaud

Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto, by David Tracey

Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community, By Heather Coburn Flores

Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide, By Scott Kellogg, Stacey Pettigrew

Urban Wilds: Gardener's Stories Of The Struggle For Land And Justice, Edited by Woelfe-Erskine

You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise, by Joel Salatin

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front,
by Joel Salatin

The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
by Marion Nestle

Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System,
by Raj Patel

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, by Mark Winne

Slow Food Nation's Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living, by Alice L. Waters (foreword), Katrina Heron (editor)

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser

Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food,
by Eric Schlosser

Harvest For Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating, by Jane Goodall

Food Inc. Karl Weber (editor)

"Manifesto for Maintenance Art—Proposal for an Exhibition," Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 1969

"Leftovers / It's about Time for Fresh Kills" Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 2002

Journal - Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Movies

Dirt, Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow

The Garden, Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Food Inc., Robert Kenner

Fresh, Sofia Joanes

The Corporation, Joel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar

Poisoned Waters, Frontline, PBS

FLOW, Irena Salina
flowthefilm.com

Blue Gold: World Water War, Sam Bozz

King Corn, Aaron Woolf

Fast Food Nation, Richard Linklater

The Future of Food, Deborah Koons Garcia

We Are What We Eat

Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Greatest Threat, Steven Greenstreet

The World According to Monsanto

Clips

Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel “The Hidden Battle for the World Food System” - Democracy Now

Michael Pollan on “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual” - Democracy Now

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal, Eric Schlosser - Democracy Now

“Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction”, Arun Gupta, Dr. David Kessler - Democracy Now

“Omnivore’s Dilemma” Author Michael Pollan’s New Advice on Buying Food: “Don’t Buy Any Food You’ve Ever Seen Advertised”, Michael Pollan- Democracy Now

In Defense of Food: Author, Journalist Michael Pollan on Nutrition, Food Science and the American Diet, Michael Pollan - Democracy Now

Radical Nature - Environmental Activism

Radical Nature - Guerrilla Gardening with Richard Reynolds

Joel Salatin: Building Forgiveness into the System

Polyface Farms: USA Today

Polyface Farms pt1, pt2

Radical Nature - The Dalston Mill

Radical Nature - Sustainable Architecture

Fresh Kills Park Project

Processes & How-to's

composting
deq.state.va.us/waste/compost.html#two

Vermiculture
deq.state.la.us/portal/default.aspx?tabid=2101
cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html

Phytoremediation
ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/jun00/soil0600.htm
ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=949
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytoremediation
youtube.com/watch?v=IabslL-SgqY
https://fcrevite.org/nvswcd/newsletter/phyto.htm
clu-in.org/download/remed/phytoresgude.pdf
plantbio.berkeley.edu/%7Eterry
satorimedia.com/fmraWeb/chin.htm

Rain gardens
co.arlington.va.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/epo/
EnvironmentalServicesEpoRainGarden.aspx

Window Farms
eyebeam.org/events/window-farms-how-to
windowfarms.org

Chickens
http://urbanchickens.org
backyardchickens.com

Forest Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Urban Permaculture
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=659155658226666080#

Backyard Permaculture
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=659155658226666080#docid=-918331001764551597

High tunnels
hines.blogspot.com/2010/03/low-cost-high-tunnel-construction.html
ext.vt.edu/news/mediakits/releases/hightunnel.html

Groups

Slow Food DC
GMU Students for Workers Rights
Sustainability at Mason
Neighborhood Farm Initiative
CropMob
DC CropMob
Common Good City Farm
Buy Fresh Buy Local VA
DC Urban Gardeners
Ecolocity DC
Guerrilla Gardening
Neighborhood Farm Initiative

Farms

Polyface Farms, VA
Common Good City Farm, DC