
Videos and Websites
Books and Articles
- M. Altieri, with C. Nicholls and F. Funes, “The Scaling Up of Agroecology: Spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency,” SOCLA’s Rio +20 position paper, accessed April 5, 2020.
https://www.weltagrarbericht.de/fileadmin/files/weltagrarbericht/The_scaling_up_of_agroecology_Rio.pdf - Friedmann, Harriet. “Scaling Up: Bringing public institutions and food service institutions into the project for a local, sustainable food system in Ontario.” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, September 2007, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp 389–398.
- Eduardo González Silva. “La Agricultura Orgánica en México.”
https://www.mexicampo.com.mx/la-agricultura-organica-en-mexico-2/er
accessed September 9, 2019. - Johnson, Lorraine. City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2010.
- LaManda Joy. Start a Community Food Garden: The Essential Handbook. Portland, OR: Timber Press, Inc, 2014.
- Wilson, Charles and Will Allen. The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities. New York: Gotham Books, 2013.
Organizations
There are many organizations working on these issues. Here are a few. What organizations in your area are promoting urban agriculture and/or agroecology?

Videos and websites
Specific farmers markets in the video:
Books and articles
- Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. “Bringing Food Desert Residents to an Alternative Food Network: A Semi-Experimental Study of Impediments to Food Access.” Agriculture and Human Values, June 2015, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp 215–227.
- Meffe, Gary; Larry Nielsen, Richard L. Knight, Dennis Schenborn. Ecosystem Management: Adaptive, Community-Based Conservation. Washington: Island Press, 2002.
- Mie, Alex et al. “Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture: a comprehensive review” Environ Health. 2017; 16: 111. Published online 2017 Oct 27. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0315-4
- Roberts, Wayne. “The High Cost of Cheap Food.” The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food – New Edition. Toronto: The New Internationalist/BTL, 2013, pages ??.
- Robinson, Jennifer and Jeff A Hartenfeld. The Farmers’ Market Book: Growing food, Cultivating Community. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, 2007.
Organizations
There are many organizations promoting farmers markets. Here are a few. What organizations can you find in your area?

Videos and websites
Books and articles
- Alkon & J. Agyeman (Eds.). Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. See Eric Holt-Gimenez. “Food, Security, Food Justice or Food Sovereignty?: Crises, Food Movements and Regime Change.”, 309-330.
- Palassio, Christina and Alana Wilcox (eds). The Edible City: Toronto’s Food from Farm to Fork. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2009
- Less, Clara and Cecilia Rocha. “Nourishing Belonging: Food in the Lives of New Immigrantsin Toronto.” 148-153.
- Ramsaroop, Chris and Katie Wolk. “Can We Achieve Racial Equality in the Food Security Movement.” 252-263.
- Penniman, Leah. Farming While Black: Soul Fire’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2018.
- Fighting for Food Justice in the Black Creek Community: Report, Analyses and Steps Forward. http://tfpc.to/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/FullReport_small.pdf
Music
“We are the new ancestors”. Yakisha Brown, DEY KNOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL8d5wjX3jw
Organizations

Videos and websites
- https://viacampesina.org/en/schools/ Accessed April 9, 2020
Describes the approach to agroecology training around the world in 70 agroecology schools - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/changing-climate-is-affecting-how-we-feed-ourselves-1.5378178 “How to Feed the World” – David Nabarro, CBC Ideas, Nov. 29, 2019, accessed April 9, 2020.
- https://soundcloud.com/bioneers/next-gen-farmers-a-land-loving, accessed April 9, 2020.
Next Gen Farmers: A Land-Loving Story – Severine v T Fleming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yEKqp_KvBU (2019), accessed April 9, 2020.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fH5EqTH8O4 (2013), accessed April 9, 2020.
Short video reports on avocado as green gold and threat of violence from cartels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLjI3hlKCSVIetBc6MK5SGgqdm26Z-cvk9&time_continue=368&v=2YDhVMkhtik, Accessed April 9, 2020.
You Tube: Jovenes Construyendo el Futuro
On website of ANEC: Associación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadores de Productores del Campo - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-oct-7-2019-1.5311435, accessed April 9, 2020.
22:22 – 45:55 Lenore Newman on Culinary Extinction (re Climate Crisis) - Learn more about paper pot planters at https://www.smallfarmworks.com/, accessed April 9, 2020.
Books and articles
- Desmarais, Annette Aurélie . Frontline Farmers: How the National Farmers Union Resists Agribusiness and Creates Our New Food Future. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2019.
- Qualman, Darrin & Akram-Lodhi, A. & Desmarais, Annette & Srinivasan, Sharada. (2018). Forever young? The crisis of generational renewal on Canada’s farms. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation, 5,100-127.
- Hernandez, Tim Z. . All They Will Call You. Phoenix: University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Music
Organizations
- http://viacampesina.org
La Via Campesina, International Peasant’s Movement - https://www.nfu.ca/
National Farmers Union (Canada) - https://youngagrarians.org/
Young Agrarians - https://migrantrights.ca/
The Migrant Rights Network is a cross-Canada alliance to combat racism and fight for migrant justice. We are an alliance of self-organized groups of refugees and migrants and allies. - https://migrantworkersalliance.org/
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) is Canada’s largest coalition of self-organized groups of migrant workers, with the support of grassroots organizations, unions, faith groups, activists and researchers that have come together to fight for justice and dignity for migrant workers. - https://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/
Justice for Migrant Workers (Canada) - https://nffc.net/
Family Farm Coalition (U.S.) - https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/
The Families Belong Together coalition includes nearly 250 organizations representing Americans from all backgrounds across the country who have joined together to fight family separation and promote dignity, unity, and compassion for all children and families. - https://agrariantrust.org/
Nationally-supported, community-held land and agrarian property that supports diversified sustainable food production, shared ecological stewardship, agrarian community vitality and the next generation of farmers and ranchers. - https://web.facebook.com/mariposassinfronteras/
Mariposas Sin Fronteras - https://www.raicestexas.org/
The Refugee and Immigrant Centre for Education and Legal Services