Organics Online
FOOD
Local, sustainable, mostly organic farms that you can buy from directly.
Here is a site where you can locate CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture).
There is also a YEAR round farmers’ market in the Hillsdale neighborhood. Very cool! Fresh local winter squash every week. My kids devour it.
THE on-line store, like New Seasons but online and in catalog form.
Great info about eating like our ancestors did. The cookbook “Nourishing Traditions” is based on his findings. There are local groups all over the world. Very good resource.
Wonderful site about raw milk! You will never drink pasteurized milk after reading this site.
Great site to get yogurt and sourdough starters as well as MANY more starters.
The best water filters on the market! This is a must!
Info about the hazards of microwaves, Teflon and great info about different oils too.
Info about sustainable shopping, local food sources, as well as recipes. You can also get info about what veggies and fruits are in season in your area all year round.
Great site with recipes and lots of practical kitchen item information.
Great mattresses, located in Seattle but they ship anywhere.
Ever wonder what “Natural Flavoring” really is? Find out this and much more.
A MUST see!
Tooth soap.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
www.oeconline.org/kidshealth/tinyfootprints
Wonderful site for families, everything to do with healthy living in the Portland area.
-toxin free home
-baby shower kit
-where to buy organic food
-green products and services
Type in “eco tips” in the search bar and you will find some incredible info! Northwest Earth Institute, located in Portland, Oregon. You can take part in free discussion groups in your neighborhood. A wonderful resource and a great way to meet great people.
On this site there is a calendar of local sustainable events, conferences, and celebrations.
Steps to sustainable living. Very, very good site!
OTHER RESOURCES
Great magazine and website with info about all sorts of topics, from building you own home to passive solar heating.
Here is a cool site about the start of the Eat Local movement which started in San Francisco and is now all over. Someone in Vermont (or maybe it was New Hampshire) ate 100% local for the month of December! Now that is a challenge.
www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/1009-24.htm
Attention! This article with knock your socks off (in a good way). Your thoughts on food with change (also in a good way!).
Take the EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE!!!! This is a fun one.
This site has it all. Great tips, articles, and resources. A really good site.
Take action in support of your right to buy safe personal care products.
Visit Skin Deep for more information.
www.householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov
Check out the National Library of Medicine’s Household Products Database to learn about the products in your home.
BodyFit items at 50% discount.
Your hands on guide to sustainable living.
Recipes for homemade cleaners and much more.
SHOPPING
Wonderful kitchen and home products, all using products from the earth.
Magic Cabin – wonderful wooden and cloth kids’ toys.
Pure body care products and makeup.
Pure body care products.
Wonderful truly pure soap made by my friend, a Waldorf stay at home mom.
100% merino wool athletic and everyday clothing.
BOOKS
-Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon.
-Feeding the Whole Family, by Cynthia Lair.
-Recipes for a Small Planet, by Ellen Buchman Ewald.
(Any gardening books by Steve Solomon, he writes specifically on the Pacific Norwest).
-Preserving Food Without Canning or Freezing, by The Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante.
-Lost Arts, By Lynn Alley (includes bread baking, curing olives, making vinegar and goat cheese, and growing herbs).
-Food Not Lawns, by HC Flores.
