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Action Group Erosion, Technology, and Concentration ETC group is dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights. Working in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs) for cooperative and sustainable self-reliance within disadvantaged societies ETC group provides information and analysis of socioeconomic and technological trends and alternatives. ETC group's strength is in the research and analysis of technological information and in the development of strategic options related to the socioeconomic ramifications of new technologies.
International Center for Technology Assessment The International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) is a non-profit, bi-partisan organization committed to providing the public with full assessments and analyses of technological impacts on society. CTA is devoted to fully exploring the economic, ethical, social, environmental and political impacts that can result from the applications of technology or technological systems.
Organic Consumers Association An online and grassroots non-profit public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic and socially responsible consumers.
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National Family Farm Coalition provides a voice for grassroots groups on farm, food, trade and rural economic issues to ensure fair prices for family farmers, safe and healthy food, and vibrant, environmentally sound rural communities here and around the world.
Community Food Security Coalition A non-profit, North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times.
Environmental Working Group Environmental investigations have been our specialty at the Environmental Working Group since 1993. Our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.
Food First The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy - Food First - is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger by democratizing markets, ensuring equitable access to land and resources, and promoting ecological and socially just farming systems.
Food Routes How can you help support your local farmer? Where can you find Local Food? What is Community Supported Agriculture?
GRACE Global Resource Action Center for the Environment a nonprofit organization that works with research, policy and grassroots communities to raise public awareness and promote solutions to preserve the planet for future generations.
Human Farming Association HFA's goals are to protect farm animals from cruelty, to protect the public from the dangerous misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of industrialized animal factories.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
Land Stewardship Project LSP is a grassroots membership organization made up of farmers, as well as rural and urban residents working together by linking farmers and consumers through education, research and demonstration to organize communities for positive change.
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture A network of diverse groups whose mission is to shape national policies to foster a sustainable food and agricultural system -- one that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just, and humane.
Public Citizen Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization fight for openness and democratic accountability in government, for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe and sustainable energy sources; for social and economic justice in trade policies; for strong health, safety and environmental protections; and for safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs and health care.
Family Farm Defenders Creating a farmer-controlled and consumer-oriented food and fiber system, based upon democratically controlled institutions that empower farmers to speak for and respect themselves in their quest for social and economic justice. FFD has worked to create opportunities for farmers to join together in new cooperative endeavors, form a mutual marketing agency, and forge alliances with consumers through providing high quality food products while returning a fair price to farmers.
UW Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems A small sustainable agriculture research center at the University of Wisconsin's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences building UW sustainable agriculture research programs that respond to farmer and citizen needs, and involving them in setting research agendas.